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Re:Mistakes I've Made in AWS by scrose on Saturday September 11, 2021 @08:47AM (#28491558)
You can ‘Stop’ a DB and ‘Terminate’ a DB through the UI. If you have deletion protection turned on, you can only stop the DB until it’s turned off, which can also be done through the UI.

You most likely stopped the DB, but the problem there is that AWS will automatically turn on the DB after 7 days. You also still get charged for storage for the time your DB is off.

Sorry to hear that though. I know it’s a really sucky situation to be in.

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Re:Mistakes I've Made in AWS by tenaciousDaniel on Saturday September 11, 2021 @09:00AM (#28491631)
Ah yeah, I remember now. You could turn off the DB, but there was some other kind of scaffolding thing that I was still getting charged for. It seemed like an RDS-specific thing. They had to point me to a tutorial for turning that piece off.
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Re:Mistakes I've Made in AWS by geoduck14 on Saturday September 11, 2021 @04:35PM (#28495685)
>You could turn off the DB, but there was some other kind of scaffolding thing that I was still getting charged for.

It is a feature! /s

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