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Re:AWS us-east-2 outage by trelliscoded on Thursday July 28, 2022 @03:11PM (#32268863)
Replicating a huge database between AZs, let alone regions, can be an enormously expensive ongoing operational cost. Not everyone can afford it.
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Re:AWS us-east-2 outage by poxrud on Thursday July 28, 2022 @03:32PM (#32269126)
Assuming you're using RDS then multi-AZ deployment is just a simple configuration option. If you're using Aurora then it is handled automatically and is even less expensive.
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Re:AWS us-east-2 outage by madisp on Thursday July 28, 2022 @03:42PM (#32269232)
don't all the multi-AZ deployments imply at least 1 standby replica in a different AZ?
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Re:AWS us-east-2 outage by dabeeeenster on Thursday July 28, 2022 @04:09PM (#32269502)
Aurora can replicate the data but doesn't have to keep a hot standby AFAIUI. You can then start a new instance in a different az but the process is semi manual.
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Re:AWS us-east-2 outage by poxrud on Thursday July 28, 2022 @04:11PM (#32269521)
Yes, my point was that it is not complex to setup and maintain, but it is not free.
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