> The argument for RDS seems to be “we can’t automate backups”. What on earth?
I can automate backups and I'm extremely happy they with some extra cost in RDS, I don't have to do that.
Also, at some size automating the database backup becomes non-trivial. I mean, I can manage a replica (which needs to be updated at specific times after the writer), then regularly stop replication for a snapshot, which is then encrypted, shipped to storage, then manage the lifecycle of that storage, then setup monitoring for all of that, then... Or I can set one parameter on the Aurora cluster and have all of that happen automatically.
I can automate backups and I'm extremely happy they with some extra cost in RDS, I don't have to do that.
Also, at some size automating the database backup becomes non-trivial. I mean, I can manage a replica (which needs to be updated at specific times after the writer), then regularly stop replication for a snapshot, which is then encrypted, shipped to storage, then manage the lifecycle of that storage, then setup monitoring for all of that, then... Or I can set one parameter on the Aurora cluster and have all of that happen automatically.