AWS offers a hosted version of MySQL on RDS but will encourage new users to opt for Aurora instead. Users can easily deploy their MySQL scripts and queries on Aurora instances, according to Amazon.

though it is actually powered by a new proprietary database engine developed by Amazon that runs on top of Amazon’s Relational Database Service (RDS). “If you have a MySQL workload, Aurora ...

Many web applications have been built on an open source stack that included MySQL. Despite its limitations, MySQL managed to become the world’s most widely used open source RDBMS. What ...