AWS RDS and Aurora Negotiation. A buyer side white paper.

AWS RDS (Relational Database Service) and Aurora are the load bearing AWS managed database frameworks, anchoring the broader AWS database framework against the broader cloud database framework.

AWS RDS and Aurora segment the broader AWS database framework across the following populations.

• Amazon RDS for MySQL framework. Managed MySQL with engine specific Reserved Instance pricing.
• Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL framework. Managed PostgreSQL with engine specific Reserved Instance pricing.
• Amazon RDS for Oracle framework. Managed Oracle on AWS with License Included or BYOL options.
• Amazon RDS for SQL Server framework. Managed SQL Server on AWS with License Included or BYOL options.
• Amazon RDS for MariaDB framework. Managed MariaDB with engine specific Reserved Instance pricing.
• Amazon RDS for Db2 framework. Managed IBM Db2 on AWS with License Included or BYOL options.
• Amazon RDS Custom framework. RDS Custom for Oracle and SQL Server with full OS access.
• Amazon Aurora MySQL framework. Aurora compatible with MySQL with ACU based pricing.
• Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL framework. Aurora compatible with PostgreSQL with ACU based pricing.
• Amazon Aurora Serverless v2 framework. Aurora Serverless v2 with Aurora Capacity Unit pricing.
• Amazon Aurora Global Database framework. Cross region Aurora with replication pricing.
• Amazon Aurora I/O Optimized framework. Aurora I/O Optimized for high I/O workloads.
• Bespoke AWS database framework. Custom commercial constructs at the upper customer scale.

This paper sets out the buyer side framework for AWS RDS and Aurora negotiation, the AWS RDS instance framework, the AWS RDS Reserved Instance framework, the Amazon Aurora Capacity Unit (ACU) framework, the AWS Aurora Serverless v2 ACU framework, the Oracle BYOL on AWS RDS framework, the SQL Server BYOL on AWS RDS framework, and the buyer side moves at the broader AWS RDS and Aurora renewal cycle. Read the related AWS services practice, the AWS knowledge hub, and the AWS EDP negotiation guide.

What you will learn

• How AWS RDS segments the broader managed database framework across MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, SQL Server, MariaDB, Db2, RDS Custom for Oracle and SQL Server
• How Amazon Aurora segments the broader AWS managed database framework across Aurora MySQL, Aurora PostgreSQL, Aurora Serverless v2, Aurora Global Database, Aurora I/O Optimized
• How the AWS RDS Reserved Instance framework anchors the broader RDS pricing framework
• How the Amazon Aurora Capacity Unit (ACU) framework anchors the broader Aurora Serverless v2 pricing framework
• How the Oracle BYOL on AWS RDS framework typically delivers material commercial leverage
• How the SQL Server BYOL on AWS RDS framework typically delivers material commercial leverage
• How the AWS EDP framework anchors the broader AWS RDS and Aurora commercial framework
• The eleven move buyer side framework for AWS RDS and Aurora

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Who this is for

Chief Information Officers, Chief Data Officers, Vice Presidents of Engineering, Vice Presidents of IT Procurement, Cloud FinOps leaders, Database Center of Excellence leaders, and procurement leaders running AWS RDS and Aurora at scale.