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Estimating the charges for Amazon RDS Extended Support

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This article discusses how to estimate the charges for using Amazon RDS Extended Support, which allows running database instances on an older major version past its end of standard support date for up to three years, at an additional cost.

Specifically, the article covers:

  • What is Amazon RDS Extended Support
  • How charges for Extended Support are calculated (per vCPU per hour)
  • Current pricing details for different databases
  • How to calculate charges for clusters and multi-AZ deployments
  • Billing and cost exploration details in AWS Cost Explorer
  • A sample script to estimate Extended Support costs across AWS accounts
  • Conclusion and additional references


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