
Amazon RDS Optimized Writes now supports r5 database instances for MySQL and MariaDB, enabling up to 2x improvement in write throughput at no additional cost by eliminating the doublewrite buffer overhead.


<div><p>This article announces that Amazon RDS Optimized Writes now supports r5 database instances for MySQL and MariaDB.</p><ul><li>Improves write throughput by up to 2x at no additional cost</li><li>Eliminates doublewrite buffer overhead, reducing I/O and improving performance</li><li>Protects against data loss with single-write mechanism</li><li>Available for MySQL 8.0.30+ and MariaDB 10.6.10+</li><li>Supported across all AWS regions including GovCloud</li><li>Ideal for write-intensive workloads like payments and gaming</li></ul><p>Amazon RDS Optimized Writes provides significant performance improvements for write-heavy database workloads without additional cost.</p></div>


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