I recently came across a press release stating that Aurora Serverless V2 is now 30% faster with version 3. However, I'm curious about what specifically has improved—are we talking about I/O speeds, query times, or everything across the board? Will all my query times decrease by 30% uniformly? Is this improvement tied to a particular version of v3? I noticed version 3.10 was released not long ago. I checked the Aurora release notes, but I couldn't find any relevant details supporting such a dramatic performance claim. I'm hoping someone can provide more substantial insights on this.
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Just a tip: you can use the new ServerlessV2PlatformVersion attribute, which was introduced in aws-cli version 2.28.3, to check your current Serverless version.
I think it might be due to a hardware upgrade, like switching from r7g to r8g hardware. This typically means better CPUs, faster RAM, and possibly improvements in networking as well.
Remember, it says 'up to' 30%. I doubt it's a flat 30% increase for everything, though.
True, if your query plans aren't optimized for your data, even a great upgrade won't help much.
Haha, I get that! I’m mainly looking for some clarity on their claims so I can figure out how to measure the speed improvements and where they might apply.
That's a solid point! Major hardware releases usually do come with strong performance claims about percentage boosts over the previous generation.