Db.t2.micro Pricing
Niklas Terki
AWS offers previous generation database (DB) instances for users who have optimized their applications around these instances and have yet to upgrade. Previous generation DB instances are still fully supported and retain the same features and functionality. Previous generation DB instances are available through the AWS management console, CLI and API tools.
We encourage you to use the latest generation of instances to get the best performance, but we will continue to support previous generation DB instances after new instances launch. If you are currently using a previous generation DB instance and would like to see which one would be a suitable upgrade, see the table below and learn how the latest generation of DB instances could benefit you.
M5 instances feature the Intel Xeon Platinum 8000 series (Skylake-SP) processor with a sustained all core Turbo CPU clock speed of up to 3.1 GHz, and deliver up to 20% improvement in price/performance compared to M3 instances.
R5 instances feature the Intel Xeon Platinum 8000 series (Skylake-SP) processor with a sustained all core Turbo CPU clock speed of up to 3.1 GHz. They have a 1:8 vCPU to memory ratio, with the largest size offering up to 768 GiB of memory per instance.
Memory optimized instances are recommended for high-performance database instances, particularly for workloads in which operations can be completed out of the database engine's memory cache. Choose general purpose instances for database instances that face heavy write traffic, or for which a somewhat lower price point is sought.
T2 instances are Burstable Performance Instances that provide a baseline level of CPU performance with the ability to burst above the baseline. They are recommended for workloads that don't use the full CPU often or consistently, but occasionally need to burst to higher CPU performance, such as small database workloads in test and developer environments.
You can change your DB Instance type right from the AWS Management Console. Select the desired instance, click the "Modify" button, and choose a different instance class. You can also use the ModifyDBInstance API. More information about scaling is available in the Amazon RDS FAQ document's Hardware and Scaling section.
Just like our current Instances, previous generation DB instances give you access to the capabilities of a familiar MariaDB, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server, and Oracle database engine, with no long-term commitments. This frees you from the costs and complexities of planning, purchasing, and maintaining hardware and transforms what are commonly large fixed costs into much smaller variable costs. It also frees you up from the undifferentiated labor of managing relational databases, letting you focus on your applications and your customers.
On-demand DB instances let you pay for compute capacity by the hour and allows you to run DB instances. This frees you from the costs and complexities of planning, purchasing, and maintaining hardware and transforms what are commonly large fixed costs into much smaller variable costs.
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When you run your DB Instance as a Multi-AZ deployment for enhanced data durability and availability, Amazon RDS provisions and maintains a standby in a different Availability Zone for automatic failover in the event of a scheduled or unplanned outage. Learn more about Multi-AZ deployments.
For both Single-AZ and Multi-AZ deployments, pricing is per DB Instance-hour consumed, from the time a DB Instance is launched until it is terminated. Each partial DB Instance-hour consumed will be billed as a full hour.
Under the "License Included" service model, you do not need separately purchased Oracle licenses; the Oracle Database software has been licensed by AWS. "License Included" pricing is inclusive of software, underlying hardware resources, and Amazon RDS management capabilities.
On-Demand DB Instances for the License Included model let you pay for compute capacity by the hour your DB Instance runs with no long-term commitments. This frees you from the costs and complexities of planning, purchasing, and maintaining hardware and transforms what are commonly large fixed costs into much smaller variable costs.
Amazon RDS Reserved Instances give you the option to reserve capacity within a datacenter and in turn receive a significant discount on the hourly charge for instances that are covered by the reservation. Amazon RDS provides three RI payment options -- No Upfront, Partial Upfront, All Upfront -- that enable you to balance the amount you pay upfront with your effective hourly price and receive a significant discount over On-Demand prices. To learn more about Reserved DB Instances, please visit our Reserved Instances page.
* This is the average monthly payment over the course of the Reserved Instance term. For each month, the actual monthly payment will equal the actual number of hours in that month multiplied by the hourly usage rate or number of seconds in that month multiplied by the hourly usage rate divided by 3600, depending on the Oracle instance type you run. The hourly usage rate is equivalent to the total average monthly payments over the term of the Reserved Instance divided by the total number of hours (based on a 365 day year) over the term of the Reserved Instance.
** Effective hourly pricing helps you calculate the amount of money a Reserved Instance will save you over On-Demand pricing. When you purchase a Reserved Instance, you are billed for every hour during the entire Reserved Instance term you select, regardless of whether the instance is running. The effective hourly price shows the amortized hourly instance cost. This takes the total cost of the Reserved Instance over the entire term, including any upfront payment, and spreads it out over each hour of the Reserved Instance term.
To run a DB Instance under the BYOL model, you must have the appropriate Oracle Database license (with Software Update License & Support) for the DB Instance class and Oracle Database edition you wish to run. You must also follow Oracle's policies for licensing Oracle Database software in the cloud computing environment. DB Instances reside in the Amazon EC2 environment, and Oracle's licensing policy for Amazon EC2 is located here.
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