New Amazon RDS for MySQL & PostgreSQL Multi-AZ Deployment Option: Improved Write Performance & Faster Failover

Today, we are announcing a new Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) Multi-AZ deployment option with up to 2x faster transaction commit latency, automated failovers typically under 35 seconds, and readable standby instances.

When the new Multi-AZ DB cluster deployment option is enabled, RDS configures a primary database and two read replicas in three distinct Availability Zones.

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