# AWS Aurora optimization | Cloud Efficiency Hub Canonical: https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/cloud-services/aws-aurora 5 documented AWS Aurora cost inefficiencies, each with how to detect it and how to fix it. [Cloud Efficiency Hub](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub) 5 documented AWS Aurora cost inefficiencies, each with how to detect it and how to fix it. ## 5 inefficiencies [All services](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub#browse-by-service) - AWS Aurora CER-0293 ### [Automatic Restart of Stopped Aurora Clusters Causing Unintended Compute Charges](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/inefficiencies/automatic-restart-of-stopped-aurora-clusters-causing-unintended-compute-charges) Amazon Aurora database clusters are intentionally stopped to avoid compute costs but are automatically restarted by the service after the maximum allowed stop period. Once restarted, re-started database instances begin accruing... Databases - AWS Aurora CER-0247 ### [Misuse of Aurora Serverless for Steady-State Workloads](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/inefficiencies/misuse-of-aurora-serverless-for-steady-state-workloads-6c2d9) Aurora Serverless is designed for workloads with unpredictable or intermittent usage patterns that benefit from automatic scaling. However, when used for databases with constant load, the service's elasticity offers little advantage and... Databases - AWS Aurora CER-0236 ### [Outdated Aurora Versions Triggering Extended Support Charges](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/inefficiencies/outdated-aurora-versions-triggering-extended-support-charges) Customers often delay upgrading Aurora clusters due to compatibility concerns or operational overhead. However, when older versions such as Aurora MySQL 2 (MySQL 5.7) or Aurora PostgreSQL 11, 12 and 13 move into Extended Support, AWS... Databases - AWS Aurora CER-0043 ### [Suboptimal Storage Configuration for Aurora Cluster](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/inefficiencies/suboptimal-storage-configuration-for-aurora-cluster) Many Aurora clusters default to using the Standard configuration, which charges separately for I/O operations. For workloads with frequent read and write activity, this can lead to unnecessarily high costs. Aurora I/O-Optimized eliminates... Databases - AWS Aurora CER-0378 ### [Aurora Serverless v2 Minimum Capacity Preventing Auto-Pause](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/inefficiencies/aurora-serverless-v2-minimum-capacity-preventing-auto-pause) Aurora Serverless v2 instances can scale down to zero ACUs and automatically pause when they have had no user-initiated connections for a configurable interval, and there is no instance charge while an instance is paused. The feature is... Databases ## More AWS services - [AWS EC2 23](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/cloud-services/aws-ec2) - [AWS RDS 19](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/cloud-services/aws-rds) - [AWS S3 15](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/cloud-services/aws-s3) - [AWS Lambda 12](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/cloud-services/aws-lambda) - [AWS EBS 10](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/cloud-services/aws-ebs) - [AWS CloudWatch 8](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/cloud-services/aws-cloudwatch) - [AWS EKS 8](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/cloud-services/aws-eks) - [AWS ElastiCache 8](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/cloud-services/aws-elasticache) - [AWS DynamoDB 7](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/cloud-services/aws-dynamodb) - [AWS Bedrock 6](https://www.pointfive.co/efficiency-hub/cloud-services/aws-bedrock) --- Source: the public page above. Product screenshots and illustrative interfaces are examples, not live customer data.