Ask whether Multi-AZ means a DB instance or a DB cluster. One has a non-readable standby; the other has two readers. That distinction decides whether the proposal can relieve the primary.
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Reads are drowning our database primary. Someone suggested Multi-AZ. Does that help, and if not, what does?
Ask whether Multi-AZ means a DB instance or a DB cluster. One has a non-readable standby; the other has two readers. That distinction decides whether the proposal can relieve the primary.
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