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Managed Database Operations on AWS (2026): RDS/Aurora Buyer Guide for In-House vs MSP
For a fintech SaaS (6 prod databases, ~$14k/mo RDS line), scoping in-house DBA for schema + MSP for 24/7 paging cut on-call from 22 to 9 hrs/mo — Aurora Serverless v2 min ACU tuning handled tier-2 first.
