Reply To: Timed Mode Set 4 Question 24

[JR-TutorialsDojo]

Hello kenadave110993,

Thanks for posting here.

Stopping the RDS instance does not eliminate storage costs and has operational limitations, while snapshot + terminate shifts the data to cheaper S3 storage and avoids ongoing RDS charges, making it the most cost‑effective solution for periodic testing.

Please refer to this: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/database/amazon-rds-snapshot-restore-and-recovery-demystified/

I hope this helps! Let us know if you need further assistance.

Regards,
JR @ Tutorials Dojo