These 2 articles on Aurora by Vadim Tkachenko, the CTO and co-founder of Percona are very informative - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.percona.com&#x2F;blog&#x2F;2015&#x2F;11&#x2F;16&#x2F;amazon-aurora-looking-deeper&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.percona.com&#x2F;blog&#x2F;2015&#x2F;11&#x2F;16&#x2F;amazon-aurora-lookin...</a> and <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.percona.com&#x2F;blog&#x2F;2015&#x2F;12&#x2F;03&#x2F;amazon-aurora-sysbench-bencmarks&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.percona.com&#x2F;blog&#x2F;2015&#x2F;12&#x2F;03&#x2F;amazon-aurora-sysben...</a>