Amazon Redshift Serverless now supports 4 RPU Minimum Capacity Option

Amazon Redshift now allows you to get started with Amazon Redshift Serverless with a lower data warehouse base capacity configuration of 4 Redshift Processing Units (RPUs). Amazon Redshift Serverless measures data warehouse capacity in RPUs, and you pay only for the duration of workloads you run in RPU-hours on a per-second basis. Previously, the minimum base capacity required to run Amazon Redshift Serverless was 8 RPUs. You can start using Amazon Redshift Serverless for as low as $1.50 per hour and pay only for the compute capacity your data warehouse consumes when it is active.

Amazon Redshift Serverless enables users to run and scale analytics without managing data warehouse clusters. The new lower capacity configuration makes Amazon Redshift Serverless suitable for both production and development environments, particularly when workloads require minimal compute and memory resources. This entry-level configuration supports data warehouses with up to 32 TB of Redshift managed storage, offering a maximum of 100 columns per table and 64 GB of memory.

Amazon Redshift Serverless with 4 RPU Minimum Capacity Option is generally available in the AWS Regions: US East (N. Virginia), US East (Ohio), US West (Oregon), US West (N. California), Asia Pacific (Singapore), Asia Pacific (Sydney), Asia Pacific (Tokyo), Asia Pacific (Mumbai), Europe (Ireland), Europe (Stockholm).

To get started, see the Amazon Redshift Serverless feature page, use cases, user documentation, API Reference, and pricing.