Serverless Instances
Serverless computing, pioneered by platforms such as AWS Lambda, is a relatively new computing paradigm that developers are increasingly using as a tool for building applications in the cloud.
Generally speaking, a solution is “serverless” if it can automatically and dynamically match compute and storage resources to workload demands.
The serverless application model results in an abstraction that frees developers from needing to think about servers (hence "serverless"). This model has the following benefits:
The idea of serverless computing has recently been extended to databases. Serverless databases share many of the same characteristics of serverless application platforms:
Serverless instances and clusters are two different types of database deployments available on MongoDB Atlas. When you register for a MongoDB Atlas account, you will have the option to choose which one you want to create and use.
Serverless instances will initially be available in preview, meaning they are not feature-complete or ready for production use.
