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simplifies the process of setting up, operating, and scaling a relational database in the cloud. With support for six database engines (, Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MySQL, and MariaDB) RDS has become a foundation component for many cloud-based applications. We launched support for PostgreSQL in late 2013 and followed up that launch with support […]

Feature-by-feature, has become more powerful and easier to use. Over the past months we have given you the ability to create a cluster from a MySQL backup, create cross-region read replicas, share snapshots across accounts, exercise additional control over failover, and migrate from other in-cloud or on-premises databases to Aurora. Today, as an extension of […]

When I interview a candidate for a technical position, I often ask them to explain what happens when they see a interesting link and decide to click on it. I encourage them to go in to as much detail as they would like. The answers let me know how well they understand and can explain […]

is currently the fastest-growing AWS service! As a relational database designed for the cloud (read Amazon Aurora – New Cost-Effective MySQL-Compatible Database Engine for Amazon RDS to learn more), Aurora offers great performance, effortless storage scaling all the way up to 64 TB, durability, and high availability. Because Aurora was designed to be compatible with […]

The EC2 Spot Fleet model (see Amazon EC2 Spot Fleet API – Manage Thousands of Spot Instances with one Request for more information) allows you to create a fleet of EC2 instances with a single request. You simply specify the fleet’s target capacity, enter a bid price per hour, and choose the instance types that […]

My colleague Steven Jones wrote the guest post below in order to tell you about an impressive new way to use SAP HANA for large-scale workloads. Back in May we announced the availability of our new X1 instance type x1.32xlarge, our latest addition to the Amazon EC2 memory-optimized instance family with 2 TB of RAM, […]

helps you to see, diagnose, react to, and resolve issues that arise in your AWS infrastructure and in the applications that you run on AWS. Today, I would like to talk about several usability and functionality improvements to CloudWatch Logs (Store and Monitor OS & Application Log Files with Amazon CloudWatch) and to CloudWatch Dashboards […]

Many AWS customers have been asking us for a way to programmatically analyze their Cost and Usage Reports (read New – AWS Cost and Usage Reports for Comprehensive and Customizable Reporting for more info). These customers are often using AWS to run multiple lines of business, making use of a wide variety of services, often […]

In my recent post, I Love My Amazon WorkSpace, I shared the story of how I became a full-time user and big fan of . Since writing the post I have heard similar sentiments from several other AWS customers. Today I would like to tell you about some new and recent developments that will make […]

We introduced last fall from the re:Invent stage. The Snowball appliance is designed for customers who need to transfer large amounts of data into or out of AWS on a one-time or recurring basis (read AWS Import/Export Snowball – Transfer 1 Petabyte Per Week Using Amazon-Owned Storage Appliances to learn more). Today we are launching […]