AWS Big Data Blog
Category: Amazon Redshift
AWS analytics at re:Invent 2025: Unifying Data, AI, and governance at scale
re:Invent 2025 showcased the bold Amazon Web Services (AWS) vision for the future of analytics, one where data warehouses, data lakes, and AI development converge into a seamless, open, intelligent platform, with Apache Iceberg compatibility at its core. Across over 18 major announcements spanning three weeks, AWS demonstrated how organizations can break down data silos, […]
Simplify multi-warehouse data governance with Amazon Redshift federated permissions
Amazon Redshift federated permissions simplify permissions management across multiple Redshift warehouses. In this post, we show you how to define data permissions one time and automatically enforce them across warehouses in your AWS account, removing the need to re-create security policies in each warehouse.
Best practices for querying Apache Iceberg data with Amazon Redshift
In this post, we discuss the best practices that you can follow while querying Apache Iceberg data with Amazon Redshift
IPv6 addressing with Amazon Redshift
As we witness the gradual transition from IPv4 to IPv6, AWS continues to expand its support for dual-stack networking across its service portfolio. In this post, we show how you can migrate your Amazon Redshift Serverless workgroup from IPv4-only to dual-stack mode, so you can make your data warehouse future ready.
Achieve 2x faster data lake query performance with Apache Iceberg on Amazon Redshift
In 2025, Amazon Redshift delivered several performance optimizations that improved query performance over twofold for Iceberg workloads on Amazon Redshift Serverless, delivering exceptional performance and cost-effectiveness for your data lake workloads. In this post, we describe some of the optimizations that led to these performance gains.
Getting started with Apache Iceberg write support in Amazon Redshift
In this post, we show how you can use Amazon Redshift to write data directly to Apache Iceberg tables stored in Amazon S3 and S3 Tables for seamless integration between your data warehouse and data lake while maintaining ACID compliance.
Save up to 24% on Amazon Redshift Serverless compute costs with Reservations
In this post, you learn how Amazon Redshift Serverless Reservations can help you lower your data warehouse costs. We explore ways to determine the optimal number of RPUs to reserve, review example scenarios, and discuss important considerations when purchasing these reservations.
Upgrade from Amazon Redshift DC2 node type to Amazon Redshift Serverless
In this post, we show you the upgrade process from DC2 instances to Amazon Redshift Serverless. By using Amazon Redshift Serverless, you can run and scale analytics without managing data warehouse infrastructure.
Best practices for upgrading from Amazon Redshift DC2 to RA3 and Amazon Redshift Serverless
As analytical demands grow, many customers are upgrading from DC2 to RA3 or Amazon Redshift Serverless, which offer independent compute and storage scaling, along with advanced capabilities such as data sharing, zero-ETL integration, and built-in artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) support with Amazon Redshift ML. This post provides a practical guide to plan your target architecture and migration strategy, covering upgrade options, key considerations, and best practices to facilitate a successful and seamless transition.
Visualize data lineage using Amazon SageMaker Catalog for Amazon EMR, AWS Glue, and Amazon Redshift
Amazon SageMaker offers a comprehensive hub that integrates data, analytics, and AI capabilities, providing a unified experience for users to access and work with their data. Through Amazon SageMaker Unified Studio, a single and unified environment, you can use a wide range of tools and features to support your data and AI development needs, including […]









