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Category: Amazon DocumentDB

Optimizing costs on Amazon DocumentDB using event-driven architecture and the AWS EventBridge Terraform module

A primary reason companies move their workloads to AWS is because of cost. With AWS, cloud migration and application modernization plans are based on your business needs and not agreements or licensing. You can acquire technology on an as-needed basis, only paying for the resources you use. You can build modern, scalable applications on AWS […]

Key considerations when choosing a database for your generative AI applications

In this post, we explore the key factors to consider when selecting a database for your generative AI applications. We focus on high-level considerations and service characteristics that are relevant to fully managed databases with vector search capabilities currently available on AWS. We examine how these databases differ in terms of their behavior and performance, and provide guidance on how to make an informed decision based on your specific requirements.

Optimize costs with scheduled scaling of Amazon DocumentDB for read workloads

In this post, we show you two ways to schedule the scaling of your Amazon DocumentDB instance-based clusters to address anticipated read traffic patterns. By aligning your Amazon DocumentDB cluster scaling operations with the anticipated read traffic patterns, you can achieve optimal performance during peak loads and save costs by reducing the need to overprovision your cluster.

A hybrid approach for homogeneous migration to an Amazon DocumentDB elastic cluster

Today, customers use document databases for many different types of applications. For example, gaming clients use them for handling users’ attribute information, while a stock application employs a document-oriented database to store chronological quote data. As the number of documents grows over time, you need more compute and storage than what is traditionally offered through […]

Scale your connections with Amazon DocumentDB using mongobetween

Amazon DocumentDB (with MongoDB compatibility) is a fully managed native JSON document database that makes it easy and cost-effective to operate critical document workloads at virtually any scale without managing infrastructure. You can use the same application code written using MongoDB API (versions 3.6, 4.0, and 5.0) compatible drivers, and tools to run, manage, and […]

Use LangChain and vector search on Amazon DocumentDB to build a generative AI chatbot

Amazon DocumentDB (with MongoDB compatibility) offers benefits to customers building modern applications across multiple domains, including healthcare, gaming, and finance. As a fully managed document database, it can improve user experiences through flexibility, scalability, high performance, and advanced functionality. Enterprises that use the JSON data model supported by Amazon DocumentDB can achieve faster application development […]

Improve query performance using partial indexes in Amazon DocumentDB

Amazon DocumentDB (with MongoDB compatibility) is a fully managed native JSON document database that makes it easy and cost effective to operate critical document workloads at virtually any scale without managing infrastructure. Amazon DocumentDB simplifies your architecture by providing built-in security best practices, continuous backups, and native integrations with other AWS services. You can enhance […]

Mask sensitive Amazon DocumentDB log data with Amazon CloudWatch Logs data protection

Amazon DocumentDB (with MongoDB compatibility) is a highly efficient, scalable, and fully managed enterprise document database service designed to handle native JSON workloads. Amazon DocumentDB simplifies storing, querying, and indexing JSON data as a document database. The Amazon DocumentDB profiler feature is a valuable tool for monitoring the slowest operations on your cluster to help […]