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Category: Amazon RDS

Get started with the Multi-Tenant feature of Amazon RDS for Oracle

Many organizations have a large number of Oracle databases running on multiple physical servers or virtual machines. They invest substantial resources in the operation and administration of these databases, incurring expenses for infrastructure, management, and licensing. In many cases, these physical servers and virtual machines are under-utilized due to improvements in hardware technology, increase in […]

Migrate tables from Microsoft Access to Amazon RDS for MySQL

Microsoft Access can fulfill your small-scale database needs, but you may encounter limitations related to scalability, reliability, security, and performance as the data grows. For instance, state and local government entities often employ Microsoft Access for tasks like inventory management and timesheet maintenance. As data volume expands, you might consider transitioning to a more robust […]

Use Amazon RDS Proxy and AWS PrivateLink to access Amazon RDS databases across AWS Organizations at American Family Insurance Group

The American Family Insurance Group of companies includes American Family Insurance, CONNECT (powered by American Family Insurance), The General, Homesite, and Main Street America Insurance. It is the nation’s twelfth-largest property and casualty insurance group, ranking number 301 on the Fortune 500 list. Across these companies, the group has nearly 13,000 employees nationwide. The group […]

Connect external applications to an Amazon RDS instance using Amazon RDS Proxy

Amazon RDS Proxy is a fully managed, highly available database proxy for Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) that makes applications more scalable, more resilient to database failures, and more secure. With RDS Proxy, you can handle unpredictable surges in database traffic that might otherwise cause issues due to oversubscribing connections or creating new connections […]

Migrate Oracle collections to Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL-Compatible Edition or Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL

Migrating from Oracle to PostgreSQL can involve several steps to ensure a smooth transition. A notable example is an Oracle collection, which is a feature that Oracle database developers commonly use. PostgreSQL does not directly support Oracle collections, and there currently isn’t an extension that adds this capability. There are several decisions you have to […]

Introducing multi-source replication on Amazon RDS for MySQL

When Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) launched in 2009, MySQL was the first engine supported on the platform. Since that time, customer use cases have grown and evolved. Amazon RDS for MySQL has supported replication to multiple targets for some time—now it also supports multi-source replication. In this post, we discuss multi-source replication on […]

Use AWS CloudFormation for Amazon RDS for SQL Server deployments

Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for SQL Server makes it easy to set up, operate, and scale SQL Server deployments in the AWS cloud. It’s a fully managed, durable database built for enterprise workloads at scale and frees you up to focus on application development. Amazon RDS is integrated with AWS CloudFormation which supports […]

Use the tds_fdw extension to migrate data from SQL Server to PostgreSQL

PostgreSQL has become the preferred open-source relational database for many enterprise companies and startups, powering leading business and mobile applications. Many customers choose PostgreSQL as the target database when migrating from commercial engines such as Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server. AWS offers Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for PostgreSQL and Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL-Compatible Edition […]

Automate CEV creation with AWS CloudFormation in Amazon RDS Custom for Oracle

Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) Custom for Oracle is a managed database service for legacy, custom, and packaged applications that require access to the underlying operating system and database environment. A custom engine version (CEV) for Amazon RDS Custom for Oracle is a binary volume snapshot of a database engine and specific Amazon Machine […]

PostgreSQL 11 upgrade strategies for Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL and Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL

Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL-Compatible Edition and Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for PostgreSQL version 11 end of standard support is February 29, 2024. See the Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL and Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL announcements to upgrade your databases: Announcement: Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL 11.x end of support is February 29, 2024 Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL 11 […]