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Category: Amazon RDS

Automate SQL Server discovery and assessment to accelerate migration to AWS

Adopting lift and shift or rehost migration approach can be a viable option for time-sensitive scenarios, particularly when transitioning from an on-premises data center environment. However, it’s crucial to ensure that the chosen migration strategy aligns with your organization’s overall cloud adoption strategy to realize the long-term benefits of cloud-native architectures. For many applications, a […]

Achieve faster switchover for Amazon RDS Blue/Green Deployments with large number of connections

In this post, we show you a recent improvement for Amazon RDS Blue/Green Deployment switchovers to reduce your overall downtime when you have a large number of connections to your database. Blue/Green Deployments enforce safety measures to make sure that the switchover from your blue environment to the green environment maintains data consistency. For reference, […]

Replicate data between partitioned and non-partitioned tables using trigger functions in Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL or Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL

In this post, we show you how to replicate data between partitioned and non-partitioned tables using trigger functions in Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL-Compatible Edition. The solution also works with Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for PostgreSQL. Customers often decide to migrate partial applications and their associated database objects to AWS, which requires synchronizing data from […]

Identify PostgreSQL semantic issues with the plpgsql_check extension

One critical aspect during the migration process from Oracle to PostgreSQL is identifying any semantic issues that may arise when translating Oracle-specific code to PostgreSQL. Although Oracle performs both semantic and syntax checks during code compilation, PostgreSQL focuses solely on syntax checks during code compilation, leaving room for potential semantic discrepancies in the converted code […]

Amazon RDS Multi-AZ DB Clusters support new storage configurations

Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) Multi-AZ DB Clusters are a great way to improve the performance and reduce the cost of demanding database workloads. Since RDS Multi-AZ DB Clusters were launched in March 2022, they have become an increasingly popular option for workloads that need more performance than a single RDS instance can support. […]

Demystifying AWS Backup for Amazon RDS for Oracle

Customers prefer to host their relational database workloads in a managed service such as Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) because of the benefits offered by managed services. Although Amazon RDS offers automatic backups as a native feature, your data retention policies may require longer retention periods than the retention policy supported by Amazon RDS. […]

Unlocking efficiency: Integrate AWS Lambda with Amazon RDS for Oracle to automate custom script operations

Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) makes it straightforward to set up, operate, and scale a relational database in the AWS Cloud. When monitoring Amazon RDS, you can use Amazon CloudWatch metrics for basic monitoring, Amazon RDS Performance Insights for database and query performance analysis, and Enhanced Monitoring for OS-level metrics. These tools provide valuable […]

Optimize generative AI applications with pgvector indexing: A deep dive into IVFFlat and HNSW techniques

In recent times, there has been a growing interest in using foundation models (FMs) to build generative AI applications. These models are trained on vast amounts of data and are capable of performing tasks that were previously thought to be the exclusive domain of humans, such as creating art and music. However, when it comes […]

Accelerate cross-account Amazon RDS refreshes with incremental snapshots

Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) is a managed relational database service offering. It takes care of installation, storage provisioning, storage management, OS and database patching, and snapshot and restore of database instances. Offloading the undifferentiated heavy lifting of database infrastructure management to AWS helps you focus efforts where you can make the biggest difference […]

Configure Kerberos authentication in Linux clients for Amazon RDS for SQL Server with AWS Managed Microsoft AD

Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) is a managed database service that simplifies the setup, operation, and scaling of popular database engines, including Microsoft SQL Server. In on-premises environments, SQL Server is typically configured to work with Microsoft Active Directory (AD) for NTLM and Kerberos authentication. AWS offers managed services for both components, making it […]