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Category: Amazon RDS

a-tune accelerates their AWS migrations using migration strategy and implementation plans from Amazon Database Migration Accelerator

AWS launched Amazon Database Migration Accelerator (Amazon DMA) to accelerate your journey to AWS Databases and Analytics services and achieve cloud adoption benefits such as cost savings and performance improvements. In this post, we share how the Amazon DMA team helped a-tune accelerate their migrations to AWS Databases and Analytics services. a-tune offers data and […]

Migrate Oracle database workloads from Amazon RDS for Oracle to Amazon RDS Custom for Oracle

Customers who prefer to host their Oracle database workloads in a managed service such as Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for Oracle or Amazon RDS Custom for Oracle do so because of the benefits offered by managed services. One of the major features that customers love about Amazon RDS for Oracle is the ease […]

Track engine version upgrades in Amazon RDS for Oracle using the customer visible events

In Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS), an RDS event indicates a change in the environment. These events are delivered in real-time to Amazon CloudWatch and Amazon EventBridge. RDS events are notifications that are triggered by specific database events in Amazon RDS. These events can include automated backups, security updates, maintenance windows, and other changes […]

Make configuration changes to an Amazon RDS Custom for Oracle instance: Part 3

With the flexibility of Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) Custom for Oracle, you can customize your database, underlying server, and operating system configurations to support the various requirements of your workloads. In this series, we discuss best practices and step-by-step instructions to perform common customizations on Amazon RDS Custom for Oracle without breaking the […]

Federated query support for Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL and Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL – Part 2

This post is a continuation of Federated query support for Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL and Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL – Part 1. To recap, in 2003, the SQL standard added a new specification called SQL/MED (SQL Management of External Data). In 2011, PostgreSQL 9.1 was released with read-only support of this standard, and PostgreSQL 9.3 added […]

Code conversion patterns to migrate Sybase SQL Anywhere database schemas to Amazon RDS for SQL Server or Microsoft SQL Server on Amazon EC2

SAP SQL Anywhere (also known as Sybase SQL Anywhere) is a database which is widely used in Information Technology and Services industry. Migration from SAP SQL Anywhere to Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) for SQL Server or Microsoft SQL Server on Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) is challenging because as of writing this post, […]

Automate high availability setup in Amazon RDS Custom for Oracle

Amazon Relational Database (Amazon RDS) Custom automates database administration tasks and operations. RDS Custom makes it possible for you as a database administrator to access and customize your database environment and operating system. With RDS Custom, you can customize to meet the requirements of legacy, custom, and packaged applications. Amazon RDS Custom for Oracle supports […]

Accelerate large database ­­­migrations to Amazon RDS Custom Oracle ­­­using Tsunami UDP

One of the steps in migrating a database to the cloud involves transferring existing data from the source (on premises) to the target (cloud). For medium and large databases, such as those ranging from hundreds of gigabytes to 5 terabytes, speed of data transfer matters. One of the challenges is to minimize the downtime of […]

Building AI-powered search in PostgreSQL using Amazon SageMaker and pgvector

Organizations across diverse sectors are exploring novel ways to enhance user experiences by harnessing the potential of Generative AI and large language models (LLMs). In the fashion industry generative AI is revolutionizing the creative process. By analyzing user preferences and data, AI algorithms can generate unique apparel patterns and designs, bringing a new level of […]

Secure your data with Amazon RDS for SQL Server: A guide to best practices and fortification

Securing SQL Server databases in the cloud is critical, and Amazon Relational Database Service for SQL Server (Amazon RDS) provides several security features to help ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of your database instances. These features include data encryption at rest and in transit, secure user authentication and authorization mechanisms, network isolation, and fine-grained […]