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Category: Amazon RDS

Improve performance of real-time analytics and mixed workloads using the Database In-Memory option on Amazon RDS for Oracle

In this post, I demonstrate how to improve the performance of real-time analytics and mixed workloads without impacting Online Transaction Processing (OLTP) using the Oracle Database In-Memory option for workloads running on Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for Oracle. The demand for real-time analytics requires analytic queries to be run in real time concurrently […]

Monitor real-time Amazon RDS OS metrics with flexible granularity using Enhanced Monitoring

Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) provides access to real-time metrics for your operating system, enabling you to monitor how different processes or threads use RDS resources. You can manage the metrics you want to monitor for each instance on the Amazon RDS console. Amazon CloudWatch is the native monitoring tool of AWS. It is […]

Automate switchover of Oracle E-Business Suite on Amazon RDS Custom for Oracle

Oracle E-Business Suite is a business application suite that includes financial, supply chain, human resources, and customer relationship management modules. Due to the application’s critical nature, it’s important to architect Oracle E-Business Suite for high availability and develop the ability to switch over the application and database as quickly as possible in order to minimize […]

Join Amazon RDS for SQL Server to your self-managed Active Directory

In this post, we show you how to integrate your Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for SQL Server instances with your self-managed Active Directory (AD). Previously, you could only join your RDS for SQL Server instances to an AWS Managed Microsoft AD directory. You were able to connect your on-premises AD via a trust […]

Secure data at rest on Amazon RDS Custom for Oracle with TDE – Part 2: Multi-tenant environments

In Part 1 of this series, we discussed implementing Oracle Transparent Database Encryption (TDE) in Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) Custom for Oracle with the local auto-login option in a database with the multi-tenant option disabled. In this post, we focus on outlining the implementation steps of TDE in an Oracle database with the […]

Secure data at rest on Amazon RDS Custom for Oracle with TDE – Part 1: non-CDB environments

In this first post of this two part series, we show you the options available to set up security using Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) to protect data at rest for an Oracle non-multi-tenant database running in Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) Custom for Oracle. The second post will focus on the TDE implementation for […]

Introducing Amazon RDS for MariaDB 10.11 for up to 40% higher transaction throughput

MariaDB is a popular open-source high performance database. Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for MariaDB supports multiple major engine versions including 10.4, 10.5, 10.6. Today, Amazon RDS has announced support for MariaDB major version 10.11, which is the latest long-term supported major version from the MariaDB community. When compared to previous versions, Amazon RDS for MariaDB […]

Deploy multi-Region Amazon RDS for SQL Server using cross-Region read replicas with a disaster recovery blueprint – Part 2

In our previous post, we deployed multi-Region disaster recovery blueprint using Amazon Route 53, Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for SQL Server and Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3). In this post we walk you through the process of promoting RDS for SQL Server in the AWS secondary Region and performing a cross-Region failover […]

Deploy multi-Region Amazon RDS for SQL Server using cross-Region read replicas with a disaster recovery blueprint – Part 1

Disaster recovery and high availability planning play a critical role in ensuring the resilience and continuity of business operations. When considering disaster recovery strategies on AWS, there are two primary options: in-Region disaster recovery and cross-Region disaster recovery. The choice between in-Region and cross-Region disaster recovery depends on various factors, including the criticality of the […]

Data consolidation for analytical applications using logical replication for Amazon RDS Multi-AZ clusters

Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) Multi-AZ deployments provide enhanced availability and durability for your RDS database instances. You can deploy highly available, durable PostgreSQL databases in three Availability Zones using Amazon RDS Multi-AZ DB cluster deployments with two readable standby DB instances. With a Multi-AZ DB cluster, applications gain automatic failovers in typically under […]