Category: Amazon RDS

The Kubernetes container orchestration system provides numerous resources for managing applications in distributed environments. Many of these applications need a searchable storage system for their data that is secure, durable, and performant. Developers want to focus on continuously improving their apps rather than having to worry about the operational functions of their databases. They also […]

This blog post was reviewed and updated May 2022. In the first post of this series, we showed you how to perform a physical migration of an Oracle database into Amazon RDS Custom using the RMAN duplicate tool. In this post, we walk through the steps to migrate Oracle databases into Amazon RDS Custom using […]

This blog post was reviewed and updated May 2022. Organizations are moving their self-managed Oracle databases to AWS managed database services to modernize their applications and gain access to cloud services. With Amazon RDS Custom, you now have the privileges needed to perform a physical migration of your Oracle database into Amazon Relational Database Service […]

July 2023: This post was reviewed for accuracy. PostgreSQL is considered to be the primary open-source database choice when migrating from commercial databases such as Oracle. AWS provides two managed PostgreSQL options: Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for PostgreSQL and Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL-Compatible Edition. Identifying slow queries and tuning for better performance is an […]

Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for Oracle is a fully managed commercial database that makes it easy to set up, operate, scale a relational database in the cloud. It takes care of installation, storage provisioning, management, OS and database patching, backup and restore automatically. This helps you focus your efforts on where you can […]

Fully managed database services often bring lots of benefits to customers for running their database workload in the cloud, such as easy administration and high scalability, availability, and durability. Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for Oracle is a fully managed commercial database that makes it easy to set up, operate, and scale Oracle database […]

A common coding strategy is to have multiple application servers attempt to insert the same data into the same table at the same time and rely on the database unique constraint to prevent duplication. The “duplicate key violates unique constraint” error notifies the caller that a retry is needed. This seems like an intuitive approach, […]

Do you want to copy or archive your Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for PostgreSQL or Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL-Compatible Edition logs directly to Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3)? Does your organization have the regulatory requirements to audit all the DDL or DML activity against your RDS for PostgreSQL database? With the addition of […]

Today, we’re introducing the Amazon Database Migration Accelerator (DMA) Connect program which is designed to help you migrate from Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for Oracle to Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL-Compatible Edition or Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL. Migration to Amazon RDS for Oracle is a common first step for many customers making their foray into […]

Organizations often choose from commonly used migration strategies for their on-premises to cloud migration. The choice depends on various factors, including target state goals and business outcomes (for more information, see Your cloud transformation journey). In this post, we discuss a re-platforming strategy where you consolidate data from multiple on-premises SQL Server database servers to […]