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Category: RDS for MariaDB

Improve query performance using Optimized Reads on Amazon RDS for MySQL and Amazon RDS for MariaDB

Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) makes it easy to set up, operate, and scale MySQL and MariaDB deployments in the cloud. Developers are often required to run complex queries in MySQL and MariaDB environments to create a dashboard or run simple ad hoc reports. Furthermore, application developers use complex stored procedures with user-created temporary […]

Create linked server access to Amazon RDS for MySQL and Amazon RDS for MariaDB

Linked servers allow Microsoft SQL Server to run SQL Server statements on other instances of database servers. They are a good solution when you need to implement database sharding without needing to create custom application code or directly load from remote data sources. In this post, we focus on creating linked server access to Amazon […]

Reduce network transfer time with connection compression in Amazon RDS for MySQL and Amazon RDS for MariaDB

Our customers have seen many cases where network bandwidth between the MySQL client and database becomes the source of bottleneck. This leads to increase in the query latencies causing performance impact. This is especially seen for workloads which have high network bandwidth requirement. MySQL and MariaDB solve this problem by allowing you to compress traffic […]

Managed database backup and recovery in a multi-tenant SaaS application

Exporting data or restoring to an earlier point in time are core capabilities that customers look for in a software as a service (SaaS) product. Database backup and recovery is vital to business continuity and regulatory compliance. You should understand how your multi-tenant data partitioning model will affect the backup and restore capabilities of your […]

Security best practices for Amazon RDS for MySQL and MariaDB instances

At AWS, cloud security is the highest priority. The implementation of security and compliance is a shared responsibility. While AWS is responsible for the security of the cloud, it provides multiple features to help you manage the security of your databases in the cloud. For example, you can integrate services like AWS Identity and Access […]

Increase write throughput on Amazon RDS for MariaDB using the MyRocks storage engine

In 2022, Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for MariaDB introduced several new features to enhance the performance, scalability, reliability, and manageability of your workloads, including the MyRocks storage engine, AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) integration, delayed replication, and multi-major upgrades. Open-source database engines like MySQL and MariaDB implement a pluggable storage engine architecture. […]

Migrate Amazon Aurora and Amazon RDS to a new AWS Region

At times you may need to migrate your workloads from one AWS Region to another Region. In this post, we highlight best practices for cross-Region migration of Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) and Amazon Aurora . We provide prescriptive guidance on migration of various components related to the RDS databases. We also discuss the […]

Enable change data capture on Amazon RDS for MySQL applications that are using XA transactions

XA transactions are not a very familiar concept to lots of people and therefore hardly used. An XA transaction is a two-phase commit protocol that supports distributed transactions that updates multiple relational databases. It involves a transaction manager that monitors this global transaction. XA makes sure that transactional updates are committed in all of the […]

Validate database objects after migrating from SAP ASE to Amazon RDS for MySQL, Amazon RDS for MariaDB, or Amazon Aurora MySQL

In this post, we focus on database object validation for the heterogenous migration from SAP ASE to Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for MySQL, Amazon RDS for MariaDB, or Amazon Aurora MySQL-Compatible Edition. For schema conversion and migration, you can use AWS Schema Conversion Tool (AWS SCT). AWS SCT helps convert your database schema […]

Upgrading from Amazon RDS for MariaDB version 10.2

Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for MariaDB 10.2 major version is reaching end of life (EOL) on October 15, 2022. The end-of-life process ends standard support for this version. We recommend that you upgrade all MariaDB 10.2 DB instances to MariaDB 10.3 or higher as soon as possible. Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) […]