AWS Database Blog
Category: Database
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) […]
Use native SQL Server log shipping and PowerShell scripts to synchronize data to Amazon RDS for SQL Server
July 2023: This post was reviewed for accuracy. Enterprises are migrating their Microsoft SQL Server workloads to AWS fully managed database services like Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for SQL Server, which makes it easy to set up, operate, and scale SQL Server deployment in the cloud. There are a few native Microsoft SQL Server […]
Unlocking JSON workloads with ElastiCache and MemoryDB
Application developers love Redis because it has a large and vibrant open source community, provides blazing-fast in-memory performance, and has a developer-friendly yet powerful API that provides native support for multiple data structures. These traits make Redis a great fit for building and running high-performance, scalable web applications. At AWS, we offer two fully-managed, Redis-based […]
Prepare for Babelfish migration with the AWS SCT assessment report
Database migrations typically consist of converting the database schema and loading the data from the source database to the target database. After the migration, developers still need to change the application to use the target database drivers, and they often need to rewrite the application code to make it all work. With Babelfish for Aurora […]
Handle empty strings when migrating from Oracle to PostgreSQL
An Oracle-to-PostgreSQL migration in the AWS Cloud can be a multistage process with different technologies and skills involved, starting from the assessment stage to the cutover stage. AWS offers services that make PostgreSQL database deployments easy to set up, manage, and scale for the cloud in a cost-efficient manner. These services are Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) […]
Configure SQL Server replication between Amazon RDS Custom for SQL Server and Amazon RDS for SQL Server
Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) Custom for SQL Server is a managed database service for legacy, custom, and packaged applications that require access to the underlying operating system (OS) and database (DB) environment. Amazon RDS Custom is now available for the SQL Server database engine. Amazon RDS Custom for SQL Server automates setup, operation, […]
Migrate your SAP ASE (Sybase ASE) database to Amazon RDS for SQL Server
Customers running their workload on SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise (Sybase ASE) databases often ask us how they can modernize their workload as they move to AWS with minimum application changes. Customers who want to keep Transact-SQL (T-SQL) as their preferred database programming language and Tabular Data Stream (TDS) as their communication protocol can take advantage […]
How Shaadi.com reduced costs and improved performance with DynamoDB
Shaadi.com is the flagship brand for People Interactive. It is the largest matchmaking platform in the world and has lead this space for last 20 years. It has been built on one simple idea of helping people find a life partner, discover love and share joy. Their vision is to bring people together through technology. […]
Deploy a high-performance database for containerized applications: Amazon MemoryDB for Redis with Kubernetes
More and more organizations are building their applications using microservices for operational efficiency, agility, scalability, and faster time to market. Microservices and containers have emerged as building blocks for modern applications, and Kubernetes has become the de facto standard for managing containers at scale. Applications running on Kubernetes need a database that provides ultra-fast performance, high availability […]
Enable near real-time notifications from Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL by using database triggers, AWS Lambda, and Amazon SNS
In this post, we show you how to push a database DML (Data Manipulation Language) event from an Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL-Compatible Edition table out to downstream applications, by using a PostgreSQL database trigger, an AWS Lambda, and Amazon Simple Notification Service (Amazon SNS). Aurora PostgreSQL is a PostgreSQL-compatible relational database built for the cloud that […]









