Category: Technical How-to

AWS has introduced a new feature in AWS Database Migration Service (AWS DMS) that simplifies the migration of data from IBM Db2 databases with the Database Partitioning Feature (DPF) databases to Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), a highly scalable and durable object storage service. With this new capability, you can now migrate your data from IBM Db2 DPF databases to Amazon S3, paving the way for building robust data lakes in the cloud. This new feature streamlines the migration process, provides data integrity, and minimizes the risk of data loss or corruption, even when dealing with large volumes of data distributed across multiple partitions and databases of varying sizes. In this post, we delve into the intricacies of this new AWS DMS feature and demonstrate how to implement it. We explore best practices for orchestrating data flows and optimizing the migration process, achieving a smooth transition from on-premises IBM Db2 DPF databases to a cloud-based data lake on Amazon S3.

In this post, we show you how to set up bi-directional replication between an on-premises MySQL instance and an Aurora MySQL instance. We cover how to configure and set up bi-directional replication and address important operational concepts such as monitoring, troubleshooting, and high availability. In certain use cases, native bi-directional binary log replication can either provide a simpler fallback plan for your migration or provide a way to migrate applications or schemas individually, rather than all at the same time.

LeadSquared is a new-age software as a service (SaaS) customer relationship management (CRM) platform that provides end-to-end sales, marketing, and onboarding solutions. Tailored for sectors like BFSI (banking, financial services, and insurance), healthcare, education, real estate, and more, LeadSquared provides a personalized approach for businesses of every scale. LeadSquared Service CRM goes beyond basic ticketing, […]

In this post, we demonstrate how to migrate SQL logins, database roles, users, and object-level permissions from Azure SQL Database to Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for SQL Server using T-SQL. Within SQL Server, a SQL login acts as a security principal, allowing a user or application to connect to a SQL Server instance. […]

This the first post in a multi-part series where we discuss how you can set up Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for Oracle with Terraform. Terraform by HashiCorp allows you to define the instructions for setting up the infrastructure as a code, simplifying and automating the process instead of doing everything manually. Overview of […]

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) has reached a turning point, capturing everyone’s imaginations. Integrating generative capabilities into customer-facing services and solutions has become critical. Current generative AI offerings are the culmination of a gradual evolution from machine learning and deep learning models. The leap from deep learning to generative AI is enabled by foundation models. Amazon […]

Customers choose Amazon DynamoDB to improve their applications’ performance, scalability, and resiliency. DynamoDB’s serverless architecture simplifies operations by abstracting hardware, scaling, patches, and maintenances. Managing data access and security in DynamoDB is different than instance-based database solutions. DynamoDB uses AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) to authenticate and authorize access to resources, whereas RBDMS solutions rely on firewalls rules, […]

This is the second part in a two-part series on how to migrate a multi-TB database to Amazon Relational Database Services (Amazon RDS) Custom for SQL Server. RDS Custom for SQL Server is a managed database service that automates database setup, operation, backups, high availability, and scalability while providing access to both the database and […]

Amazon DocumentDB (with MongoDB compatibility) offers benefits to customers building modern applications across multiple domains, including healthcare, gaming, and finance. As a fully managed document database, it can improve user experiences through flexibility, scalability, high performance, and advanced functionality. Enterprises that use the JSON data model supported by Amazon DocumentDB can achieve faster application development […]

We often want to take an inventory of the types of data in our database. What is our schema? This is most useful in DEV or TEST databases whose content is created by several users or teams, is often experimental, or has multiple versions. Even in controlled environments like PROD, where the application validates data […]