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Scale your relational database for SaaS, Part 2: Sharding and routing

This post is a continuation of our series on scaling your relational database for software as a service (SaaS). SaaS providers commonly use relational databases, such as Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) and Amazon Aurora, in their solutions. In Part 1, we looked at some common ways to scale or optimize your relational database […]

Scale your relational database for SaaS, Part 1: Common scaling patterns

One of the challenges that software as a service (SaaS) providers face as their business grows is how to maintain their tenants’ experience. This includes ensuring acceptable performance and response times as the tenant base grows. Relational databases, such as Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) and Amazon Aurora, are commonly used by SaaS providers. […]