AWS Database Blog

Introducing Amazon RDS Extended Support for Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL and Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL 11

Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL-Compatible Edition and Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for PostgreSQL major versions are supported at least until the community end-of-life for the corresponding community versions. When the community PostgreSQL major version reaches its end of life, no further updates, security patches, or bug fixes are released by the community. Aurora PostgreSQL 11 clusters […]

Introducing Amazon RDS Extended Support for MySQL databases on Amazon Aurora and Amazon RDS

With the upcoming end-of-life of MySQL Community Version v5.7 in October 2023 (Page 24), Amazon Web Services (AWS) is actively preparing for this important transition. When MySQL 5.7 reaches community end of life, no further updates, bug fixes, or security patches will be released by the community. We understand that Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon […]

Secure Amazon Aurora clusters in HIPAA-compliant workloads

NextGen Healthcare, Inc., a leading provider of innovative, cloud-based healthcare technology solutions is on a mission to improve the lives of those who practice medicine and their patients. Our NextGen Population Health solution provides actionable insights directly to care teams via the aggregation and transformation of multi-source data. Built as a cloud native product, NextGen […]

Exploring Amazon DynamoDB SDK clients

When working with Amazon DynamoDB, developers have the option to choose between a low-level client and a high-level client in most of the AWS SDKs offered. Understanding the differences between these client types is crucial for effectively interacting with DynamoDB. In this post, we explore the characteristics, use cases, and benefits of both low-level and […]

Strategies and best practices for very large database migrations into Amazon RDS for Oracle

In the realm of AWS Cloud adoption, migration stands out as a pivotal aspect, demanding a comprehensive understanding of diverse tools, techniques, and best practices. This understanding becomes particularly essential when it comes to the smooth and uninterrupted migration of large databases, aiming to minimize both downtime and failures. Undertaking large database migration is an […]

Implement a CI/CD pipeline for Ethereum smart contract development on AWS – Part 1

Continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) is a process that automates software development workflows and deploys better quality software that avoids bugs and code failure. CI/CD removes the manual human intervention that was traditionally needed to get code changes from development environments to production servers. With a CI/CD pipeline, code changes are automatically detected, built, […]

Improve performance of real-time analytics and mixed workloads using the Database In-Memory option on Amazon RDS for Oracle

In this post, I demonstrate how to improve the performance of real-time analytics and mixed workloads without impacting Online Transaction Processing (OLTP) using the Oracle Database In-Memory option for workloads running on Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for Oracle. The demand for real-time analytics requires analytic queries to be run in real time concurrently […]

Monitor real-time Amazon RDS OS metrics with flexible granularity using Enhanced Monitoring

Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) provides access to real-time metrics for your operating system, enabling you to monitor how different processes or threads use RDS resources. You can manage the metrics you want to monitor for each instance on the Amazon RDS console. Amazon CloudWatch is the native monitoring tool of AWS. It is […]

Automate switchover of Oracle E-Business Suite on Amazon RDS Custom for Oracle

Oracle E-Business Suite is a business application suite that includes financial, supply chain, human resources, and customer relationship management modules. Due to the application’s critical nature, it’s important to architect Oracle E-Business Suite for high availability and develop the ability to switch over the application and database as quickly as possible in order to minimize […]