AWS Database Blog

Amazon DocumentDB (with MongoDB compatibility) is a fully managed native JSON document database that makes it easy and cost effective to operate critical document workloads at virtually any scale without managing infrastructure. Amazon DocumentDB simplifies your architecture by providing built-in security best practices, continuous backups, and native integrations with other AWS services. AWS Database Migration […]

Many AWS customers are starting to modernize architectures and move toward open-source databases. Babelfish for Aurora PostgreSQL makes it easier to migrate applications from SQL Server to Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL-Compatible Edition. With Babelfish, Aurora PostgreSQL-Compatible supports commonly used T-SQL language and semantics, which reduces the amount of code changes related to database calls in an […]

Amazon DynamoDB is a fully managed NoSQL database that provides fast and predictable performance with seamless scalability. Customers across multiple industries utilize DynamoDB as their database of choice. Numerous education technology (EdTech) companies utilize DynamoDB as a persistent data store to track students’ exam scores and course progress. As students advance through various grades, their […]

In the world of digital assets, private keys have always been of utmost importance. Unlike traditional assets, digital assets are controlled by private keys (a string of letters and numbers), just like passwords, which unlock the right to manage and use assets. Private keys can be used to irreversibly transfer funds from the wallet, thus, […]

This post is co-written with Holger Macht and Mike Matsumoto from Zalando. Zalando is a leading European online shop for fashion and lifestyle. Founded in Berlin in 2008, Zalando brings head-to-toe fashion to over 50 million active customers, offering clothing, footwear, accessories, and beauty supplies. The assortment of international brands ranges from world-famous names to […]

Open Raven is a leader in automated multi-cloud data security. Open Raven is the data security posture management company that prevents leaks, breaches, and compliance incidents. The Open Raven Data Security Platform connects to your cloud environment within minutes and works over native APIs and serverless functions. The Open Raven Data Security Platform works at cloud […]

In this post, we walk through an example for creating an active-active replication setup between two RDS for PostgreSQL instances. We also show how to monitor replication lag between instances, and review how to detect and resolve conflicts. Finally, we discuss strategies to design applications to work with pgactive.

AWS Database Migration Service (AWS DMS) is a fully managed service that helps you migrate databases to AWS quickly and securely. Every customer’s use cases are unique; you can use AWS DMS not only for a one-time data migration solution but also to replicate the data as per the requirements of your downstream applications. In […]

Amazon Managed Blockchain and many partners of AWS offer a convenient way to use Ethereum nodes without operating your own infrastructure. But sometimes, when you want to run archive nodes or participate in Ethereum staking, the managed nodes aren’t enough, and you may choose to run your own Ethereum nodes on AWS. To run a […]

This post is co-written with Peter Fein, Staff Engineer 2 at VMware VMware Tanzu CloudHealth, consolidated a multi-tenant, self-managed, 166-node sharded MySQL databases to Amazon Aurora MySQL-Compatible Edition and Amazon RDS Proxy. The goal was to support long-term, continuous, multi-factor data growth on their platform while improving reliability and simplifying operations. VMware Tanzu CloudHealth is […]