CATEGORY DEEP DIVE

This website provides an introduction of what databases are and why you might want to consider an AWS database for your apps.

Every app needs a place to store data from users, devices, and other apps. Databases are important backend systems that are used to store data for any type of app, whether it’s a small mobile app or an enterprise app with internet-scale and real-time requirements.

Internet-scale apps: Globally distributed and internet-scale apps that handle millions of requests per second over hundreds of terabytes of data. These databases automatically scale up and down to accommodate your spiky workloads.

Real-time apps: Real-time apps such as caching, session stores, gaming leaderboards, ride-hailing, ad-targeting, and real-time analytics need microsecond latency and high throughput to support millions of requests per second.

Open-source apps: Some customers prefer open-source databases for their low cost, community-backed development and support, and large ecosystems of tools and extensions.

Enterprise apps: Enterprise apps manage core business processes, such as sales, billing, customer service, human resources, and line-of-business processes, such as a reservation system at a hotel chain or a risk-management system at an insurance company. These apps need databases that are fast, scalable, secure, available, and reliable.