If SQL Server is part of your cloud or hybrid cloud system architecture, CloudBasic RDS.Multi-AR for SQL Server Web/Standard/Enterprise and Redshift/S3 Data Lakes, could become your solution for:

(1) Read Replicas & Geo-Read Replicas: create RDS/EC2 SQL Server Multi-AZ-R and/or Multi-AR (Cross-Region; hybrid) Read-Replicas for High-Availability (HA), to off-load primaries, Geo-Read Replica for Data-Locality or Disaster Recovery (DR). All RDS/SQL Server editions, including Web Edition, are supported.

(2) Redshift Replicas: SQL Server to Redshfit SCD Types 1-2 data streaming - setup seamless no-ETL, no-transformation SQL Server streaming to Redshift, with automatic DB schema generation and schema change tracking, in minutes.

(3) SQL Server to S3 Data Lakes SCD Types 1-2 data streaming with files cataloging.

(4) RDS Multi-AZ for SQL Server compatible: enhance Multi-AZ with creating Multi-AZ Read Replicas or Multi-AR (Cross-Region) Geo-Read Replicas.

(5) Reduce TCO by scaling down from SQL Server Enterprise to RDS/EC2 SQL Server Standard or from SQL Server Standard to RDS/EC2 SQL Server Web Edition (if terms of use are applicable to your use case). Continue using the product for creating AlwaysOn compatible (one-way replication), Multi-AZ-R Read Replicas or Cross-Region (Geo-Replication; Multi-AR) Geo-Read Replicas.

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