Databases

Is Amazon Aurora Serverless Actually Serverless?

Aurora Global Database for Disaster Recovery on AWS

Need a Disaster Recovery solution for relational databases in AWS? Learn how to set up an Amazon Aurora Global Database for automatic failover.

Data Loss, Replication and Disaster Recovery on AWS

Understanding how data can be lost on AWS, and what measures we can take to prevent it

Understanding How DynamoDB Scales

Detailed explanation of Provisioned and On-Demand modes of DynamoDB, how they work, how they scale, and a pricing comparison.

Using ElastiCache (Redis) to cache queries to RDS

Setting up a cache-aside strategy, and the implications beyond just cost

Reacting to Changes with DynamoDB Streams

Executing a Lambda function every time an item changes in a DynamoDB table

DynamoDB Transactions: An E-Commerce with Amazon DynamoDB

Showing that Amazon DynamoDB Transactions are ACID-compliant

Using SQS to Throttle Writes to DynamoDB

How to use SQS to avoid overloading a DynamoDB database with write operations

DynamoDB Database Design

Understanding how to design your data in DynamoDB

Handling Data at Scale with DynamoDB

20 steps to optimize DynamoDB for lower costs and better performance at any scale.

Managed Relational Databases with AWS RDS and Aurora

Understanding what RDS and Aurora can do for you, and best practices to use them