Category: HAQM Aurora

Migrating from one database engine to another can be tricky when the database is supporting an application or a web site that is running 24×7. Without the option to take the database offline, an approach that is based on replication is generally the best solution. Today we are launching a new feature that allows you […]

Despite stiff competition from many other AWS services, HAQM Aurora is still the fastest-growing service in AWS history! Our customers love the speed, performance, and availability. They are making great use of the MySQL compatible side of Aurora today, and are looking forward to using the PostgreSQL compatible side in the future (read HAQM Aurora […]

Just two years ago (it seems like yesterday), I introduced you to HAQM Aurora in my post HAQM Aurora – New Cost-Effective MySQL-Compatible Database Engine for HAQM RDS. In that post I told you how the RDS team took a fresh, unconstrained look at the relational database model and explained how they built a relational […]

HAQM Aurora already allows you to make your choice of five DB instance classes ranging from the db.r3.large (2 vCPUs and 15 GiB of RAM) up to the db.r3.8xlarge (32 vCPUs and 244 GiB of RAM). These instances support a very wide range of production-scale applications and use cases. Today we giving you a sixth […]

Many AWS services work just fine by themselves, but even better together! This important aspect of our model allows you to select a single service, learn about it, get some experience with it, and then extend your span to other related services over time. On the other hand, opportunities to make the services work together […]

Feature-by-feature, HAQM Aurora has become more powerful and easier to use. Over the past months we have given you the ability to create a cluster from a MySQL backup, create cross-region read replicas, share snapshots across accounts, exercise additional control over failover, and migrate from other in-cloud or on-premises databases to Aurora. Today, as an […]

HAQM Aurora is currently the fastest-growing AWS service! As a relational database designed for the cloud (read HAQM Aurora – New Cost-Effective MySQL-Compatible Database Engine for HAQM RDS to learn more), Aurora offers great performance, effortless storage scaling all the way up to 64 TB, durability, and high availability. Because Aurora was designed to be […]

After potential AWS customers see the benefits of moving to the cloud, they often ask about the best way to migrate their applications and their data, including large amounts of structured information stored in relational databases. Today we are launching an important new feature for HAQM Aurora. If you are already making use of MySQL, […]