AWS Database Blog

Category: Announcements

Announcing configurable point-in-time recovery periods for HAQM DynamoDB

HAQM DynamoDB enables you to back up your table data continuously by using point-in-time recovery (PITR). When you enable PITR, DynamoDB backs up your table data automatically with per-second granularity. PITR helps protect you against accidental writes and deletes. For example, if a test script accidentally writes to a production DynamoDB table, or someone mistakenly […]

Prevent transaction ID wraparound by using postgres_get_av_diag() for monitoring autovacuum

In this post, we introduce postgres_get_av_diag(), a new function available in RDS for PostgreSQL to monitor aggressive autovacuum blockers. By using this function, you can identify and address performance and availability risks through actionable insights provided by postgres_get_av_diag().

New – Accelerate database modernization with generative AI using AWS Database Migration Service Schema Conversion

Today, we’re excited to inform you about a new generative AI feature in DMS SC. You can now use advanced language models to streamline and enhance your migration workflow. In this post, we discuss the key capabilities of DMS SC with generative AI and how to enable it to offer you additional recommendations to reduce manual conversion effort and time.

Introducing HAQM Aurora DSQL

Today, we introduce HAQM Aurora DSQL, the fastest serverless distributed SQL database for always available applications. It offers virtually unlimited scale, highest availability, and zero infrastructure management. It can scale to meet any workload demand without database sharding or instance upgrades. In this post, we discuss the benefits of Aurora DSQL and how to get started.

HAQM RDS for MySQL LTS version 8.4 is now generally available

Today, HAQM RDS has announced support for MySQL version 8.4, which is the latest Long-Term Support (LTS) major version from the MySQL community. With that, HAQM RDS now supports MySQL Community Edition versions 8.0 and 8.4. In addition to the two community-supported LTS releases, HAQM RDS also offers MySQL 5.7 under RDS Extended Support, where RDS provides critical patches and bug fixes for the engine. For any of these versions, you can bring your existing MySQL code, applications, and tools to HAQM RDS. With MySQL 8.4, the MySQL community has introduced, as well as retired, multiple features, which are listed in the MySQL 8.4 reference manual. In this post, we explore some of these features, list known breaking changes, and provide recommendations to ease the migration of your workloads to this version.

Introducing scaling to 0 capacity with HAQM Aurora Serverless v2

HAQM Aurora Serverless v2 now supports scaling capacity down to 0 ACUs, enabling you to optimize costs during periods of database inactivity. Aurora Serverless is an on-demand, auto scaling configuration of Aurora that automatically adjusts your database capacity based on your workload requirements. Aurora Serverless measures database capacity in Aurora Capacity Units (ACUs) billed per second. 1 […]

Using attribute-based access control for tag-based access authorization with HAQM DynamoDB

HAQM DynamoDB is a serverless, NoSQL, fully managed database service that delivers single-digit millisecond latency at any scale. AWS recently announced the general availability of attribute-based access control (ABAC) for HAQM DynamoDB. ABAC is an authorization strategy that defines permissions based on attributes. In AWS, these attributes are called tags. You can attach tags to […]

New – HAQM DynamoDB lowers pricing for on-demand throughput and global tables

Our continued engineering investments on how efficiently we can operate DynamoDB allow us to identify and pass on cost savings to you. Effective November 1, 2024, DynamoDB has reduced prices for on-demand throughput by 50% and global tables by up to 67%, making it more cost-effective than ever to build, scale, and optimize applications. In this post, we discuss the benefits of these price reductions, on-demand mode, and global tables.

HAQM RDS Custom for SQL Server now supports Windows Authentication for DB instances

HAQM RDS Custom for SQL Server now allows you to directly join your DB instances to the domains of Microsoft Active Directory (AD). In this post, we show how to join RDS Custom DB instances to an AD for Windows Authentication. This applies to AD domains running in a self-managed environment either on premises or HAQM Elastic Compute Cloud (HAQM EC2) and AWS Managed Microsoft AD.