Category: Best Practices

AWS Database Migration Service (AWS DMS) provides integration with AWS Secrets Manager for storing the database credentials. This integration allows you to store, rotate, and retrieve credentials used in the AWS DMS endpoints. As a security best practice, customers use this integration for enhanced security control and also at times maintain a central account or […]

In this post, we deep dive into using AWS Database Migration Service (AWS DMS) to load data to Amazon Redshift and discuss how to optimize data loading. In a world where data is always growing and larger datasets need to be processed, it’s important to use the right tool for the right job. Amazon Redshift […]

Those who choose to take ownership of digital assets, such as cryptocurrency or non-fungible tokens (NFTs), are faced with a crucial decision when creating a wallet: do they opt to manage their own wallet or delegate that responsibility to a trusted third party? Non-custodial wallet solutions, whereby a user manages their own wallet, are popular […]

In Part 1 of this series, we discussed database migration components, migration cost and its factors, and how to select right type of AWS DMS instance which determines the capacity of DMS jobs. In this post, we focus on how to regularly evaluate the AWS DMS instance size and scale up or down based on […]

In the realm of database migration, achieving cost optimization is paramount. It’s not just about moving data; it’s about doing so in a way that ensures every resource is utilized efficiently, infrastructure expenses are minimized, and the return on investment is maximized. Careful consideration of cost implications and the implementation of strategic measures are key. […]

Solana is a public blockchain built for mass adoption. It’s a high-performance network that is utilized for a range of use cases, including finance, NFTs, payments, and gaming. Solana operates as a single global state machine, and is open and interoperable. In this post, we look into the ways Solana blockchain works, the types of […]

Amazon ElastiCache is a fully managed in-memory caching service, compatible with popular open source projects, Redis and Memcached. Hundreds of thousands of customers use it to achieve real-time, cost-optimized performance. We built Amazon ElastiCache Serverless to satisfy some of the most common customer wish-list items, including simplifying the setup process, eliminating capacity planning and management, […]

Amazon Aurora MySQL-Compatible Edition version 3 (with MySQL 8.0 compatibility) is the most current major version supported on Amazon Aurora MySQL. You can use Amazon Aurora MySQL version 3 to get the latest MySQL-compatible features and performance improvements. MySQL 8.0 introduces several new features, including JSON functions, window functions, common table expressions (CTEs), and role-based […]

Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL-Compatible Edition and Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for PostgreSQL version 11 end of standard support is February 29, 2024. See the Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL and Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL announcements to upgrade your databases: Announcement: Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL 11.x end of support is February 29, 2024 Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL 11 […]

Amazon DynamoDB offers high scalability and performance for applications with varying workloads. While DynamoDB excels at efficiently distributing data across multiple partitions, it inherently follows a specific sorting order based on the schema selected. In this post, we show two example data models, one designed to store e-commerce order information and one to store game […]