AWS Database Blog

Customers who are considering migrating their Azure Cosmos DB workloads to Amazon DynamoDB ask what differences to expect. In this post, we discuss the differences to expect and plan for when migrating from Azure Cosmos DB to DynamoDB. DynamoDB is a serverless key-value database optimized for common access patterns, typically to store and retrieve large […]

A common challenge faced by customers migrating their application to a new Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for Oracle environment is unexpected performance degradations caused by query plans changes. Any of the following migration factors can lead to query plan digression and in this post, we outline a strategy to proactively address these stumbling […]

As customers migrate their Oracle databases to the Amazon Relational Database Service for Oracle, they may often benefit from a shared file system to be available on their Oracle database systems. This is either to share files between the database and application servers or to act as a staging location to keep backups, data loads, […]

Many industries are taking advantage of the Internet of Things (IoT) to track information from and about connected devices. One example is the energy industry, which is using smart electricity meters to collect energy consumption from customers for analytics and control purposes. Vector, a New Zealand energy company, combines its energy knowledge with Amazon Web […]

End of support notice: On March 31, 2027, AWS will end support for Amazon RDS Custom for Oracle. Existing customers can continue using the service until March 31, 2027. After March 31, 2027, you will no longer be able to access RDS Custom for Oracle resources including database instances, snapshots, and custom engine versions. We […]

End of support notice: On March 31, 2027, AWS will end support for Amazon RDS Custom for Oracle. Existing customers can continue using the service until March 31, 2027. After March 31, 2027, you will no longer be able to access RDS Custom for Oracle resources including database instances, snapshots, and custom engine versions. We […]

Access control to AWS services and resources should be governed by the security principles of zero trust and least-privilege. Zero trust requires that users are strongly authenticated and fine-grained authorization is enforced before gaining access to resources. Least-privilege is a principle of granting only the permissions required to complete a task. Least-privilege is also an AWS Well-Architected best […]

Learn how customers like Intuit, Trustpilot, Hulu, Fidelity and Reltio are building serverless, event-driven, and scalable applications on DynamoDB. For the Amazon DynamoDB team, the 2022 AWS re:Invent was once again an incredible experience to connect and reconnect with our customers. Throughout the week, we interacted with dozens of customers to learn what is top-of-mind for […]

The Amazon Keyspaces team had a great time meeting with many of you at AWS re:Invent 2022. It was particularly exciting to experience re:Invent at its peak in-person attendance. The team enjoyed listening to your feedback and use cases, and understanding what you want us to build next. We work backwards from these conversations and feedback […]

AWS Database Migration Service (AWS DMS) version 3.4.7 and above includes support for Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC) VPC endpoints and makes it easier to maintain end-to-end network configuration within the same AWS region for replication tasks. To learn more about VPC endpoints, refer to Connect your VPC to services using AWS PrivateLink. In […]