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AWS Database Services
AWS Database Services
AWS Database ServiceS, Amazon RDS (Relational
Database Service), RDS Multi-AZ Deployments,
RDS Read Replicas, Amazon Aurora, Amazon
DynamoDB, DynamoDB Streams
AWS Database Services
• Relational Database Service (RDS)
• Amazon Aurora
• Amazon DynamoDB
• A database is a collection of organized data
that is stored electronically in a computer
system. The purpose of a database is to make
data easier to manage and access.
Unmanaged versus managed services
Challenges of relational databases
• Server maintenance and energy
• Software installation and patches
• Database backups and high availability
• Limits on scalability
• Data security
• Operating system (OS) installation and patches
Managed services responsibilities
Amazon RDS in a virtual private cloud (VPC)
High availability with Multi-AZ deployment
(2 of 2)
Amazon RDS read replicas
Use cases
Mysql connect with mysql workbench
Aurora
• Aurora is proprietary technology from AWS.
• Mysql and Postgres are both supported as
Aurora DB.
• Storage automatically grows increments of 10
GB to 64 TB.
• Aurora cost more than RDS(20 % more) but
more efficient.
• Not in the free tier.
High Performance and Scalability
• Aurora is “ AWS cloud optimized” and claims
5X performacne improvement over Mysql on
RD
• 3X performacne improvement over Postgre on
RDS.
High Availability and durability
• 99.99% Availability.
• Replicating 6 copies of data across 3AZ and
backup data continously to Amazon S3.
• Transparently recovers from physical storage
failure.
• Instance backup takes lessthan 30 seconds
without any dataloss
Highly Secure
• Amazon VPC used for network isolation.
• Data transfer happened by AWS KMS key
encryption( snaphot / backup)
Mysql & Postgres Compatible
• Easy migrate from this to Amazon Aurora.
• Import/Export completely manageable.
Fully Managed
• Hardware provisioning
• Software patching
• DB setup
• Configuration.
• Backup
Benefits
High availability
Resilient design
(Ex.quickly recover from disruptions like natural disasters)
Amazon DynamoDB
Relational versus non-relational databases
Relational Databases (RDBMS)
• Examples in AWS: Amazon RDS (MySQL,
PostgreSQL, MariaDB, Oracle, SQL Server),
Amazon Aurora.
• Data Structure: Data is organized into tables with
predefined schemas (rows and columns),
supporting structured data and relational models.
• Schema Requirements: Requires a fixed schema,
meaning data must conform to a defined
structure.
Non-Relational Databases (NoSQL)
• Examples in AWS: Amazon DynamoDB,
Amazon DocumentDB (MongoDB-compatible),
Amazon Keyspaces (for Apache Cassandra).
• Data Structure: Flexible data models like key-
value, document-based, wide column, or
graph. Data is typically stored in a
denormalized format, reducing the need for
joins.
DynamoDB Streams
• DynamoDB Streams writes stream records in
near-real time so that you can build
applications that consume these streams and
take action based on the contents.
Accessing DynamoDB and DynamoDB
Streams
