After nine months of testing, Amazon Web Services is now offering its Aurora database as a full commercial service, positioning it as a high-performance alternative to the widely used open source ...

Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with content, and download exclusive resources. Have you ever tried mixing oil and water?

Many web applications have been built on an open source stack that included MySQL. Despite its limitations, MySQL managed to become the world’s most widely used open source RDBMS. What limitations, ...

Nov. 9, 2023 — In this recent blog post, Donnie Prakoso, a principal developer advocate for AWS, unveils a practical guide to leveraging the newly general-available Amazon Aurora MySQL zero-ETL ...

AWS has announced Parallel Query for Amazon Aurora. According to the company, this provides faster analytical queries over transactional data that can speed up queries by up to 2 orders of magnitude, ...

This paper outlines the best practices for managing database connections, setting server connection parameters, and configuring client programs, drivers, and connectors. It’s a recommended read for ...

Up through the first decade of the 21st century, the world of relational databases wasn’t a particularly exciting one. From their arrival in the 1970s, relational databases mostly supported rather ...

IDC’s research highlights the significant benefits organizations achieve from using Amazon Aurora, a built-for-the-cloud, serverless, fully managed relational database service that delivers ...