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Cloud Computing · Intermediate

Amazon Aurora

AWS cloud-native relational database compatible with MySQL and PostgreSQL, with distributed, self-healing storage.

Definition

Aurora separates compute from a shared storage volume that keeps six copies of data across three AZs and grows automatically. It supports up to 15 low-latency Aurora Replicas with fast failover, Aurora Serverless v2 for automatic capacity scaling, Global Database for cross-region replication and backtracking (MySQL).

Example

A SaaS company migrates from self-managed MySQL to Aurora MySQL to gain faster failover and read scaling.

Exam tip

Aurora is the answer for highest performance and availability among relational options with MySQL/PostgreSQL compatibility.

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