Introduction to AWS databases: Modernize your data infrastructure
summary
AWS presents a catalog of purpose-built managed databases and migration tooling with concrete outcomes: Aurora: MySQL 5x, Postgres 3x, Samsung cuts monthly DB costs 44% moving off Oracle, DynamoDB/ElastiCache/SQS power high‑throughput microservices, DMS handles >350,000 migrations, and a Verizon Media migration moves a self‑managed graph to Amazon Neptune in about three weeks and runs globally across five regions at ~1,000 RPS. Practical takeaways focus on performance claims, real cost reductions, the exact services used, and migration timelines.
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chapters (22)
- 0:00Intro
- 0:52Data: Your strategic advantage
- 3:27Legacy data infrastructure = undifferentiated heavy lifting
- 7:27Samsung migrates 1.1B users from Oracle to Amazon Aurora
- 8:21Developers are doing what they do best
- 11:30Flexible ways to migrate
- 12:22AWS DMS migrations
- 14:35Verizon Media push notification system
- 15:15Challenges in changing times
- 16:14What is the Yahoo knowledge graph?
- 16:56Use cases throughout Verizon Media
- 17:16Building the knowledge graph (from 50,000 ft)
- 18:01Serving entity data
- 18:56Online graph queries
- 19:44Graph databases
- 20:11Next-generation serving
- 20:38GraphQL API for entities
- 21:15Rapid adoption of the GraphQL API
- 21:56Move to managed: Amazon Neptune
- 22:31Utilizing a public-private architecture
- 23:30Lessons learned
- 24:47Learn databases with AWS Training and Certification
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