Modernize your basis de data with AWS☁️

As we previously discussed in our blog about Aurora and RDS Today we will briefly introduce the improvements, benefits and all the tools that the AWS platform offers us to modernize our databases.

Database modernization on AWS refers to the process of upgrading or migrating existing databases to the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud platform to improve their scalability, availability, performance, and security.

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Modernizing databases on AWS can have many benefits for companies looking to improve their data systems.

Here are some specific benefits that can be gained by modernizing databases in the AWS cloud☁️:

• Scalability: AWS provides tools and services that enable automatic scaling and on-demand provisioning of resources, meaning a business can increase or decrease its database capacity as needed.

• Availability: AWS offers high availability options for databases that can help ensure that the applications and services that rely on them are always available and do not experience costly downtime.

• Performance: Some database services on AWS are specifically designed for performance. For example, Amazon Aurora is a relational database that runs on infrastructure designed to provide up to five times the performance of traditional MySQL databases.

• Safety: AWS offers a wide variety of database security measures, including encryption of data at rest and in transit, user authentication and authorization, and intrusion and threat detection.

• Cost: AWS offers a range of pricing options for database services. Additionally, by modernizing databases on AWS, businesses can reduce costs for hardware and software, as well as for deploying and managing database systems.

• Flexibility: The extensive database portfolio allows companies to select the database option that best suits their needs.

• Innovation: AWS is constantly striving to innovate and improve its database services, meaning that businesses using its services can benefit from new features and technology improvements as they become available.

• Easy to use: AWS offers tools and services that simplify the deployment, management, and monitoring of cloud databases, which can reduce the workload and downtime associated with managing traditional database systems.

• Overall accessibility: refers to AWS Regions and Availability Zones around the world, meaning businesses can deploy and operate cloud databases closer to their users or customers.

Here are 10 of the tools that AWS provides us to improve and modernize our databases:

• AWS Glue: It is an extraction, transformation and loading (ETL) service that allows companies to move data between different systems and formats efficiently.
• Amazon Athens: It is an interactive query service that allows companies to analyze large amounts of data in S3 format files.
• Amazon Aurora: It is a fully managed relational database that offers high availability, scalability and performance for mission-critical applications.
• Amazon Cloud Watch: It is a monitoring and logging service that allows companies to monitor their AWS resources and applications in real time.
• Amazon DynamoDB: It is a fully managed NoSQL database that enables businesses to store and process large amounts of data quickly and efficiently.
• Amazon Managed Blockchain: It is a service that allows companies to create and manage scalable and highly available blockchain networks.
• Amazon S3: It is a scalable and secure object storage service that allows companies to store and retrieve large amounts of data.
• Amazon RDS: Enables businesses to create and manage relational databases in the AWS Cloud, including MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, and SQL Server.
• Amazon RedShift:  Fully managed data warehousing service that enables businesses to analyze large amounts of data quickly and efficiently.
• Amazon QuickSight: For cloud data analytics that enables businesses to create visualizations and dashboards from data stored in different sources, including databases.

These are some of the tools and services available on AWS to get your database modernization up and running. Each has specific features that can be useful for different types of applications and business needs, for more information you can Check out the AWS page.

At apser we have experts who will accompany you during your journey to the cloud and will be able to resolve any of your doubts, Contáctanos to study your project. We will create a roadmap to implement the solution that best suits your objectives.