In this Checklist for Success series, we will discuss reducing unknowns when hosting in the cloud using and migrating to Amazon Aurora. These tips might also apply to other database as a service (DBaaS) offerings.

Previous blogs in the migrating to Amazon Aurora series:

• Migrating to Amazon Aurora: Reduce the Unknowns
• Migrating to Amazon Aurora: Optimize for Binary Log Replication

The whole premise of a database as a service offering is that you do not need to worry about the operating the …

In this Checklist for Success series, we will discuss reducing unknowns when hosting in the cloud using and migrating to Amazon Aurora. These tips might also apply to other database as a service (DBaaS) offerings.

In our previous article, we discussed the importance of continuous query performance analysis, especially in Amazon Aurora where there is less diagnostic visibility compared to running on EC2 or on-premise. Aside from uptime though, we need a lot more from our data, and we definitely cannot isolate it in Aurora.

Next on our checklist is that at one point or another, we will need to use asynchronous replication. Amazon Aurora has an excellent reputation for absorbing intense amounts of …