What is Amazon Aurora?
Amazon Aurora is a cloud-native relational database service that combines the performance and reliability of commercial databases with the simplicity and cost-effectiveness of open-source alternatives. Designed to be compatible with MySQL and PostgreSQL, this database engine delivers up to 5 times faster performance than standard MySQL databases and 3 times faster than typical PostgreSQL setups, all while providing the security, availability, and durability expected of enterprise-grade solutions
Highlights
- Distributed, fault-tolerant, and self-healing storage system that automatically scales to meet demand
- Seamless integration with Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS), simplifying hardware provisioning, application patching, backup automation, and cluster replication
- Aurora Serverless, which dynamically adjusts scalability, performance, availability zones, and storage requirements based on application needs
- Secure connectivity via Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) and AWS Key Management Service (KMS) for encrypted data storage and access
- Disaster recovery capabilities through Amazon Global Database, enabling low-latency reads and failover across multiple AWS Regions
- Comprehensive monitoring and insights via Amazon CloudWatch for on-premises, hybrid, and AWS-based applications
Features
Cloud based