What is Amazon Aurora?

Amazon Aurora is a cloud-native relational database designed to work seamlessly with both MySQL and PostgreSQL, offering the high performance and reliability typically associated with traditional enterprise databases while also providing the cost-effectiveness and simplicity of open-source solutions. Its performance is notably superior, achieving speeds up to five times faster than standard MySQL databases and three times faster than standard PostgreSQL databases. Moreover, it combines the security, availability, and reliability expected from commercial databases, all at a remarkably lower price point—specifically, only one-tenth of the cost. Managed entirely by the Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS), Aurora streamlines operations by automating critical tasks such as hardware provisioning, database configuration, patch management, and backup processes. This database features a fault-tolerant storage architecture that can automatically scale to support database instances as large as 64TB. Additionally, Amazon Aurora enhances performance and availability through capabilities like up to 15 low-latency read replicas, point-in-time recovery, continuous backups to Amazon S3, and data replication across three separate Availability Zones, all of which improve data resilience and accessibility. These comprehensive features not only make Amazon Aurora an attractive option for businesses aiming to harness the cloud for their database requirements but also ensure they can do so while enjoying exceptional performance and security measures. Ultimately, adopting Amazon Aurora can lead to reduced operational overhead and greater focus on innovation.

Pricing

Price Starts At:
$0.02 per month
Free Trial Offered?:
Yes

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Company Facts

Company Name:
Amazon
Date Founded:
1994
Company Location:
United States
Company Website:
aws.amazon.com/rds/aurora/

Product Details

Deployment
SaaS
Training Options
Documentation Hub
Online Training
Webinars
On-Site Training
Support
24 Hour Support
Web-Based Support

Product Details

Target Company Sizes
Individual
1-10
11-50
51-200
201-500
501-1000
1001-5000
5001-10000
10001+
Target Organization Types
Mid Size Business
Small Business
Enterprise
Freelance
Nonprofit
Government
Startup
Supported Languages
English

Amazon Aurora Categories and Features

Relational Database

ACID Compliance
Data Failure Recovery
Multi-Platform
Referential Integrity
SQL DDL Support
SQL DML Support
System Catalog
Unicode Support

RDBMS Software

Backup
Data Migration
Monitoring
Performance Analysis
Queries
Storage Optimization

Database Software

Backup and Recovery
Creation / Development
Data Migration
Data Replication
Data Search
Data Security
Database Conversion
Mobile Access
Monitoring
NOSQL
Performance Analysis
Queries
Relational Interface
Virtualization

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Amazon Aurora Customer Reviews

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  • Reviewer Name: Aman V.
    Position: Technical Lead
    Has used product for: Free Trial
    Uses the product: Weekly
    Org Size (# of Employees): 20,000 or More
    Feature Set
    Layout
    Ease Of Use
    Cost
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    Good managed SQL offering from Amazon

    Date: Apr 03 2022
    Summary

    Aurora is a high performance managed database service , which is compatible with MySQL and PostgreSQL.

    Positive

    Much faster performance than standard relational databases.
    Global availability.
    Supports MySQL and PostgreSQL.
    Easy integration with EC2 instances.
    Scalability metrics to keep up with increased demand.

    Negative

    Debugging errors via server logs is cumbersome.
    Falls behind latest MySQL versions.

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