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Introduction To Amazon Aurora
Purpose
Difference
- Amazon Aurora performs automatic scaling
- Amazon Aurora makes 6 copies of your data across different locations
- Amazon Aurora provides superior performance than Amazon RDS
- Amazon Aurora's superior high availability
- Amazon Aurora is more expensive than Amazon RDS
Aurora Key Features
| Feature | Benefits |
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| High performance and scalability | Scales up to 128 TB Point in time recovery Continuous backup on S3 |
| DB Compatibility | Compatible with MySQL and PostgreSQL |
| Aurora Replicas | Supports in-region read replica |
| MySQL read replica | Cross-region cluster with read scaling and failover target |
| Global Database | Cross-region cluster with read scaling |
Difference Between Aurora Replica And MySQL Replica
| Feature | Aurora Replica | MySQL Replica |
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| Number of replicas | Up to 15 | Up to 5 |
| Replication type | Asynchronous | Asynchronous |
| Performance impact on primary | Low | High |
| Replica location | In-region | Cross-region |
| Automated failover | Yes | No |
| Posted By - | Karan Gupta |
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| Posted On - | Friday, April 8, 2022 |
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| Updated On - | Thursday, September 1, 2022 |