The Cloudcast #342 - Understanding Databases in AWS

Brian talks with Steve Abraham (Principal Solutions Architect @ Amazon Web Services) building and migrating databases in the cloud, how companies are managing migrations, the demands for open source databases, and how the worlds of database and serverless are intersecting. Show Links: AWS Cloud Databases [PODCAST] @PodCTL - Containers | Kubernetes - RSS Feed, iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, TuneIn and all your favorite podcast players [A CLOUD GURU] Get The Cloudcast Alexa Skill [A CLOUD GURU] A Cloud Guru Membership - Start your free trial. Unlimited access to the best cloud training and new series to keep you up-to-date on all things AWS. [A CLOUD GURU] FREE access to AWS Certification Exam Prep Guide - At A Cloud Guru, the #1 question received from students is "I want to pass the AWS cert exam, so where do I start?" This course is your answer. [FREE] eBook from O'Reilly [DISCOUNT] Enter promo-code "CLOUD" for 20% of admission to either O'Reilly Velocity or OSCON events Show Notes Topic 1 - Welcome to the show. Tell us a little bit about your background and also the areas you focus on at AWS. Topic 2 - Let’s start by talking about the difference between new and existing databases. Does AWS see more demand for DB-migrations or new DBs in the cloud? Topic 3 - What are some of the tools or services to migrate existing databases to AWS databases Topic 4 - You’ve been a DBA in the past. How have you seen DBAs adapt to work on DBs in the cloud? Topic 5 - What are some of the ways that AWS is improving or eliminating some of the need for constant DBA interactions and tuning, or "improving" the DBA experience? “Serverless databases”? Topic 6 - Any tips for how companies address databases in a microservices world? Can you break up a monolithic database? Topic 7 - How does AWS think about wiring together data-sources (databases, storage, etc.) with some of the advanced AI/ML services? Feedback? Email: show at thecloudcast dot net Twitter: @thecloudcastnet and @ServerlessCast FEEDBACK? Email: show @ the enterprise ai show dot com Bluesky: @TheEntAIShow.bsky.social Twitter/X: @TheEntAIShow Instagram: @TheEntAIShow