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Using the Database Replication Tool

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Data Replication is the process where data is copied from a central database to one or several other databases. The publisher is the source database from where data is to be moved and the subscriber is the intended target database where data is replicated. The process of data movement is optimized only when the best database replication tool is used, giving users access to the same set of data. A database replication tool has several functions. Among the most advanced and cutting-edge capabilities are data security, disaster data recovery and resilience, and business continuity. The tool automatically manages the replication process across diverse sources and targets. However, the difference between data replication and backup is that in replication, all changes made after data replication in the source database are continually updated in the target system. Currently, data replication tools provide transactional data delivery in real-time and integrate into data lakes. A top-end datab...

Migrating Databases with Amazon DMS

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Amazon Web Service Database Migration Service – Amazon DMS - is a cloud-based platform that helps migration between data warehouses, NoSQL databases, relational databases, and data stores. Databases can be migrated from one cloud provider to another and on-premises databases to the cloud. The only stipulation for the functioning of Amazon DMS is that at least one of the end-points, the source or the target database, should be in the cloud. Amazon DMS is a server that runs replication software and is a component of the AWS Cloud. Before migration, a connection has to be established between the source and the target so that DMSknows from where the data has to be extracted and where it should be loaded. Once the two databases are linked, a task has to be scheduled that runs on the server which migrates the data. Amazon DMS automatically creates the required primary keys and tables if they are not present in the target database.  There are two types of database migration with Amazon D...

Optimizing Database Migration with the ETL Tool

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AWS (Amazon Web Service) is a computing platform that operates in the cloud and offers varied services such as infrastructure as a service, platform as a service, and packaged software as a service. However, its most critical feature is enabling database migration between relational databases, data warehouses, and NoSQL databases. For maximizing this migration activity, the most-preferred tool for organizations is the ETL AWS. ETL is short for Extract, Transform, and Load. The tool, during migration to the Amazon Web Service, first extracts the data from the source, then transforms it to a structure that matches that of the intended database, and finally loads the processed formatted data to the target. Here are some of the benefits of using the ETL AWS tool for database migration. ·         Human errors and data loss are quite common in manual migration. These are eliminated when the ETL AWS  tool is used as the process is fully automat...

Database Migration with DMS AWS

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The Database Migration Service of Amazon Web Service - DMS AWS – is a platform that runs on the cloud. It facilitates seamless migration between on-premises systems and the cloud, NoSQL databases, relational databases, data warehouses, and one cloud provider to another. The only pre-condition for DMS AWS   to function optimally is that any one of the sources or the target database should be based in the cloud. The Benefits of DMS AWS for Database Migration The main benefit of using the DMS AWS is that it is very user-friendly and compatible with the most commonly-used databases. It also enables the consolidation of several databases into one petabyte-sized data warehouse through data streaming to Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) or Amazon Redshift. Moreover, continuous data replication is possible with the DMS AWS. Once DMS AWS is installed and configured, migration can be immediately started as it offers comprehensive infrastructure support, automatically deploying, managin...

Making Amazon S3 a Target for DMS Amazon Web Service

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Before diving into the various aspects of AWS DMS CDC S3 a quick look at each component separately is in order. The Amazon Web Service Database Migration Service or AWS DMS is a cloud-based platform that facilitates easy migration of data warehouses, relational databases, NoSQL databases, on-premises systems to the cloud, and one cloud provider to another. CDC or Change Data Capture is the process of recording modifications made in the latest production data or metadata which is then stored in a separate data repository replication software. Amazon S3 or Simple Storage Service is ideal for users, who, among other things want to work with limited storage operations and quickly scale up to tens of terabytes of data if required. The advantage of AWS DMS CDC S3 is that the replication activity can be done both within and outside the region with S3 having the capability to go through billions of objects of Batch Operations. Users can migrate data using AWS DMS CDC to S3 from any su...

Using AWS ETL for Optimizing Database Migration

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  A cloud-based platform, Amazon Web Service (AWS) offers a wide range of facilities such as infrastructure as a service, platform as a service, and packaged software as a service. Apart from these, AWS is also highly optimized for enabling database migration between relational databases, data warehouses, and NoSQL databases. And to ensure that the migration activity goes off without any issues, the most preferred and efficient tool is AWS ETL . But first, what is ETL? It is an acronym for Extract, transform, Load, which is to extract the data from the source database, transform the data to match the structure of the target database, and finally load the processed data into the intended target. How does the AWS ETL tool maximize the database migration activity and why use the tool? Here are some of the reasons for it. ·         Data loss is at a minimum when migrating with AWS ETL. This is because the process is fully automated and the possibility...