Exploring Amazon Web Services (AWS)

To refresh your knowledge.  Aurora is a MySQL and PostgreSQL compatible relational database built for the cloud.  It combines the performance and availability of high-end commercial databases with the simplicity and cost-effectiveness of open source databases. The release of this new feature (Parallel Query) provides the benefit of being able to process queries twice the order of magnitude faster by running the queries in parallel. At the moment, it is only available for the MySQL compatible edition and would need to be enabled upon the initial creation of your Aurora database clusters.

There is a new EC2 instance on town.  Welcome the EC2 High Memory Instance type . This EC2 instance support up to 12 Terabytes of memory in a single instance, are EBS optimized by default and includes enhanced networking. These instances use the latest generation 8 socket intel skylight processors. Database administrators who manage large in-memory databases such as SAP HANA would greatly benefit from the use of this type of instance as they are specifically designed to run complex, high performance analytics.  These instances are also certified by SAP to run their data analytics and processing applications. If you want to learn more about this instance type, follow this link:  EC2 High Memory

AWS changes and evolves rapidly and quite often that we are not able to keep up with everything that is released. The " What's New " section of my blog will help everyone get up to speed on what are the new technology releases or changes in the AWS space.  This will also provide a list of upcoming events, and webinars featured by AWS so everyone interested can participate in them. To view the articles,  just click More... and then click What's New. Be sure to check this section often or subscribe to get alerts whenever new articles are posted.