Level Up Your Data Management Game: Unleash Performance in Aurora Limitless
Tags: aws, aurora, database, auroralimitless
Published: 2024-01-31 10:43:53

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## What is AWS Aurora?

- Aurora is part of Amazon RDS.
- It supports MySQL and PostgreSQL relational databases.
- It offers cost-effectiveness with auto-scaling capabilities.
- It provides simplicity in setup and operation.
- Aurora supports clustering replication.



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## What is Aurora Limitless?

- Aurora Limitless supports PostgreSQL-compatible Aurora databases.
- It allows scaling beyond the limits of an Aurora database instance.
- It enables horizontal scaling of write throughput for increased storage capacity.
- It ensures transactional consistency by distributing data and query load across multiple Serverless instances.
- Aurora Limitless features auto-scaling, eliminating the need for manual provisioning.
- Additional capacity for writers and readers is provided through the Aurora cluster.
- Distributed query planning and transaction management facilitate transparent scaling complexity.



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## What is distributed query planning on scaling complexity transparently?

- Distributed query planning optimizes queries.
- It allows retrieval of data stored across multiple databases.
- It enables optimal parallelization of query execution while maintaining transactional consistency.
- It behaves as a single logical instance, optimizing performance and resource utilization.

<u>Benefits:</u>

- Supports high write throughput and storage beyond a single instance's capabilities.
- Enables horizontal scaling for unpredictable and rapidly growing workloads.
- Automates sharding and replication processes.



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## What is transaction management on scaling complexity transparently?

- involves coordinating operations across distributed databases.
- ensures data integrity by addressing issues related to parallelized operations, concurrency, replication, and distributed queries.
- coordinates transactions across scaled-out databases, allowing seamless horizontal scaling.


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## Sharded tables & Reference tables

AWS Aurora Limitless Database has two types of tables: Sharded tables & Reference tables.

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<u>What are Sharded tables?</u>

- Sharded tables are distributed across multiple database shards.
- Data is split based on designated columns (shard keys) and stored in sharded tables.
- Sharded tables are used for extremely large tables that need to be horizontally partitioned across instances.
- The main benefit of sharded tables is scaling and achieving high throughput.

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<u>What are Reference tables?</u>

- Reference tables contain data that is present on every shard.
- They allow join queries to work faster by reducing unnecessary data movement across shards.
- Reference tables are typically used for infrequently modified reference data, such as zip codes.



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## Use cases of using Aurora:

- Real-time analytics on large datasets.
- High-volume transaction processing.
- Ideal for managing massive datasets and heavy database usage.

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<u>Example 1: GSR</u>

- GSR, one of the largest Crypto Market Makers.
- Handles more than 1.1 million trades per day.
- Utilizes Aurora for high performance and availability at a global scale.

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<u>Example 2: Magnetic Asia</u>

- Magnetic Asia operates a live streaming events platform called Total Streaming, with up to 50,000 attendees.
- Their virtual ticketing solution, Total Ticketing, relies on Aurora.
- Aurora intelligently scales the database based on workload requirements.



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## Reference

[Announcing Amazon Aurora Limitless Database](https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2023/11/amazon-aurora-limitless-database/)


[Join the preview of Amazon Aurora Limitless Database](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/join-the-preview-amazon-aurora-limitless-database/)


[Embracing the Future of Database Management: Amazon Aurora Limitless Database](https://community.aws/content/2bGwZ13jCYwaZH2tZAoUwzxgeK8/embracing-the-future-of-database-management-a-deep-dive-into-amazon-aurora-limitless-database)

[From 0 to Limitless, the 15-year odyssey of Amazon relational database product line](https://dev.to/aws/from-0-to-limitless-the-15-year-odyssey-of-aws-relational-database-product-line-30n1)


[Nuts and Bolts of Transaction Processing](https://www.theserverside.com/news/1364193/Nuts-and-Bolts-of-Transaction-Processing?vgnextfmt=print)


[GSR Scales Fast on AWS to Become One of the Largest Crypto Market Makers](https://aws.amazon.com/solutions/case-studies/gsr-case-study/?did=cr_card&trk=cr_card)


[Case Studies for Financial Services](https://aws.amazon.com/financial-services/case-studies/?customer-references-cards.sort-by=item.additionalFields.sortDate&customer-references-cards.sort-order=desc&awsf.content-type=*all&awsf.customer-references-location=*all&awsf.customer-references-segment=*all&awsf.customer-references-use-case=*all&awsf.customer-references-tech-category=*all&awsf.customer-references-product=*all&customer-references-cards.q=trading%2BAurora&customer-references-cards.q_operator=AND)

[Case Study: Magnetic Asia keeps entertainment alive with live streaming services on AWS](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/media/case-study-magnetic-asia-keeps-entertainment-alive-with-live-streaming-services-on-aws/)