Aurora Flashcards

1
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copy-on-write protocol

Aurora DB cloning

A
  • Initial “copy” uses same data volume
  • When updates are made, storage is allocated and data is copied and separated

Aurora DB cloning

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2
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benefit vs snapshot to restore (2)

Aurora DB cloning

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  • faster
  • costs less

Aurora DB cloning

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3
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use case

Aurora DB cloning

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clone production cluster to development cluster

Aurora DB cloning

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4
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Aurora DB cloning

Aurora BU

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craete new DB cluster from exsiting one

Aurora BU

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5
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manual snapshots

Aurora BU

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no retention time limit

Aurora BU

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6
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retention options

Aurora BU

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1 to 35 days

Aurora BU

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7
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Aurora BU option

Aurora BU

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cannot be disabled

Aurora BU

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8
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use cases (4)

Aurora ML

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  • fraud detection
  • ads targeting
  • sentiment analysis
  • product recommendations

Aurora ML

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9
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useable ML services (2)

Aurora ML

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  • SageMaker
  • Comprehend

Aurora ML

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10
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Aurora ML

Aurora

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ML-based predictions in DB queries

Aurora

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11
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DR

global Aurora

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promoting a region to primary takes <60s

global Aurora

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12
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latency benefit

global Aurora

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cross-region replicaion is <1s

global Aurora

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13
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number of read replicas per region

global Aurora

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up to 16 read replicas

global Aurora

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14
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secondary regions

global Aurora

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up to 5 regions with read replicas

global Aurora

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15
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primary region

global Aurora

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1 region with R/W access

global Aurora

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16
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global Aurora

Aurora

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spread replicas across regions

Aurora

17
Q

pay method

Aurora serverless

A

pay per second

Aurora serverless

18
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use case

Aurora serverless

A

infrequent, intermittent, or unpredictable workloads

Aurora serverless

19
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benefit

Aurora serverless

A

no capacity planning needed

Aurora serverless

20
Q

Aurora serverless

Aurora

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automates DB instantiation and auto-scaling

Aurora

21
Q

use case

Aurora custom endpoints

A

split traffic from expensive, analytic application and general application

Aurora custom endpoints

22
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Custom Endpoints

Aurora

A

split traffic to specific subsets of replicas

Aurora

23
Q

backtrack

Aurora

A

restore data and any point in time without restoring from backup

Aurora

24
Q

fully managed features (5/9)

Aurora

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  • automatic fail-over
  • backup and recovery
  • isolation and security
  • industry compliance
  • auto scaling
  • 0 downtime, managed patching
  • advanced monitoring
  • managed maintenance
  • backtrack

Aurora

25
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reader endpoint

Aurora connectivity

A

DNS entry that points to load balanced read replicas

Aurora connectivity

26
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writer endpoint

Aurora connectivity

A

DNS entry that always points to current master

Aurora connectivity

27
Q

client connectivity

Aurora connectivity

A

one master writes to storage

Aurora connectivity

28
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cost comparison

Aurora

A

cost more than RDS but performs better

Aurora

29
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storage performance

Aurora scalability and reliability

A

storage is striped across 100s of volumes

Aurora scalability and reliability

30
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replication reliability

Aurora scalability and reliability

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self healing peer-to-peer replication

Aurora scalability and reliability

31
Q

storage availability

Aurora scalability and reliability

A

6 copies of data across 3 AZ

Aurora scalability and reliability

32
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regional feature

Aurora scalability and reliability

A

supports cross region replication

Aurora scalability and reliability

33
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failover feature

Aurora scalability and reliability

A

instatantaneous failover

Aurora scalability and reliability

34
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replication feature

Aurora scalability and reliability

A

faster replication than RDS

Aurora scalability and reliability

35
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read replicas

Aurora scalability and reliability

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up to 15 in multi-AZ configuration

Aurora scalability and reliability

36
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storage scalability

Aurora scalability and reliability

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automatically scales, up to 128TB

Aurora scalability and reliability

37
Q

“cloud optimized”

Aurora

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performs better than MySQL or Postgress on RDS

Aurora

38
Q

compatible with DB drivers (2)

Aurora

A
  • MySQL
  • Postgres

Aurora

39
Q

Aurora

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Proprietary DB technology by AWS