AWS Podcast #681: Amazon DynamoDB Deep Dive
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Aug 19, 2024 In this discussion, Jason Hunter, an AWS Principal Specialist Solutions Architect, offers insights into maximizing Amazon DynamoDB's capabilities. He unpacks the database's scalable architecture and contrasts it with traditional systems. Jason highlights the Time to Live (TTL) feature for automated data management and shares how global tables enhance latency and disaster recovery. The talk dives into streaming data integration, troubleshooting strategies, and innovative capacity management techniques, ensuring listeners can optimize their DynamoDB usage effectively.
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DynamoDB Scalability
- DynamoDB scales incredibly, handling millions of requests per second.
- It also scales down to zero, only charging for storage when inactive.
DynamoDB Origin Story
- Amazon.com had an outage 20 years ago because its relational database couldn't handle the shopping cart's traffic.
- This inspired DynamoDB's creation for low-latency, scalable solutions.
DynamoDB Data Modeling
- Model data in DynamoDB by considering access patterns.
- Put frequently accessed data together within the same partition key.