DAT304: Deep Dive on Amazon Aurora with MySQL Compatibility

Amazon Aurora is a fully managed relational database service that combines the speed and availability of high-end commercial databases with the simplicity and cost-effectiveness of open source databases. With Aurora, we've completely reimagined how databases are built for the cloud, providing you higher performance, availability, and durability than previously possible. In this session, we dive deep into the architectural details of Aurora with MySQL compatibility, and we review recent innovations, such as parallel query, backtrack, serverless, and multi-master. We also share best practices for utilizing the power of relational databases at cloud scale.