Category: Amazon DynamoDB

Amazon DynamoDB is a fully managed, serverless NoSQL database service that provides fast and predictable performance with seamless scalability. Every table in DynamoDB has a schema which specifies if it has a simple partition key (for pure key-value lookups), or a partition key and sort key both (for more complex query patterns). You use these […]

DynamoDB Shell is (ddbsh) an open-source command line interface for Amazon DynamoDB. For a simple introduction, refer to Query data with DynamoDB Shell – a command line interface for Amazon DynamoDB. The ddbsh README.md file has detailed command and usage examples. One of the objectives of ddbsh is to provide a simple and intuitive environment […]

July 2024: This post was reviewed and updated for accuracy. Amazon DynamoDB customers often need to work with dates and times in DynamoDB tables. Querying tables on the basis of year, month, day, or even hours and minutes for real-time workloads has become a necessity for organizations. Therefore, it’s important to be able to query […]

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January 2025: The calculations in this post have been updated following DynamoDB’s 50% reduction in on-demand throughput pricing. Refer to New – Amazon DynamoDB lowers pricing for on-demand throughput and global tables to learn more. Your Amazon DynamoDB table might store millions, billions, or even trillions of items. If you ever need to perform a […]

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Over the last few years, organizations have started adopting a cloud first strategy, and we are seeing enterprises migrate their mission-critical applications, along with their data platforms, to the cloud. Occasionally, organizations need guidance in selecting the right service and solution in the cloud, along with an approach to assist with the migration. In this […]

One of the most important questions when discussing databases is “How will we backup and restore our data?” Backups are a central component of any disaster recovery strategy and are primarily governed by your Recovery Point Objective (RPO) and Recovery Time Objective (RTO). You want to make sure your backup strategy supports your needs with […]

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Amazon DynamoDB is a fully managed, serverless, key-value NoSQL database for single-digit millisecond performance at any scale. DynamoDB offers built-in security, continuous backups, automated multi-Region replication, 99.999% availability SLA, and data import and export tools. DynamoDB was built working backward from the needs of external customers and internally at Amazon.com to overcome the scale and […]