AWS DMS (Database Migration Service)
- Type
- Service
- Exam
- AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C02)
- Updated
- The AWS Database Migration Service (AWS DMS) makes it possible to quickly and securely migrate databases and perform ongoing data replication tasks for live databases and data warehouses.
- It provides a way to plan, assess, convert, and migrate databases even with data warehouses in one central tool.
Benefits:
- AWS DMS provides benefits for migrating databases including maintaining high availability and low downtime during the migration process.
- It supports homogenous and heterogenous migrations.
- It also makes it possible to migrate terabyte sized databases at a low cost.
Use cases: You can use AWS DMS to move to managed databases, remove licensing costs, replicate ongoing changes in your database, and improve integration with data lakes.