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Aurora

A MySQL and PostgreSQL-compatible relational database built for the cloud. Up to 5x faster than standard MySQL and 3x faster than standard PostgreSQL. Supports Aurora Serverless for automatic scaling.

Related Database Terms

DAX (DynamoDB Accelerator)

A fully managed, in-memory cache for DynamoDB that delivers up to 10x performance improvement. Reduces response times from milliseconds to microseconds, even at millions of requests per second.

DocumentDB

A fast, scalable, and highly available document database service that supports MongoDB workloads. Designed from the ground up to give you the performance, scalability, and availability you need when operating mission-critical MongoDB workloads.

DynamoDB

A fully managed NoSQL key-value and document database that delivers single-digit millisecond performance at any scale. Supports both key-value and document data models with built-in security, backup, and in-memory caching.

DynamoDB Streams

An ordered flow of information about changes to items in a DynamoDB table. Captures a time-ordered sequence of item-level modifications and stores the data for up to 24 hours. Commonly used with Lambda triggers.

ElastiCache

A fully managed in-memory data store compatible with Redis or Memcached. Provides sub-millisecond latency for caching, session management, gaming leaderboards, and real-time analytics workloads.

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