Amazon Aurora is a MySQL-compatible database engine that combines the speed and availability of high-end commercial databases with the simplicity and cost-effectiveness of open source databases. Migrating to Amazon Aurora from other database engine can help boost performance, reliability and availability of your databases while substantially reducing the total cost of ownership (TCO). This webinar will introduce you to Amazon Aurora and focus on different options available for migration from your existing commercial and open source databases to Amazon Aurora. We will walk you through the entire process of migrating your existing databases to Amazon Aurora using AWS Database Migration Service Learning Objectives: • Learn about Amazon Aurora • How Amazon Aurora performance, reliability availability compare to open source and commercial databases • Key aspects of database migration • Options available to migrate MySQL Databases from on-premises, EC2 and RDS to Amazon Aurora • How to migrate Open Source and Commercial databases to Amazon Aurora using AWS Database Migration Service

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Puneet Agarwal, Solutions Architect, AWS
April 28, 2016
Migrating your databases
to Amazon Aurora

2. Why migrate to Amazon Aurora?

3. Aurora is MySQL compatible
 Fully compatible with MySQL 5.6
using the InnoDB storage engine
 Code, applications, drivers, and
tools you already use with your
MySQL databases can be used
with Aurora with little or no change

4. Enterprise-class performance
 Provides ~ 5X the throughput of standard
MySQL running on the same hardware.
 Achieve up to 585,000 reads and 100,000
writes per second
 Read replicas with <10ms latency

5. Highly available and durable
 Six copies of data across three
Availability Zones with backups to
Amazon S3
 Automated failover in less than 30
seconds
 Instant crash recovery and survivable
caches

6. Highly scalable
 Push button scaling from 2 vCPU
and 15GiB memory up to 32 vCPUs
and 244GiB memory
 Automatic storage growth from 10G
to 64TB without performance impact
 Scale reads with up to 15 low
latency read replicas

7. Multiple levels of security
 Encrypt data at rest using keys you
create and control through AWS
KMS
 Encrypt data in transit using SSL
 Seamless encryption and
decryption, no application changes.
 Complete network isolation using
Amazon VPC

8. Fully managed
 Start database cluster in minutes
 Automatic OS and database patching
 Automatic backups and restores
 In-built advanced monitoring and alerts

9. Low cost
 Priced at 1/10th of the cost of
commercial database engines
 No licenses, no lock-in, pay only for
what you use
 Read replicas as standby instances
 Up to 63% discounts with reserved
instances

10. Rapid customer adoption
Fastest growing service
in AWS history

11. Database Migration Factors

12. Migration Factors: Source Database
Other MySQL
engines
Homogenous Migrations
Other non-
MySQL engines
Heterogenous Migrations

13. Migration Factors: Application Downtime
Migration with downtime Near zero downtime migration
binlog
replication
Replication
Instance
Load Backup
LoadBackup

14.  Ease of migration
 Migration cost
 Schema migration complexity
 Failback options
 Migration of databases with multiple
shards
 Migration of large databases
Other Migration Factors

15. Migration Tools

16. DB Snapshot Migration
 One-click migration from
RDS MySQL 5.6 to Aurora
 Automatic conversion from
MyISAM to InnoDB
 Migrate either manual or
automated snapshots
 Most migrations finish
under one hour, can take
more time for very large
databases
DB
Snapshot
One-click
Migrate
RDS MySQL
Master/Slave New Aurora
Cluster

17. Snapshot Migration Demo

18. DB Snapshot Migration
Pros
 Simplest method with the fewest number of steps
 Will migrate over all schema objects, secondary indexes, and stored
procedures along with all of the database data
Cons
 Requires downtime while snapshot is being migrated (or source DB must be in
read-only mode)
 Currently only works with RDS MySQL 5.6 snapshots
Recommendation
 Test migration time using previous RDS MySQL snapshot
 Use DB snapshot migration if migration time within downtime requirements

19. Schema Migration Tools
Homogenous Schema Copy
 Using mysqldump
 AWS Database Migration Service (DMS) basic schema copy
Heterogenous Schema Migrations
 AWS Schema Conversion Tool (migrate from Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL)
 Manual schema migration
 Schema migration using other 3rd party tools

20.  Migrate from Oracle, SQL Server and
PostgreSQL
 Move your tables, views, stored
procedures, and data manipulation
language (DML) to MySQL, MariaDB,
PostgreSQL and Amazon Aurora
 Know exactly where manual edits are
needed
 Available for Microsoft Windows, Mac
and Linux desktops
AWS Schema Conversion
Tool

21. SCT Demo

23. AWS Schema conversion tool
Pros
 Automatic schema migration of most of your schema
 Detailed database migration assessment report
 Manual tasks categorized as simple (less than 1hr), medium (1 to 4 hrs)
and significant (more than 4 hrs)
 No additional cost
Cons
 Supports Oracle, SQL Server and PostgreSQL sources only
Recommendation
 Create assessment report during migration planning
 Use AWS Schema conversion tool for heterogeneous migrations

24. Data Movement Tools
Homogenous
• Using mysqldump / select into outfile
• AWS Database Migration Service one time copy
• AWS Database Migration Service with replication
• mysqldump + binlog replication
Heterogenous
 AWS Database Migration Service one time copy
 AWS Database Migration Service with replication
 Data replication using other 3rd party tools

25.  Move data to the same or different database
engine
 Keep your apps running during the migration
 Start your first migration in 10 minutes or less
 Replicate within, to or from AWS EC2 or RDS
AWS Database Migration
Service

26. Customer
premises
Application users
AWS
Internet
VPN
Start a replication instance
Connect to source and target databases
Select tables, schemas, or databases
Let AWS Database Migration Service
create tables, load data, and keep
them in sync
Switch applications over to the target
at your convenience
DMS Migration Process
AWS
Database Migration
Service

27. DMS Demo

28. AWS Database Migration Tool
Pros
 Fast and parallel table loads
 Migration can be paused and restarted
 Selective table migration
 Fully managed replication using agent-less change data capture (CDC)
 Consolidate multiple sources in single target
 No additional cost, pay only for replication instance and storage
Cons
 Supports Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL & MySQL compatible sources only
Recommendation
 Use DMS for both homogenous and heterogeneous migrations, easy to get started
 Use DMS if RDS DB snapshot migration takes long time

29. Aurora Database Migration Matrix
Source Database Type Migration With Downtime Near-zero Downtime Migration
RDS MySQL
Option 1: RDS Snapshot Migration
(Recommended)
Option 2: Database Migration Service
Option 3: Manual migration using mysqldump
Option 1: Schema migration with mysqldump +
Database Migration Service (Recommended)
Option 2: Manual migration using mysqldump and bin
log replication.
MySQL EC2/On-Prem
Option 1: Schema migration with mysqldump +
Database Migration Service (Recommended)
Option 2: Manual migration using mysqldump
Option 1: Schema migration with mysqldump +
Database Migration Service (Recommended)
Option 2: Manual migration using mysqldump and bin
log replication.
Oracle/SQL Server
Option 1: AWS Schema Conversion Tool +
Database Migration Service (Recommended)
Option 2: Manual/3rd party tool for schema
conversion and data movement
Option 1: AWS Schema Conversion Tool +
Database Migration Service (Recommended)
Option 2: Manual/3rd party tool for schema conversion
and data movement + 3rd party tool for replication
Other Non-MySQL Databases
Option: Manual/3rd party tool for schema
conversion and data movement
Option: Manual/3rd party tool for schema conversion
and data movement + 3rd party tool for replication

30. Q & A

31. Thank you!