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Amazon DynamoDB - The Definitive Guide

You're reading from   Amazon DynamoDB - The Definitive Guide Explore enterprise-ready, serverless NoSQL with predictable, scalable performance

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Product type Paperback
Published in Aug 2024
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781803246895
Length 414 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (24) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Part 1:Introduction and Setup
2. Chapter 1: Amazon DynamoDB in Action FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: The AWS Management Console and SDKs 4. Chapter 3: NoSQL Workbench for DynamoDB 5. Part 2: Core Data Modeling
6. Chapter 4: Simple Key-Value 7. Chapter 5: Moving from a Relational Mindset 8. Chapter 6: Read Consistency, Operations, and Transactions 9. Chapter 7: Vertical Partitioning 10. Chapter 8: Secondary Indexes 11. Part 3: Table Management and Internal Architecture
12. Chapter 9: Capacity Modes and Table Classes 13. Chapter 10: Request Routers, Storage Nodes, and Other Core Components 14. Part 4: Advanced Data Management and Caching
15. Chapter 11: Backup, Restore, and More 16. Chapter 12: Streams and TTL 17. Chapter 13: Global Tables 18. Chapter 14: DynamoDB Accelerator (DAX) and Caching with DynamoDB 19. Part 5: Analytical Use Cases and Migrations
20. Chapter 15: Enhanced Analytical Patterns 21. Chapter 16: Migrations 22. Index 23. Other Books You May Enjoy

Going over global table basics

In this section, you will learn about the motivations behind organizations requiring a globally replicated database, the two versions of global tables and the differences between them, and how global tables replicate data. Finally, you will be provided with a step-by-step guide on how to convert a single-region table into a global one.

Why global tables?

Global tables have become increasingly crucial as businesses expand globally, and users access applications from various regions. The growing demand for globally available applications necessitates a solution that offers data access from anywhere with low latency and high availability. Global tables provide a fully managed solution for distributed databases, streamlining the development and management of globally distributed applications. This approach delivers a highly scalable and durable solution, simplifying data replication across multiple regions and enabling applications to read and write...

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