Auto Admin and Metadata
As DynamoDB continues to grow in scale and complexity as a distributed database, the manual administration of the database becomes impractical and inefficient. The range of administrative tasks required, such as maintaining healthy quorums for partitions, launching new nodes, and decommissioning underperforming nodes, would typically necessitate a team of administrators. However, given the immense scale at which DynamoDB operates, relying solely on human administrators is not feasible.
For instance, during AWS’s re:Invent 2022, it was revealed that DynamoDB handles approximately 10 trillion requests daily. To effectively manage this scale, automation is essential. This is where Auto Admin comes into play, taking on the responsibility of performing these administrative tasks for DynamoDB. Auto Admin ensures that the database runs smoothly by automating various critical administrative operations, allowing for efficient and hassle-free management of DynamoDB...
