Graviton2 is the second generation of Amazon Web Service's designed processors offering attractive price-performance characteristics. Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) provides a variety of options for using Graviton2 in RDS. For existing RDS databases, there are also options available for migrating from an x86-based database instance class to a Graviton2 instance class. This lab explores two options first-hand:
As you will see, no porting or code changes are required when migrating from x86 to Graviton2 instances on Amazon RDS. Amazon's Database Migration Service (DMS) can also be a useful tool for the migration use case in this lab but is not in scope for this lab. DMS is covered in other labs.
Upon completion of this intermediate-level lab, you will be able to:
Familiarity with the following will be beneficial but is not required:
The following content can be used to fulfill the prerequisite:
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Logan has been involved in software development and research since 2007 and has been in the cloud since 2012. He is an AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional, AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional, Microsoft Certified Azure Solutions Architect Expert, MCSE: Cloud Platform and Infrastructure, Google Cloud Certified Associate Cloud Engineer, Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS), Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA), Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD), and Certified OpenStack Administrator (COA). He earned his Ph.D. studying design automation and enjoys all things tech.