Publisher's Synopsis
Mastering Amazon Aurora: Architecting Scalable, Highly Available Cloud Databases on AWS
A comprehensive guide for architects and developers working with Amazon Aurora on AWS.
This book provides a deep technical understanding of Amazon Aurora, covering architecture, deployment strategies, operations, and performance optimization. Written for engineers, architects, and DevOps professionals, it offers practical insights, real-world use cases, and actionable best practices.
You'll explore how Aurora differs from traditional RDS engines, learn how to build scalable and highly available database clusters, and understand how to integrate Aurora into modern application stacks.
Key Topics Covered:
Aurora architecture and storage engine internals
High availability and failover strategies
Aurora Global Database and cross-region replication
Aurora Serverless v2 and auto scaling
Performance tuning, monitoring, and cost management
Deployment automation with AWS CLI, CloudFormation, and CDK
Zero-ETL analytics with Amazon Redshift
CI/CD workflows, schema versioning, and RDS Proxy integration
Real-world patterns: multi-tenant SaaS, serverless systems, event-driven applications
Who Should Read This Book:
AWS Solutions Architects
Backend and full-stack developers using Aurora in production
DevOps engineers managing cloud-native database infrastructure
Technical leads planning Aurora adoption or migration projects
Includes architecture diagrams, CLI references, troubleshooting tips, and a developer quick-start appendix.
