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Worth noting his original reason for moving away from DynamoDB is outdated. DynamoDB added an “adaptive capacity” feature to handle hot partitions.[1] [1] http
by abalone 8y ago
Worth noting his original reason for moving away from DynamoDB is outdated. DynamoDB added an “adaptive capacity” feature to handle hot partitions.[1]
[1] https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/database/how-amazon-dynamodb-adaptive-capacity-accommodates-uneven-data-access-patterns-or-why-what-you-know-about-dynamodb-might-be-outdated/ https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/database/how-amazon-dynamodb-ad...
- ses1984 8y agoIt's still expensive though, right?
- abalone 8y agoCompared to what? You'll have to be more specific. Definitely adaptive capacity targets the primary reason people had to overprovision DynamoDB. It changes the entire calculation and obsoletes all the advice you might have heard based on experiences prior to late 2017.
- jonomacd 8y agoYes, I have heard this! Great news they have sorted that out. Might be worth us looking at it again though we are hosted in GCP now so it is less tempting...