AWS Insiders Podcast: An Inside Look at The Planet-Scale Architecture of DynamoDB with Alex DeBrie (Part 1)

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On this episode, Alex dives deep into the intricacies of Amazon DynamoDB, a Planet-Scale NoSQL database service that supports key-value and document data structures. Alex discusses the consistency and predictability in the design of DynamoDB’s performance, and how to best utilize it.

“How is Dynamo different than a relational database? I’d say the biggest thing is, it’s designed for consistency and predictability, especially around its performance and what that response time is going to be, and also how high it can scale up on different axes.” Alex DeBrie, Principal at DeBrie Advisory and Author of “The DynamoDB Book”.

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• (02:08) How Alex discovered and got started with Amazon DynamoDB
• (04:34) The value of writing “The DynamoDB Book”
• (07:08) The underlying architecture and the unique qualities of Amazon DynamoDB
• (13:45) The advantages of single table design
• (17:48) Illustrating examples of single table design
• (21:45) Doing the math with Amazon DynamoDB for consistency and predictability

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