Mastering Amazon Aurora: Architecting Scalable, Highly Available Cloud Databases on AWS

By Souren Stepanyan

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0F32NDBN5
• ISBN13: 9798316173099
• Release Date: March 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 576 Pages
• Weight: 1.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"