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Cloud-Based Data Migration on Amazon Web Services

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  Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the most comprehensive cloud platform in the world. There are over 175 fully-featured data centers globally and millions of customers ranging from large enterprises to small centers, all looking to become more agile, innovate faster, and lower costs. It is for these reasons that businesses are today opting for AWS data migration from on-premises databases and systems. There are various types of cloud migration of which the most common is transferring data and applications from a local on-premises database to a public cloud. Another is moving databases and applications from one cloud platform to another known as a cloud to cloud migration. Finally, there is the reverse migration which is rare but involves moving data and applications away from the cloud to on-premises. There are several benefits of AWS data migration . The main reason is to ensure greater data management flexibility, access to a pay-per-use model, and data redundancy. Another adv...

An Overview of Data Replication Software

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  Data replication software quickly creates a replica of the original database at a location that is not linked to the source of the primary data. Data security, disaster recovery and resolution, and business continuity are thereby assured. In the event of an outage, users can fall back on the secondary databases, and once the problem is resolved revert back to the primary database which is auto-updated for all changes.    Replicating software provides centralized data management and replication policy across a diverse range of data targets and sources. This process is different from backups which retain a copy of the data for an extended period of time. Replicating software frequently updates modified data so that the central database and all those at other locations are always brought up to date. Data replication software has multiple benefits. It makes sure that data consistency is maintained for end-users who in the usual course of business have to access mult...