AWS Data Migration Service (DMS)
AWS Data Migration Service (DMS) is a cloud-native service that helps migrate databases to AWS quickly and securely. It supports both homogeneous migrations (e.g., Oracle to Oracle) and heterogeneous migrations (e.g., Oracle to Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL), enabling minimal downtime through…
Key facts
- First appeared
- 2016
- Category
- technology
- Problem solved
- AWS DMS was created to solve the complex and often time-consuming problem of migrating on-premises or other cloud databases to AWS, especially when dealing with different database engines (heterogeneous migrations) and the need for minimal downtime during the migration process. Traditional methods often involved significant manual effort, proprietary tools, and extended outage windows.
- Platforms
- Supports various database engines running on Windows, Linux, or other cloud environments as sources/targets, AWS Cloud
Related technologies
Notable users
- Various global companies leveraging AWS Cloud for database modernization
- Large enterprises adopting AWS for their data infrastructure
- Amazon.com (internal migrations)