AWS Database Migration Service (DMS)

AWS Database Migration Service (DMS) is a cloud service designed to help users migrate databases to Amazon Web Services (AWS) quickly and securely. It facilitates both homogeneous migrations (e.g., Oracle to Oracle) and heterogeneous migrations (e.g., Oracle to PostgreSQL) with minimal downtime…

Key facts

First appeared: 2015
Category: technology
Problem solved: Traditional database migrations were often complex, time-consuming, expensive, and required significant downtime, especially for heterogeneous migrations. AWS DMS was created to streamline these processes, reduce downtime to near-zero, lower migration costs, and simplify the adoption of cloud databases.
Platforms: AWS Cloud

Related technologies

AWS Glue
AWS Relational Database Service (RDS)
PostgreSQL
Microsoft SQL Server
Amazon DynamoDB
MySQL
MongoDB
Amazon S3
AWS Schema Conversion Tool (SCT)
Oracle Database
Amazon Aurora

Notable users

Dow Jones (for data modernization)
Capital One (for cloud-first strategy)
Expedia (for broader cloud migration)