
Aurora MySQL 3 now supports Percona Xtrabackup for faster physical migrations of MySQL 8.x databases from EC2 or on-premises environments with minimal downtime.


<div><p>This article announces that Aurora MySQL 3 now supports Percona Xtrabackup for physical migrations of MySQL 8.x databases into Aurora.</p><ul><li>Percona Xtrabackup enables consistent, non-blocking online backups of source MySQL databases</li><li>Physical backups can be uploaded to S3 and restored to Aurora MySQL 3.x clusters</li><li>Supports migration of large databases with complex schemas with minimal downtime</li><li>Feature available in all AWS regions where Aurora MySQL is supported</li><li>Simplifies and accelerates MySQL database migrations to Aurora</li></ul><p>This enhancement streamlines the migration process for MySQL 8.x databases to Aurora, reducing complexity and downtime for large-scale database transfers.</p></div>


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