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Scale AWS Glue jobs by optimizing IP address consumption and expanding network capacity using a private NAT gateway

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This article discusses strategies to scale AWS Glue jobs by optimizing IP address consumption and expanding network capacity using a private NAT gateway.

Specifically, the article covers:

  • Strategies for efficient IP address consumption in AWS Glue, such as right-sizing Data Processing Units (DPUs), using Auto Scaling, and job-level optimizations
  • Solutions for network size expansion, including adding routable IPv4 CIDR ranges and configuring non-routable CIDR with a private NAT gateway
  • A detailed walkthrough of deploying and testing the private NAT gateway solution, including steps to prepare source and target MySQL databases, run AWS Glue crawlers and jobs, and verify results
  • Conclusion emphasizing the importance of optimizing AWS Glue jobs and expanding network capacity to scale data engineering workloads


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