Use Amazon Aurora Global Database to build resilient multi-Region applications
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This article discusses how to use Amazon Aurora Global Database to build resilient multi-Region applications. It provides an overview of the global write strategy and demonstrates a solution using a book reviews processing application.
Specifically, the article covers:
- Disaster recovery strategy overview with Aurora Global Database
- Solution architecture for the book reviews processing application
- Steps to create an Aurora global database across two AWS Regions
- Deploying the book reviews processing application with microservices
- Testing the solution by processing concurrent writes from both Regions
- Monitoring the Aurora global replication lag
- Recommendations for using the write forwarding feature
- Cleaning up the deployed resources
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