
Amazon RDS Blue/Green Deployments now support managed initialization of Green storage volumes, accelerating storage block loading from S3 and ensuring full performance before database switchover.


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Amazon RDS has enhanced Blue/Green Deployments with a new feature for managed storage volume initialization.
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<li>Automatically initializes Green database storage volumes from Blue database snapshots</li>
<li>Accelerates loading of storage blocks from Amazon S3</li>
<li>Ensures Green databases are fully performant before switchover</li>
<li>Supports RDS for PostgreSQL, MySQL, and MariaDB engines</li>
<li>Available for PostgreSQL 12+, MySQL 5.7+, and MariaDB 10.4+</li>
<li>Progress can be monitored via RDS Console and CLI</li>
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The update simplifies database migrations by automatically preparing staging environments and reducing manual initialization steps.
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Amazon RDS Blue/Green Deployments Green storage fully performant prior to switchover

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