How Heroku migrated hundreds of thousands of self-managed PostgreSQL databases to Amazon Aurora
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Heroku successfully migrated over 200,000 self-managed PostgreSQL databases from Amazon EC2 to Amazon Aurora, achieving a significant transformation in their database infrastructure with minimal customer impact.
- Migration completed in four months using a specialized transfer system with pgccopydb
- Provided two migration paths: self-serve and automated migration
- Reduced operational complexity by leveraging Aurora's managed services
- Enabled future features like AI-enabled database administration and auto-scaling
- Enhanced security through built-in AWS encryption and authentication methods
The migration allows Heroku to focus more on developing customer-centric features rather than managing infrastructure, while providing a more reliable and scalable database service.
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