How Aqua Security automates fast clone orchestration on Amazon Aurora at scale
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Aqua Security developed an automated solution to handle long-running database queries without impacting production environments by using Amazon Aurora's fast clone feature.
- Challenge: Long queries on read replicas could cause replication conflicts and query cancellations
- Solution: Automatically create isolated Aurora database clones for complex queries and exports
- Orchestration framework includes:
- Automated cloning triggered by job scheduler
- Isolated query execution on cloned clusters
- Automated cleanup after job completion
- Results:
- Improved query reliability
- Scalable workload support
- Cost-effective (approximately $7.50 per database)
The approach allows Aqua Security to run approximately 280 daily clones without compromising production database performance.
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