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Transform uncompressed Amazon DocumentDB data into compressed collections using AWS DMS

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This article discusses how to transform uncompressed Amazon DocumentDB collections into compressed collections using AWS Database Migration Service (DMS), addressing storage and performance challenges for large document collections.

  • Amazon DocumentDB has a 32 TiB collection size limit
  • Compression can reduce document size by up to 13.7 times
  • Benefits of compression include:
    • Lower CPU utilization
    • More efficient garbage collection
    • Better I/O performance
    • Reduced storage growth
  • AWS DMS migration approach offers minimal downtime and data integrity
  • Optimization techniques include:
    • Auto segmentation
    • Increasing replication instance storage
    • Adjusting memory-related settings

The case study demonstrated a successful migration of a large collection to a compressed format with minimal operational impact.



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