Question: Is DynamoDB a backend database?
Answered by Rafal Wilinski
Answer
DynamoDB is a NoSQL database service provided by Amazon Web Services (AWS) and can be used as a backend database. DynamoDB is a fully managed, highly available, and scalable service that can store and retrieve any data. It provides fast and predictable performance and can automatically handle sharding and replicating data across multiple servers to support high read and write throughput levels.
Other Common DynamoDB FAQ (with Answers)
- Does DynamoDB support cross-region replication?
- How do parallelize requests in DynamoDB?
- How to import data from S3 to DynamoDB?
- Is DynamoDB serverless?
- Can we pass objects as an item in DynamoDB?
- Does DynamoDB Support SQL?
- Does Amazon DynamoDB store healthcare data?
- Can DynamoDB store images?
- Is DynamoDB PaaS or SaaS?
- Is DynamoDB good for analytics?
- Is DynamoDB document-based?
- Does DynamoDB charge for storage?
- Can DynamoDB table have adhoc attributes?
- When to use DynamoDB?
- How do you store JSON on DynamoDB?
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