Question: Is DynamoDB a memory store?
Answered by Rafal Wilinski
Answer
DynamoDB is not a memory store, it is a fully managed NoSQL database service offered by Amazon Web Services (AWS). It is designed to provide fast and predictable performance with seamless scalability. DynamoDB uses solid-state drives (SSDs) for data storage, which provides fast access to data and enables the service to handle high request rates.
That being said, DynamoDB has a feature called DynamoDB Accelerator (DAX), which is an in-memory cache supplementing DynamoDB tables that delivers fast read performance for your tables at scale by enabling you to use a fully managed in-memory cache.
Other Common DynamoDB FAQ (with Answers)
- How to handle empty strings in DynamoDB?
- How do you enable cloudtrail for DynamoDB?
- Who owns DynamoDB?
- Which programming language works best with DynamoDB?
- Is DynamoDB a managed service?
- Why is DynamoDB so expensive?
- What does DynamoDB support?
- Is DynamoDB OLTP or OLAP?
- Why must table be empty to enable DynamoDB global tables?
- Why is Single-Table-Design popular in DynamoDB?
- How to access DynamoDB from Android Studio?
- How to divert the traffic from S3 to DynamoDB?
- How to grab data from AWS DynamoDB?
- Can DynamoDB have null values?
- How many DynamoDB tables can I have at a maximum?
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