Question: Is DynamoDB stateless?
Answered by Rafal Wilinski
Answer
DynamoDB is a stateless database, meaning it does not maintain any information about previous requests or the current state of the application. Each request to DynamoDB is treated as an independent action and is processed based on the data provided in that request. This behaviour allows for horizontal scaling, as multiple servers can handle requests simultaneously without interfering with each other.
Other Common DynamoDB FAQ (with Answers)
- Should you make a new DynamoDB client for each request?
- Does DynamoDB support Multi-AZ?
- What is DynamoDB used for?
- Are DynamoDB table names supposed to be unique?
- Can DynamoDB be replicated?
- What are the naming conventions in DynamoDB?
- Is DynamoDB a key-value store?
- Does sharding affect DynamoDB reads?
- Do I need a middleware for DynamoDB?
- How many DynamoDB tables can I have at a maximum?
- How to access DynamoDB from Apache Storm?
- Is DynamoDB serverless?
- Can DynamoDB trigger AWS Step Functions?
- Is DynamoDB a wide-column store?
- How to access DynamoDB from outside?
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