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)
- Can colons and special characters be used in DynamoDB attributes?
- Is connection pooling needed for DynamoDB?
- Is DynamoDB open source?
- Can DynamoDB store relational data?
- In DynamoDB, can I use UUID as the partition key?
- Why is DynamoDB easy to partition?
- What are the key differences between DynamoDB and Elasticsearch?
- Does DynamoDB have tables?
- What language is DynamoDB written in?
- What are the naming conventions in DynamoDB?
- When to use DynamoDB?
- Is DynamoDB PaaS or SaaS?
- Is DynamoDB NoSQL?
- Does DynamoDB support read replicas?
- Is DynamoDB columnar database?
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