Tech Insights - Migration Update: Upgrading from Amazon RDS Postgres to Amazon Aurora

Behind the scenes

Hello Paxians,

We know some of you are eager to learn what’s happening on the backend. Today, we’d like to shed some light on the recent changes we made to our database, why we made the upgrade and the consequences for Pax Dei.

Overview

To improve the reliability and scalability of our system, we recently migrated from our legacy Amazon RDS Postgres system to Amazon Aurora (Postgres compatible). This migration required us to schedule two maintenance breaks to make necessary database changes with a double goal.

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With the migration to Amazon Aurora now complete, we now have a better uptime and enhanced reliability with faster failover, as well as seamless scalability to support future growth. 

This migration positions us to better serve you, our community, by providing a more robust and flexible database infrastructure.

Stay tuned for more insights on Pax Dei development!

Pax vobiscum,
The Mainframe Team