Amazon DynamoDB is a fast and flexible NoSQL database service for applications that need consistent, single-digit millisecond latency at any scale.
Until now, we implemented our custom solution for replicating DynamoDB data across multiple regions and monitoring the system. Custom solutions may be error-prone and hard to maintain. Luckily, AWS announced DynamoDB Global Table at AWS re:Invent 2017. In this post, we will share our experiences of going deep into this feature.