What databases have you worked with within the Amazon infrastructure?
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In Amazon Web Services (AWS) infrastructure, the following databases are commonly used and can be worked with in Python:
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Amazon RDS — a managed relational database service (MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, etc.). Libraries such as
psycopg2for PostgreSQL orPyMySQLfor MySQL can be used for interaction. -
Amazon DynamoDB — a NoSQL database with low latency. The AWS SDK —
boto3— is used in Python to work with it. -
Amazon Aurora — a high-performance relational database compatible with MySQL and PostgreSQL.
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Amazon Redshift — an analytical columnar database for big data.
Example of connecting to DynamoDB using boto3:
import boto3
dynamodb = boto3.resource('dynamodb', region_name='us-west-2')
table = dynamodb.Table('MyTable')
response = table.get_item(Key={'id': '123'})
item = response.get('Item')
print(item)
Thus, experience with AWS databases usually involves interacting with RDS, DynamoDB, and other services through the respective SDKs.