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What is AWS Database Migration Service?

AWS Database Migration Service helps you migrate databases to AWS quickly and securely. The source database remains fully operational during the migration, minimizing downtime to applications that rely on the database.

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AWS Database Migration Service helps you migrate databases to AWS quickly and securely. The source database remains fully operational during the migration, minimizing downtime to applications that rely on the database.


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Recent AWS Database Migration Service Reviews

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Verified UserEnterprise (> 1000 emp.)
1.0 out of 5
"Good idea, bad implemention"
The idea that we may migrate database from onprem to clod
Sonali A.
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Sonali A.Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
4.5 out of 5
"DMS - Migrating data with ease"
It is very easy to setup data migrations between different databases and services and is user-friendly once you learn.We are able to load GBs of da...
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Korla G.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
4.5 out of 5
"DMS from RDS to Dynamo"
AWS DMS is used when we want to get all our data from one data base to other when we want to migrate this AWS service is used. The best thing ...
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Sonali A.
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What do you like best about AWS Database Migration Service?

It is very easy to setup data migrations between different databases and services and is user-friendly once you learn.We are able to load GBs of data very quickly and easily. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Database Migration Service?

CDC is not easily implemented using DMS and needs detailed study to implement,we need to add details in JSON sometimes which gets a little messy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is AWS Database Migration Service solving and how is that benefiting you?

We are using DMS to transfer the data from IBM DB2 database to PostgreSQL ,we are able to migrate the data very quickly in minutes(GBs of data).Same migration is taking a lot of time using other services like Glue Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about AWS Database Migration Service?

AWS DMS is used when we want to get all our data from one data base to other when we want to migrate this AWS service is used.

The best thing I like is if I want to do manually , then I need to copy all the tables , all the statements from old data base to new , which can take long time but through DMS I need to mention source and destination database and replication instance copies data from old to new . I dont need to struggle much.

It even takes care of schema conversion as well , which means if source is relational and destination is non relational , DMS takes care of it.

I only need to pay for compute resources . Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Database Migration Service?

As Iam beginner to DMS , I didnt found any downsides it is fast , saves lot of time . Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is AWS Database Migration Service solving and how is that benefiting you?

I tried to switch the data base from AWS RDS (MYSQL) to Dynamo DB , If I have to do manually then I must copy all the tables , primarykeys , procedures which takes lot of time but using DMS with in 10-15 mins data from RDS copied to Dynamo DB though schemas are different. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about AWS Database Migration Service?

We used this service to migrate DB from 3cx to the AWS cloud which was very convenient with a user-friendly interface and the support received was quite quick. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Database Migration Service?

Found the pricing bit on the higher side compared to other suppliers in the market Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is AWS Database Migration Service solving and how is that benefiting you?

Migration of DB from 3cx to AWS cloud Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ishant T.
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What do you like best about AWS Database Migration Service?

Easy to use

Robust

Give flexibility for both Full load and CDC load

Can work on multiple data sources

Maintain all types of flags in data like Insert, Update and Delete

Overall, my experience with DMS is excellent, and there is significantly less scope for data loss. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Database Migration Service?

I recently faced one issue where it failed to parse the JSON object because that JSON has multiple line breaks. So while reading the JSON, it was giving null as output.

And another which I faced was while reading the GeoSpatial coordinates. So for this issue, I changed the source column datatype from geometry to string, and it's also a known issue to the AWS team. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is AWS Database Migration Service solving and how is that benefiting you?

We use this tool to read the data from Postgresql and MongoDB databases, replicate all the tables using the AWS DMS, and store the Data in the S3 bucket. After that, we're reading the same data from the s3 bucket and store that in Databricks File System(DBFS) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sagar Ganesh R.
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What do you like best about AWS Databases?

It has all types of enhancements, integration, metric calculations and lot more features such as lambda, s3, putty, memory instances, putty features which helps us to thoroughly enjoy the aws features and queries the aws table as fast as possible Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Databases?

There is nothing we can dislike about aws. It's the best. And the support team here is amazing. Whenever we face a glitch they are help to us 24/7. What else is there to complain. Negative. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is AWS Databases solving and how is that benefiting you?

The transformation of data with millions of records are very fast and whenever we are dealing with big data, performance is a factor where we need to bother, but using aws services, there is nothing to worry about. Everything is smooth here. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about AWS Database Migration Service?

It enables me to migrate databases from on-premises or cloud-based databases to AWS quickly and securely. It supports a variety of source and target databases, including Amazon RDS, Amazon Aurora, Amazon Redshift, and others. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Database Migration Service?

I don't dislike it, it help's actually the database issue. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is AWS Database Migration Service solving and how is that benefiting you?

DMS uses a replication process to migrate data from the source database to the target database. During the replication process, DMS continuously captures changes made to the source database and applies them to the target database in near real-time, allowing users to migrate data with minimal downtime. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Pavitra M.
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What do you like best about AWS Database Migration Service?

The best features of AWS Database Migration Service include its ease of use, flexibility to support various migration scenarios, automatic schema conversion, and real-time replication capabilities. Additionally, it offers a highly secure and reliable solution for database migration with minimal downtime. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Database Migration Service?

The drawbacks of AWS Database Migration Service include its high cost, especially for large-scale migrations, and limited support for certain database engines. Some users have also reported technical issues with the service, such as slow migration speeds or compatibility problems. However, AWS provides extensive documentation and support to help users overcome these challenges. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is AWS Database Migration Service solving and how is that benefiting you?

1. Minimizing downtime: AWS Database Migration Service can help reduce the downtime associated with database migrations, allowing organizations to maintain business continuity during the migration process.

2. Simplifying database migrations: AWS Database Migration Service automates many of the tasks involved in database migration, making it easier for organizations to move their databases to the cloud or upgrade to a newer database version.

3. Enabling real-time data replication: AWS Database Migration Service can replicate data from a source database to a target database in near real-time, allowing organizations to maintain up-to-date data in multiple locations.

4. Supporting heterogeneous database migrations. AWS Database Migration Service supports migration between different database engines, making it easier for organizations to switch between database platforms or consolidate databases.

5. Providing a scalable ETL tool: AWS Database Migration Service can be used as an ETL tool, allowing organizations to extract data from multiple sources, transform it as needed, and load it into a target database or data warehouse. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about AWS Database Migration Service?

It's database migration feature. On premises data migration. And data protection. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Database Migration Service?

Data migration downtime sometimes slow but depends on type of databases too. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is AWS Database Migration Service solving and how is that benefiting you?

For our vendors customers data migration and ETL. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Damnik Mahendrakumar J.
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What do you like best about AWS Database Migration Service?

Veeam Backup helps take a periodic snapshot of DB Instances. Those snapshots can be exported or migrated to other regions, allowing quick replication or spawning new instances in case of failure or disaster. It maintains high availability and minimal downtime. It supports various DBs like Oracle, PostgreSQL, MYSQL, MongoDB, and others. It's cost-effective and supports log monitoring. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Database Migration Service?

AWS Database Migration Service is great for migrating on-prem Database, EC2 DB or AWS RDS to AWS AuroraDB or vice versa. But it has few restrictions on the number of requests of 100 API requests per second. It support limited versions of Oracle and MySQL. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is AWS Database Migration Service solving and how is that benefiting you?

Our services run on-prem, which persists data into the on-prem SQL server 2019. During our cloud migration process, we used AWS Database Migration Service to move our on-prem DB to AWS AuroraDB with minimal downtime by using Veeam Backup for storing snapshots for failsafe recovery. The whole migration was successful and took about one month. We noticed the performance increase post migrations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about AWS Database Migration Service?

AWS Data migration services help us switch to a modern, perhaps cost-effective, database engine than the one running now. It helps us to get increased efficiency, improved data security and enhanced data quality Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Database Migration Service?

AWS Database Migration does fall under the free tier. It has infracture maintenance costs involved. It needs skilled resources availability; data loss and security risks are also involved. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is AWS Database Migration Service solving and how is that benefiting you?

AWS Database migration services help us to migrate the data in a more reliable, scalable and convenient way. It helps to save time and avoid any human error involved during the data migration Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.