AWS launches Aurora DSQL, a new distributed SQL database with high availability and fast performance

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has introduced Amazon Aurora DSQL, a new serverless distributed SQL database. It offers high availability, strong consistency, and PostgreSQL compatibility, claiming to be four times faster in reads and writes than other distributed SQL databases. Aurora DSQL features an active-active architecture, ensuring constant availability by allowing applications to read and write from any endpoint. It scales reads and writes independently without the need for database sharding, addressing a common limitation in traditional systems. To achieve strong consistency across multiple regions, Aurora DSQL uses the Amazon Time Sync Service for precise clock synchronization. This innovation allows for efficient transaction processing and data consistency, overcoming challenges faced by previous database technologies.