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How to Source Data From Amazon DynamoDB to Confluent

What's this blog post about?

This text discusses the integration of Amazon DynamoDB and Confluent for real-time data processing, analysis, and enrichment. It highlights how change data capture (CDC) with Confluent can be used to track changes in DynamoDB data and transfer them to other systems or applications. The text presents three different architectural patterns for implementing CDC with Confluent on DynamoDB data: using DynamoDB streams with Lambda, an open source connector option, and the Kinesis option. It also discusses various use cases such as real-time analytics, integration with other systems, disaster recovery, hydrating data lakes, and a multi-cloud strategy. The text concludes by emphasizing the benefits of leveraging CDC with DynamoDB data and provides guidelines for choosing the appropriate architectural pattern based on specific requirements.

Company
Confluent

Date published
May 25, 2023

Author(s)
Andrew Sellers, Ahmed Saef Zamzam, Joseph Morais, Weifan Liang

Word count
2675

Hacker News points
None found.

Language
English


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