Organizations are shifting to real-time analytics to gain insights and maintain a competitive edge. AWS DMS was designed to help migrate workloads between databases, but you can also use it for ongoing change data capture (CDC) replication. Zero-ETL integrations for Amazon Redshift automate data movement, eliminating the need for traditional ETL pipelines.
Advantages of zero-ETL integration include reduced costs, minimized impact on source and destination databases, reduced end-to-end latency, simplified replication process, and streamlined operations.
Make sure to review considerations before using zero-ETL integrations with Amazon Redshift. Not all configurations and use cases are best supported by zero-ETL integration.
To transition from AWS DMS to zero-ETL integration, first set up zero-ETL integration and validate it. Migrate data consumer tools connections to zero-ETL integration database, update or create views, and then disable AWS DMS replication.
Zero-ETL integration for Amazon Redshift is a more efficient and cost-effective approach for CDC and ETL within AWS. AWS DMS remains the recommended service for migrating data into AWS databases.