AWS Database Migration Service gets gen AI-powered schema conversion [Video]

Other database updates include the general availability of MemoryDB Multi-Region and new observability features for Amazon Aurora MySQL and PostgreSQL.

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Amazon Web Services (AWS) has updated its Database Migration Service’s schema conversion feature with a new generative AI-powered capability that automates schema conversion to a great extent.

The schema conversion feature, announced at the ongoing annual re:Invent conference,  helps enterprises convert the source database schema and procedures to the target database system.

The feature was already capable of automating many steps in the database migrations process but a new generative AI-powered capability can now automate “certain complex database code elements” that required manual intervention, the company said.

This capability is designed to help enterprises reduce migration timelines and reduce costs.

In the backend, the capability uses large language models (LLMs) hosted on Amazon Bedrockto convert code snippets in the source database that were otherwise not supported by traditional rule-based techniques, including complex procedures and …