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title: "Discussion on \"AWS Database Migration: From On-Premises PostgreSQL to RDS Using Backup-Restore and DMS\" | Hashnode"
description: "Discussion on \"AWS Database Migration: From On-Premises PostgreSQL to RDS Using Backup-Restore and DMS\". Database migration is one of those tasks that sounds straightforward on paper but has a dozen moving pieces when you actually sit down to do it. Move data from here to there. Simple enough. But then you ask: what engine? What version? How much data? Is the destination already populated? Is this a one-time move or do you need continuous replication?\n\nThis post covers two real migration scenarios using PostgreSQL and AWS RDS: the first is migrating from an on-premises database to AWS RDS using a backup and restore approach, and the second is migrating from one RDS instance to another using AWS Database Migration Service. Both are hands-on, step by step, exactly the way you would do it in a real project."
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# [AWS Database Migration: From On-Premises PostgreSQL to RDS Using Backup-Restore and DMS](https://saipraneethbhattu.hashnode.dev/aws-database-migration-from-on-premises-postgresql-to-rds-using-backup-restore-and-dms?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Database migration is one of those tasks that sounds straightforward on paper but has a dozen moving pieces when you actually sit down to do it. Move data from here to there. Simple enough. But then you ask: what engine? What version? How much data? Is the destination already populated? Is this a one-time move or do you need continuous replication? This post covers two real migration scenarios using PostgreSQL and AWS RDS: the first is migrating from an on-premises database to AWS RDS using a backup and restore approach, and the second is migrating from one RDS instance to another using AWS Database Migration Service. Both are hands-on, step by step, exactly the way you would do it in a real project.

May 29 · 10 min read · saipraneethbhattu.hashnode.dev  
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