DynamoDB is a fast and performant NoSQL database for creating highly available web applications. This article explores how to interact with DynamoDB in Python using the Boto3 library and covers in-depth concepts such as concurrency, leader model, throttling, and more.

A distributed database can offer benefits and tools to any company’s data storage and analytics processes — as long as they know how to use one.

Web applications usually rely heavily on databases, for the most part. And as applications grow, databases grow too. We keep scaling web servers and background workers to keep up with the heavy load. But eventually, the database needs to keep up with all the new connections from these processes. One way to tackle this is to grow a database with an app using vertical scaling. This means adding more CPU power and memory to the database server. But this is usually slow.

CDP Operational Database enables developers to quickly build future-proof applications that are architected to handle data evolution. It helps developers automate and simplify database management with capabilities like auto-scale, and is fully integrated with Cloudera Data Platform (CDP). For more information and to get started with COD, refer to Getting Started with Cloudera Data Platform Operational Database (COD).