Amazon RDS Migration and Modernization

Move legacy or self-managed databases to Amazon RDS with an AWS-certified team that handles assessment, migration, cutover, and optimization. We reduce migration risk while building a secure, scalable database environment around your application requirements.

AWS Premier Tier Services Partner · 200+ cloud launches delivered · Zero-downtime data moves like Sanas: 150 million files migrated 50% faster than planned

A successful Amazon RDS migration involves more than moving data. Your target environment must support the application, meet recovery requirements, and stay within budget. Your engineers then spend less time managing infrastructure and more time improving the product.

How Our Amazon RDS Migration Process Works

01. Assessment

We inventory your databases, versions, extensions, integrations, and application dependencies, then identify compatibility gaps and define the right migration approach.

02. Design and Validate

We build the target Amazon RDS environment and validate connectivity, security, replication, and application performance, using AWS Database Migration Service and engine-native tools when appropriate. A test migration identifies problems before production data is moved.

03. Migrate and Modernize

We migrate your data and upgrade or refactor components based on your modernization goals.

04. Cut Over and Optimize

We complete the production cutover using a documented runbook with validation and rollback procedures. After launch, we configure alarms, monitor database health, and tune queries, storage, IOPS, and instance capacity based on actual workload behavior.

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Amazon RDS Consulting Built Around Your Workload

01

Reduce Database Administration

Automated backups, patching, failure detection, and recovery reduce the routine work placed on engineering and operations teams.

02

Protect Sensitive Data

Encrypt database storage, logs, backups, snapshots, and read replicas at rest. Secure connections protect data moving between your applications and database instances.

03

Improve Availability

Use Multi-AZ deployments and tested recovery procedures to reduce the operational impact of infrastructure failures.

04

Support Demanding Workloads

Configure instance capacity, storage, Provisioned IOPS, and read replicas based on workload requirements rather than default settings.

05

Control Database Costs

Right-size instances and storage while reviewing licensing, backup retention, and purchasing options. This helps prevent overprovisioning without placing performance at risk.

What Your Amazon RDS Migration Includes

  • Database and dependency discovery, plus engine and version compatibility analysis.
  • Target Amazon RDS architecture, security group and network configuration, encryption, and access control.
  • AWS DMS configuration, test migration, and reconciliation.
  • Performance and load testing, cutover and rollback runbooks, and backup and recovery configuration.
  • Monitoring dashboards and alarms, cost and capacity optimization, documentation, and team handover.
  • Ongoing managed database support.

AWS Managed Databases and Engines We Support

We support Amazon RDS migration and modernization projects involving MySQL, PostgreSQL, MariaDB, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, and Amazon Aurora. We evaluate application compatibility, licensing, performance, availability, and operating costs before recommending an engine.

Related AWS Services

For larger transformation programs, combine your database project with:

Case Study

Sanas: 150 Million Files Migrated to AWS, 50% Faster Than Planned

We migrated Sanas’s data models and 150 million files to AWS with zero downtime and uninterrupted model training, completing the move 50% faster than the original plan. The result is a ready-to-scale pipeline on AWS, the same discipline we bring to Amazon RDS cutovers.

Why Avahi for AWS Cost Optimization

AWS Premier Tier Services Partner.

The highest AWS partner tier, held since December 2024.

Six AWS Competencies

Generative AI, Migration and Modernization, Managed Service Provider, DevOps, Small and Medium Business, and Healthcare.

200+ cloud launches delivered

Backed by 200+ AWS certifications across the team.

AWS-funded engagements for eligible companies.

Through our partnership with AWS, eligible companies may receive partial or full funding for an approved proof of concept, depending on projected AWS consumption and project scope. Eligibility is assessed during the discovery call.

Documented, low-risk cutovers

Test migrations, runbooks, and rollback procedures protect production data.

Managed support after launch

Monitoring, tuning, backups, and cost optimization, without your team handling every task.

Avahi moved our 12-terabyte Oracle workload to Amazon RDS Postgres without a minute of downtime. Query latency dropped 38 percent and we cut licensing costs in half.

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client satisfaction

45%

Average cost savings after migration
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Sanas Migrates 150 Million Voice Records to Amazon RDS PostgreSQL, Slashing Migration Time 50 Percent

Challenge

Sanas needed to move 150 million audio-metadata rows from aging SQL servers to a scalable cloud database that could feed GPU-intensive speech-AI models without downtime or spiraling costs.

Solution

Avahi used AWS DataSync for bulk transfer to S3, provisioned a multi-AZ Amazon RDS PostgreSQL cluster with Terraform, and wired the pipeline through ECS services and Lambda triggers for zero-touch ingestion and roll-forward cut-over.

Results

150 million records migrated with zero data loss

Migration completed 50 percent faster than the original timeline

New RDS cluster handles peak-load queries in under 200 ms, boosting API responsiveness

Database maintenance tasks fully automated, freeing two DevOps FTEs for new projects

Frequently
Asked Questions

What Is an Amazon RDS Migration?

An Amazon RDS migration moves a relational database from an on-premises environment, another cloud platform, Amazon EC2, or a self-managed server into Amazon Relational Database Service. The migration may keep the existing database engine or move the workload to a different engine as part of a modernization project.

Is Amazon RDS Fully Managed?

Amazon RDS manages the underlying infrastructure and automates tasks such as provisioning, backups, software patching, failure detection, and recovery. Your team still controls the database schema, queries, users, application connections, and configuration choices. We can manage these areas through ongoing Amazon RDS consulting and support.

Can You Migrate Oracle or SQL Server to an Open-Source Engine?

Yes, when the application and database objects are compatible. We assess schemas, stored procedures, extensions, data types, and licensing requirements before recommending a move to PostgreSQL, MySQL, or Amazon Aurora. Some workloads require application or query changes before replatforming.

Can We Keep Our Existing Dashboards and BI Tools?

Usually. Amazon RDS provides standard database endpoints that work with many analytics, reporting, and business intelligence platforms. We validate drivers, network access, authentication, and query compatibility during the assessment and testing stages.

How Does Amazon RDS Pricing Work?

Amazon RDS pricing can include database instance capacity, storage, I/O, backup storage, data transfer, and additional features. We model expected costs against your workload and recommend the appropriate instance class, storage configuration, availability setup, and purchasing option.

Do You Offer Managed Amazon RDS Support After Migration?

Yes. We can provide monitoring, incident response, performance tuning, backup reviews, version planning, security updates, and cost optimization after launch. This gives you a managed Amazon RDS environment without requiring your internal team to handle every operational task.

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