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on December 23, 2019
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We kicked off 2019 by introducing Amazon DocumentDB (with MongoDB compatibility) on January 9. From the outset, we have been grateful for the valuable insights we received from you. Throughout the year, our focus was on enhancing the service based on your desired features while simultaneously improving its performance, availability, and scalability.
Here’s a summary of the key developments in Amazon DocumentDB during 2019, organized alphabetically by category. This overview is a great way to catch up on what transpired and discover functionalities you might not yet be aware of. If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to me at @alexrivers.
Compliance
Amazon DocumentDB was engineered to adhere to top-tier security standards, making it easy for you to verify our security measures and meet your regulatory and compliance requirements. It has been evaluated and found to comply with PCI DSS, ISO 9001, 27001, 27017, and 27018, along with SOC 1, 2, and 3, and is also HIPAA eligible.
- May 22: Amazon DocumentDB achieved SOC 1, 2, and 3 compliance.
- December 13: 55 additional AWS services received HITRUST CSF Certification, with Amazon DocumentDB included under this certification.
Cost Optimization
The decoupled architecture of Amazon DocumentDB allows you to run single-instance clusters for non-production environments without affecting data durability. Your data is replicated six times across three Availability Zones, independent of the number of instances.
- May 9: Amazon DocumentDB now supports per-second billing. You’re billed in one-second increments, ensuring you only pay for the capacity you actually use.
- July 2: New feature allowing users to stop and start clusters, enhancing cost-efficiency for development and testing phases where continuous operation isn’t necessary.
Cluster Management
Amazon DocumentDB initially offered continuous backups with a default one-day retention period. You can extend this backup retention up to 35 days and create snapshots for long-term archiving, all without impacting cluster performance.
- July 3: Introduction of cluster deletion protection to prevent accidental deletions. When enabled, no user can delete the cluster.
Instance Types
Amazon DocumentDB debuted with R4 instance support, and soon after, R5 instances were added across all AWS Regions. R5 instances can deliver double the performance of R4 instances at the same cost. Testing is recommended to gauge performance improvements for your workloads.
- May 17: R5 instances now supported in US East (N. Virginia), US East (Ohio), US West (Oregon), and EU (Ireland).
MongoDB Compatibility
Amazon DocumentDB is compatible with the MongoDB 3.6 API, allowing a vast majority of existing applications, drivers, and tools to function with minimal modifications. While not every MongoDB API or operator is supported, we continuously enhance compatibility based on customer feedback and have rolled out several updates throughout the year. In 2020, we plan to maintain this momentum in delivering the features you need.
- February 28: New features for aggregation and arrays were introduced.
- October 23: Support for change streams was added, allowing efficient data changes tracking.
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