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AWS re:Invent 2022 - Self-service analytics with Amazon Redshift Serverless (ANT317)

Summary

Naresh Chanani, an engineering director at Redshift, and Raj Bhattisa from Broadridge Financial co-presented on self-service analytics with Amazon Redshift Serverless.
Self-service analytics allows analysts to query data in seconds without worrying about infrastructure decisions, such as compute provisioning.
Redshift Serverless, launched in July 2022, is a fast-growing service that automates maintenance, security, and scaling, allowing users to focus on querying and only pay for what they use.
Broadridge Financial faced challenges with their on-prem system, including poor query performance, difficulty scaling, and high costs.
They migrated to Redshift Serverless using AWS Schema Conversion Tool (SCT) and other AWS services, resulting in significant performance improvements and cost savings.
Redshift Serverless features include auto-scaling, auto-backup, and built-in monitoring, which supported Broadridge's requirements for better performance and reduced operational overhead.
Naresh highlighted the scale of Redshift, processing 750 million queries daily, and introduced new features like auto-ingestion from S3 and streaming ingestion from Kinesis or Kafka.
Redshift autonomics was discussed, focusing on automatic tuning for optimal performance as workloads scale.
The session concluded with an invitation to try Redshift Serverless with a $300 credit and a Q&A session.

Redshift Serverless addresses the need for quick, scalable, and cost-effective data analytics without the complexity of managing infrastructure.
The ability to query across different data silos is crucial for timely decision-making and comprehensive insights.
Broadridge Financial's migration to Redshift Serverless demonstrates the practical benefits of cloud-native solutions for large-scale financial data analytics.
The introduction of auto-ingestion and streaming ingestion features in Redshift shows AWS's commitment to simplifying data pipelines and enabling real-time analytics.
Autonomics in Redshift is a key differentiator, providing automatic tuning to maintain performance without manual intervention, which is particularly beneficial for businesses with evolving workloads.
The session highlighted the importance of collaboration between AWS and its customers to achieve successful migrations and performance improvements.
AWS's offer of a $300 credit to try Redshift Serverless indicates a push for wider adoption and an opportunity for businesses to test the service with minimal financial risk.