In this episode, Emily and Dave chat with Prasad Pandit, Principal Product Manager, RDS Open Source. Prasad walks us through some of the recent performance innovations in Amazon’s Relational Database Service (RDS) as well as how MySQL writes data today. He then discusses the re:Invent 2022 launch of RDS Optimized Writes, which can help improve write throughput by up to 2x at no additional cost. RDS Optimized Writes is especially useful for MySQL customers with write-intensive database workloads, commonly found in applications such as digital payments, financial trading, and online gaming. Prasad on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/prasadprofile/ [BLOG] Amazon RDS Optimized Writes enables up to 2x higher write throughput at no additional cost - https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2022/11/amazon-rds-optimized-writes-2x-higher-write-throughput-no-cost/ [DOCS] Improving write performance with Amazon RDS Optimized Writes - https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/rds-optimized-writes.html [PORTAL] Amazon RDS for MySQL https://aws.amazon.com/rds/mysql/ [YOUTUBE] Understanding Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMzCI7S1P9M Subscribe: Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/f8bf7630-2521-4b40-be90-c46a9222c159/aws-developers-podcast Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/aws-developers-podcast/id1574162669 Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zb3VuZGNsb3VkLmNvbS91c2Vycy9zb3VuZGNsb3VkOnVzZXJzOjk5NDM2MzU0OS9zb3VuZHMucnNz Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7rQjgnBvuyr18K03tnEHBI TuneIn: https://tunein.com/podcasts/Technology-Podcasts/AWS-Developers-Podcast-p1461814/ RSS Feed: https://feeds.soundcloud