Microsoft Azure → Amazon Web Services
AWS equivalent of Azure SQL active geo-replication and failover groups
The closest AWS equivalent of Azure SQL active geo-replication and failover groups is Amazon Aurora Global Database.
About Azure SQL active geo-replication and failover groups
| Provider | Microsoft Azure |
|---|---|
| Status | Generally available |
| What it is | Asynchronous replication of databases to other regions, with failover groups that give stable read-write and read-only listener endpoints across regions. |
| Documentation | learn.microsoft.com |
| Pricing | Official pricing page |
AWS mappings (1)
| Capability | AWS equivalent | Match |
|---|---|---|
| Cross-region relational disaster recovery | Amazon Aurora Global Database | Partial match |
Availability, scaling & operations(1)
Cross-region relational disaster recovery Partial match
Aurora Global Database maps to Azure SQL active geo-replication and failover groups (for Azure SQL), and to cross-region read replicas for Azure Database for PostgreSQL and MySQL.
- Mechanism. Aurora Global Database replicates at the storage layer to up to 10 secondary Regions, with managed switchover and failover and optional write forwarding. Azure SQL replicates asynchronously at the database level. Failover groups give stable read-write and read-only listener endpoints across regions.
- Scope. Failover groups can move a group of databases (or a whole Managed Instance) together. Aurora works per cluster.