Transactions and Coordination in Aurora DSQL
- Speaker:
- Marc Brooker
- Date:
- Mon Nov 3, 2025 @ 02:00pm EST
- Date:
- Mon Nov 3, 2025
- Time:
- 02:00pm EST
- Location:
- https://cmu.zoom.us/my/jigneshZoom
- Title:
- Transactions and Coordination in Aurora DSQL
- System:
- DSQL
Talk Info:
Aurora DSQL is a new global, serverless, scalable relational database system, built at AWS. In this talk, I’ll dive into the architecture of DSQL, how it handles transactions, and how and why it was designed to minimize coordination. We’ll touch on transaction protocols, isolation, and virtualization.
Bio:
Marc Brooker is a VP and Distinguished Engineer at AWS. During his 16 years at AWS, Marc has worked on EC2, EBS, Lambda, and most recently led the team that launched Amazon Aurora DSQL. He is currently focused on infrastructure for agentic AI, and the availability and security of our large-scale systems. Before AWS, Marc completed his PhD at the University of Cape Town.