Performing any data migration at scale is a delicate calculation of technical complexities and cost. AWS has an extensive suite of database services to assist with these efforts in their Relational Database Service (RDS) offerings. In this post, we discuss the Aurora Global Database product and how it was used to migrate applications for a large financial media customer. We discuss the pros and cons of the product as it relates to other RDS offerings and why this was the best solution for our use case.