1.1 HeatWave

HeatWave is a massively parallel, high performance, in-memory query accelerator that accelerates MySQL performance by orders of magnitude for analytics and mixed workloads. With HeatWave, you can provision DB Systems and HeatWave Clusters.

HeatWave consists of a DB System and one or more HeatWave nodes that form a HeatWave Clusters. The DB System is responsible for cluster management, query scheduling, and returning query results. HeatWave nodes store data in memory and process analytics queries.

When a HeatWave Cluster is enabled, queries that meet certain prerequisites are automatically offloaded from the DB System to the HeatWave Cluster for accelerated processing. Queries are issued from Query Editor in the HeatWave Console or from a MySQL client or application that interacts with the HeatWave Cluster by connecting to the DB System.

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This HeatWave on AWS Service Guide covers what you need to know to set up and use DB Systems and HeatWave Clusters on AWS, mainly using the HeatWave Console. For more detailed information about using HeatWave and related utilities, refer to the HeatWave User Guide . Some of that information does not apply to HeatWave on AWS, so be sure to check the HeatWave on AWS Service Guide first for the most relevant information.

Parent topic: Overview