DynamoDB Accelerator (DAX)

• Seamless cache for DynamoDB, no application re-write
• Writes go though DynamoDB Accelerator (DAX) to DynamoDB
• Micro second latency for cached reads & queries
• Solves the [[Hot Key problem]] (too many reads)
• 5 minutes TTL for cache by default
• Up to 10 nodes in the cluster
• [[Multi AZ]] (3 nodes minimum recommended for production)
• Secure (Encryption at rest with AWS KMS (Key Management Service), VPC Summary, IAM, CloudTrail)