The post discusses how to manage and reduce storage costs in DynamoDB by migrating necessary data to a new table and deleting outdated data. Three approaches are explored: doing nothing, deleting bad items directly, and migrating good items to a new table. Each method's costs and benefits are evaluated, emphasizing the importance of setting expiration dates for new data and accurately estimating costs prior to starting cleanup work.
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How to delete old data from DynamoDB without spending thousandsFirst things first, clean up the incoming dataGet rid of your bad items: Cost estimationsScenario 1: Do Nothing:Scenario 2: Delete “bad” items:Scenario 3: Migrate only the “good” items:Conclusion:1 Comment
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