{"id":175710,"date":"2024-01-04T19:22:46","date_gmt":"2024-01-04T18:22:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/?p=175710"},"modified":"2024-01-04T19:24:56","modified_gmt":"2024-01-04T18:24:56","slug":"amazon-aurora-overview-of-this-cloud-database","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/amazon-aurora-overview-of-this-cloud-database","title":{"rendered":"Amazon Aurora: Overview of this cloud database"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"175710\" class=\"elementor elementor-175710\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-04dd10b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"04dd10b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77f8579 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"77f8579\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 02-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Amazon Aurora is a relational database solution based on a cloud-native architecture designed to deliver high performance, high availability and flexible scalability, while reducing costs.<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d8fefe elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2d8fefe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 02-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>Amazon Aurora is based on open-source technologies such as <a href=\"http:\/\/v\" data-wplink-url-error=\"true\">MySQL<\/a> and <strong>PostgreSQL<\/strong>, enabling it to offer advanced functionalities, as we&#8217;ll see in this article.<\/p><p>Amazon Aurora&#8217;s challenges are manifold. On the one hand, it enables companies to manage their data efficiently by providing a high-performance, scalable database solution that is not cumbersome to use.<\/p><p>Secondly, it reduces the costs associated with <a href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/acid-in-database-management\">database management, by reducing infrastructure requirements.<\/a><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>\ud83d\udca1Related articles:<\/p><table dir=\"ltr\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" data-sheets-root=\"1\"><colgroup><col width=\"656\" \/><\/colgroup><tbody><tr><td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;AWS Elastic Load Balancer: The solution that distributes network traffic&quot;}\" data-sheets-hyperlink=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/aws-elastic-load-balancer-the-solution-that-distributes-network-traffic\"><a class=\"in-cell-link\" href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/aws-elastic-load-balancer-the-solution-that-distributes-network-traffic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AWS Elastic Load Balancer: The solution that distributes network traffic<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Jam AWS: The playful Amazon learning platform&quot;}\" data-sheets-hyperlink=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/jam-aws-the-playful-learning-platform-from-amazon\"><a class=\"in-cell-link\" href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/jam-aws-the-playful-learning-platform-from-amazon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jam AWS: The playful Amazon learning platform<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;AWS Lambda: Introduction to the Serverless Function&quot;}\" data-sheets-hyperlink=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/aws-lambda-introduction-to-the-serverless-function\"><a class=\"in-cell-link\" href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/aws-lambda-introduction-to-the-serverless-function\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AWS Lambda: Introduction to the Serverless Function<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;AWS Certification: What is it and how do I get it? &quot;}\" data-sheets-hyperlink=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/aws-certification-what-is-it-and-how-do-i-get-it\"><a class=\"in-cell-link\" href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/aws-certification-what-is-it-and-how-do-i-get-it\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AWS Certification: What is it and how do I get it? <\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;AWS SageMaker: A guide for using the platform&quot;}\" data-sheets-hyperlink=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/aws-sagemaker-a-guide-for-using-the-platform\"><a class=\"in-cell-link\" href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/aws-sagemaker-a-guide-for-using-the-platform\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AWS SageMaker: A guide for using the platform<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;5 AWS launches and announcements making developers\u2019 life easy in 2022&quot;}\" data-sheets-hyperlink=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/5-aws-launches-and-announcements-making-developers-life-easy-in-2022\"><a class=\"in-cell-link\" href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/5-aws-launches-and-announcements-making-developers-life-easy-in-2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">5 AWS launches and announcements making developers\u2019 life easy in 2022<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e75699 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"7e75699\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-493d8d4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"493d8d4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How is an Aurora cluster structured?<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a2094d5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a2094d5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>An <strong>Amazon Aurora cluster<\/strong> is made up of 2 types of instance:<\/p><ul><li><strong>Primary instance:<\/strong> supports read and write operations, and makes all modifications to the cluster volume.<\/li><li><strong>Replica instances:<\/strong> connect to the same storage volume as the primary instance, but support read operations only. Each Aurora cluster can have a maximum of 15 replicas in addition to the primary instance.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-975ef8f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"975ef8f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 02-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image1-3.png\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Sources : docs.aws.amazon.com\/<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-adbff93 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"adbff93\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Amazon Aurora<\/strong> uses a unique architecture of separate storage and processing to ensure high availability and reliable data replication.<\/p><p>One of its key features is the ability to automatically detect failures and seamlessly switch to a read instance that will take the place of the primary instance.<\/p><p>What&#8217;s more, <strong>Amazon Aurora<\/strong> automates and standardizes configuration and administration tasks (which can be complex and time-consuming), enabling users to concentrate on operations rather than <a href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/acid-in-database-management\">database management.<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a411c4 elementor-align-center button-principale elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"1a411c4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm elementor-animation-grow\" href=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/en\/aws-training\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Learn how to use Amazon Aurora<\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b30feb2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"b30feb2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-87ee4b1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"87ee4b1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Aurora features<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b522b38 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b522b38\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Amazon Aurora is packed with features. The table below will help you understand them:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9110254 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"9110254\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n  .tg  {border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0;}\n  .tg td{border-color:black;border-style:solid;border-width:1px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;\n    overflow:hidden;padding:10px 5px;word-break:normal;}\n  .tg th{border-color:black;border-style:solid;border-width:1px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;\n    font-weight:normal;overflow:hidden;padding:10px 5px;word-break:normal;}\n  .tg .tg-xbtn{background-color:#343434;border-color:inherit;color:#ffffff;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;vertical-align:top}\n  .tg 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transparent recovery after failures<\/li><li>High performance<\/li>\n          <\/ul>\n      <\/td>\n      <td class=\"tg-0pky\">\n          <ul><li>Global-scale applications<\/li><li>Disaster recovery<\/li>\n          <\/ul>\n      <\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n    <tr>\n      <td class=\"tg-xbtn\">Amazon Aurora Serverless<\/td>\n      <td class=\"tg-0pky\">Automatically scales the database based on application traffic<\/td>\n      <td class=\"tg-0pky\">\n          <ul><li>Automatic scaling<\/li><li>Low maintenance costs<\/li>\n          <\/ul>\n      <\/td>\n      <td class=\"tg-0pky\">\n          <ul><li>Variable traffic applications<\/li><li>Developers<\/li>\n          <\/ul>\n      <\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n    <tr>\n      <td class=\"tg-xbtn\">Amazon RDS Proxy<\/td>\n      <td class=\"tg-0pky\">Creates a connection pool to improve application performance<\/td>\n      <td class=\"tg-0pky\">\n          <ul><li>Performance improvement<\/li><li>Connection management<\/li><li>High availability<\/li>\n          <\/ul>\n      <\/td>\n      <td class=\"tg-0pky\">\n          <ul><li>High-demand applications<\/li><li>Production environments<\/li>\n          <\/ul>\n      <\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n    <tr>\n      <td class=\"tg-xbtn\">Single-master clusters<\/td>\n      <td class=\"tg-0pky\">Used to handle read-intensive workloads or mixed read-write workloads<\/td>\n      <td class=\"tg-0pky\">\n          <ul><li>High availability<\/li><li>Load balancing<\/li><li>High performance<\/li>\n          <\/ul>\n      <\/td>\n      <td class=\"tg-0pky\">\n          <ul><li>Larger-scale applications<\/li><li>Read-intensive workloads<\/li>\n          <\/ul>\n      <\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n    <tr>\n      <td class=\"tg-xbtn\">Multi-master cluster<\/td>\n      <td class=\"tg-0pky\">Used to enable horizontal load balancing for mixed read-write workloads<\/td>\n      <td class=\"tg-0pky\">\n          <ul><li>High availability<\/li><li>Load balancing<\/li><li>High performance<\/li>\n          <\/ul>\n      <\/td>\n      <td class=\"tg-0pky\">\n          <ul><li>High-demand applications<\/li><li>Read-write intensive workloads<\/li>\n          <\/ul>\n      <\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n    <tr>\n      <td class=\"tg-xbtn\">Read replicas<\/td>\n      <td class=\"tg-0pky\">Replicates data from the primary database for read operations, improving performance<\/td>\n      <td class=\"tg-0pky\">\n          <ul><li>High availability<\/li><li>Reduced downtime<\/li><li>High performance<\/li>\n          <\/ul>\n      <\/td>\n      <td class=\"tg-0pky\">\n          <ul><li>Larger-scale applications<\/li><li>Read-intensive workloads<\/li>\n          <\/ul>\n      <\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n    <tr>\n      <td class=\"tg-xbtn\">Babelfish for Aurora PostgreSQL<\/td>\n      <td class=\"tg-0pky\">Allows migration of PostgreSQL applications to Aurora PostgreSQL using existing tools and skills<\/td>\n      <td class=\"tg-0pky\">\n          <ul><li>Easy migration<\/li><li>Compatibility with PostgreSQL<\/li><li>Cost savings<\/li>\n          <\/ul>\n      <\/td>\n      <td class=\"tg-0pky\">\n          <ul><li>Existing applications<\/li><li>PostgreSQL workloads<\/li>\n          <\/ul>\n      <\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n  <\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d38185e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con\" data-id=\"d38185e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;content_width&quot;:&quot;boxed&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a1da7c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5a1da7c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What are the benefits of using Aurora?<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8251bda elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8251bda\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Now that you have a better overview of <strong>Amazon Aurora,<\/strong> let&#8217;s look at the benefits of using it.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a5e7a6f elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"a5e7a6f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n  .tg  {border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0;}\n  .tg td{border-color:black;border-style:solid;border-width:1px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;\n    overflow:hidden;padding:10px 5px;word-break:normal;}\n  .tg th{border-color:black;border-style:solid;border-width:1px;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;\n    font-weight:normal;overflow:hidden;padding:10px 5px;word-break:normal;}\n  .tg .tg-abx8{background-color:#c0c0c0;font-weight:bold;text-align:left;vertical-align:top}\n  .tg .tg-5qpf{background-color:#c0c0c0;font-size:100%;font-weight:bold;text-align:left;vertical-align:top}\n  .tg .tg-6qw1{background-color:#c0c0c0;text-align:center;vertical-align:top}\n  .tg .tg-mj3y{background-color:#c0c0c0;font-size:100%;text-align:left;vertical-align:top}\n  .tg .tg-y6fn{background-color:#c0c0c0;text-align:left;vertical-align:top}\n<\/style>\n<table class=\"tg\" style=\"undefined;table-layout: fixed; width: 850px\">\n  <colgroup>\n    <col style=\"width: 75px\">\n    <col style=\"width: 150px\">\n    <col style=\"width: 625px\">\n  <\/colgroup>\n  <thead>\n    <tr>\n      <th class=\"tg-6qw1\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image4-4.png\" alt=\"Image\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\"><\/th>\n      <th class=\"tg-abx8\">Scalability<\/th>\n      <th class=\"tg-y6fn\">Your database size adjusts automatically based on your needs<\/th>\n    <\/tr>\n  <\/thead>\n  <tbody>\n    <tr>\n      <td class=\"tg-6qw1\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image6-3.png\" alt=\"Image\" width=\"50\" height=\"54\"><\/td>\n      <td class=\"tg-abx8\">Cost Reduction<\/td>\n      <td class=\"tg-y6fn\">You pay only for the storage space and computing power you need. You also eliminate all infrastructure management costs<\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n    <tr>\n      <td class=\"tg-6qw1\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image8-1.png\" alt=\"Image\" width=\"50\" height=\"51\"><\/td>\n      <td class=\"tg-abx8\">Security<\/td>\n      <td class=\"tg-y6fn\">It is possible to isolate your network hosting the database. You can also use access keys provided by AWS<\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n    <tr>\n      <td class=\"tg-6qw1\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image3-3.png\" alt=\"Image\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\"><\/td>\n      <td class=\"tg-abx8\">Availability<\/td>\n      <td class=\"tg-y6fn\">Replicas can be created across multiple AWS availability zones<\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n    <tr>\n      <td class=\"tg-6qw1\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image2-5.png\" alt=\"Image\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\"><\/td>\n      <td class=\"tg-abx8\">Migration<\/td>\n      <td class=\"tg-y6fn\">Database dumps from PostgreSQL and MySQL are easily usable for migration<\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n    <tr>\n      <td class=\"tg-6qw1\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/datascientest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image5-2.png\" alt=\"Image\" width=\"50\" height=\"43\"><\/td>\n      <td class=\"tg-abx8\">Fully Managed<\/td>\n      <td class=\"tg-y6fn\">The service is fully managed. 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