What is DAX? Amazon DynamoDB Accelerator Explained
What is DAX? Amazon DynamoDB Accelerator (DAX) is a fully managed, in-memory cache specifically built for DynamoDB. It reduces read latency from milliseconds → microseconds It's like giving your DynamoDB a nitro boost! No need to write caching logic — DAX handles it automatically. Think of DAX like Redis, but tightly integrated and purpose-built for DynamoDB. How DAX Works (Under the Hood) Instead of your app hitting DynamoDB directly, it hits the DAX cluster endpoint, which: Checks if the data is in the cache If yes: returns super-fast from memory

What is DAX?
Amazon DynamoDB Accelerator (DAX) is a fully managed, in-memory cache specifically built for DynamoDB.
It reduces read latency from milliseconds → microseconds
It's like giving your DynamoDB a nitro boost!
No need to write caching logic — DAX handles it automatically.
Think of DAX like Redis, but tightly integrated and purpose-built for DynamoDB.
How DAX Works (Under the Hood)
Instead of your app hitting DynamoDB directly, it hits the DAX cluster endpoint, which:
- Checks if the data is in the cache
- If yes: returns super-fast from memory