# Amazon Aurora DSQL

Amazon Aurora DSQL is a serverless distributed SQL database with virtually unlimited scale, high availability, and zero infrastructure management. Aurora DSQL offers fast distributed SQL reads and writes with optimal price performance. You can use Aurora DSQL to scale to meet any workload demand without database sharding or instance upgrades. With its active-active distributed architecture, Aurora DSQL ensures strong data consistency designed for 99.99% single-Region and 99.999% multi-Region availability. The serverless design removes the operational burden of patching, upgrades, and maintenance downtime. Aurora DSQL is PostgreSQL compatible, and provides an easy-to-use developer experience.

## Aurora DSQL resources

- [Getting started with Amazon Aurora DSQL](latest/userguide/getting-started.html): Learn how to get started with Aurora DSQL by creating a cluster and running some SQL queries.
- [Developer Guide](latest/userguide/what-is-aurora-dsql.html): Describes all Aurora DSQL concepts and provides instructions on using the various features.
- [API Reference](latest/APIReference/Welcome.html): Describes in detail all the API operations for Aurora DSQL.
- [DSQL Playground](https://playground.dsql.demo.aws): Try Aurora DSQL interactively in your browser without needing an AWS account.

## Code & Samples

- [Code Samples](https://github.com/aws-samples/aurora-dsql-samples): Explore code samples and examples for Aurora DSQL.
- [Connectivity Tools](latest/userguide/aws-sdks.html): Learn about AWS SDKs and tools for connecting to Aurora DSQL.

## Community resources

- [Public Discord](https://discord.gg/MnaqUtYm3S): Join the Aurora DSQL community on Discord to connect with other developers and the AWS team.
- [AWS re:Post](https://repost.aws/tags/TAqcUIxZXVTL6iyn1gF_ugSQ/aurora-dsql): Ask questions and get answers from the AWS community and experts.
- [AWS Collective](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/amazon-aurora): Get help from the Stack Overflow community for Aurora DSQL questions.

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