Amazon
RDS:
Relational
AWS
Service
Database
Deep
Service
Dive
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Supported Engines
RDS supports six popular database engines: MySQL, PostgreSQL, MariaDB, Oracle
Database, SQL Server, and Amazon Aurora.
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Automated Management
RDS manages backups, software patching, automatic failure detection, and
recovery. You focus on your data and schema.
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High Availability (Multi-AZ)
When you enable Multi-AZ, RDS automatically creates a primary DB Instance and
synchronously replicates data to a standby instance in a different Availability Zone.
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Read Replicas
Amazon RDS Read Replicas provide enhanced performance and durability for
database (DB) instances by making it easy to elastically scale out beyond the
capacity of a single instance.
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Security and Isolation
RDS runs in Amazon VPC, allowing you to isolate your database in your own virtual
network. It supports encryption at rest using AWS KMS.
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Conclusion
RDS removes the undifferentiated heavy lifting of database administration, allowing
you to scale relational workloads with ease.
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