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Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) Overview

What is Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)?

Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) makes it easy to set up, operate, and scale a relational database in the cloud. It provides cost-efficient and resizable capacity while managing time-consuming database administration tasks such as hardware provisioning, database setup, patching and backups. It frees you up to focus on your apps so you can give them the better performance, availability, security, and compatibility they need. Amazon RDS is available on 6 familiar database instances: Amazon Aurora, MySQL, PostgreSQL, MariaDB, Oracle Database and SQL Server engines. This means that the code, applications, and tools you already use today with your existing databases can be used with Amazon RDS. Amazon RDS automatically patches the database software and backs up your database, storing the backups for a user-defined retention period and enabling point-in-time recovery. You benefit from the flexibility of being able to scale the compute resources or storage capacity associated with your relational database instance via a single API call. In addition, Amazon RDS makes it easy to use replication to enhance availability and reliability for production databases. Amazon RDS for MySQL also enables you to scale out beyond the capacity of a single database deployment for read-heavy database workloads. As with all Amazon Web Services, there are no up-front investments required, and you pay only for the resources you use.

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Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) is a web service that makes it easy to set up, operate, and scale a relational DB in the cloud: Amazon Aurora, PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, Oracle, and Microsoft SQL Server.


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mangu d.Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
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"I loved to have RDS instance to use"
The RDS instance are very easy to use and connect and upscall
Mohammed Bilal O.
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Mohammed Bilal O.Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
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"It was good enjoyed the service"
It kept things easy it was easy to use and I liked it more than other clouds
Chaitanya A.
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Chaitanya A.Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"Great!"
Consistency of the data and it is expensive

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What do you like best about Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)?

It is managed by AWS and we can use it as a service. It is very easy to implement and easy to integrate with the application. It's has features like auto update and backup of database. It's is one of the database which is used very frequently.Also AWS provide a good support service to fix our issues. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)?

It is expensive as compare to stand alone environment. We have to pay cost for the storage, computing, backup, and data transfer costs of your RDS instance, as well as any additional features such as multi-AZ deployment or read replicas Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) solving and how is that benefiting you?

it is managed by AWS so we have don't to worry about the backend infra. AWS keep backup copies to keep our data safe from any failiures of data center. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)?

Managing relational database is way easier in RDS than classic database models.

I am able to automate some management and maintenance tasks which helps my work.

It supports many databases so very scalable. We use It for both oracle and mariadb with no issues Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)?

Replication of RDS based db's is a bit time taking in my experience. SSH is not supported so Linux based environments is a challange.

Also, RDS is very much centred around AWS so using another cloud service like ibm, gcc might be hard, though I have tested. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) solving and how is that benefiting you?

Main purpose I find it beneficial is automation. Many frequently done maintanence tasks can be automated which reduce our work and we can focus on important tasks. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)?

Amazon RDS is an excellent choice for businesses seeking a reliable,it's ease of uses, secure,cost effectiveness, although it may not offer in high level of customization, it's easy to setup and manage , integration with AWS services make it a compelling option for many use cases. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)?

Least helpful about Amazon RDS is it has limited customization, it can be restrictive for businesses with highly specialised database requirement. And another thing is that its depedence on AWS which may not be ideal for businesses. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) solving and how is that benefiting you?

Since all my project operations is on AWS so we are looking for a database to store data, there are multiple companies offering the same facilities that I was looking for but I want to manage everything on the same platform so I go ahead with Amazon RDS plus it's easy to set up feature made me to this over other. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Yash C.
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What do you like best about Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)?

I have used RDS service provided by Amazon in many projects and my experience from creating a Database on AWS and then integrating it with my backend was smooth. I never faced any issues in the integration. RDS is very safe and cusomizable that makes it best in the software developement. It also have a greate customer support so if you're stuck you can easily get help. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)?

There are alot of customization option available it is amazing but for a beginer its just a overload of options which he does not know about, so there sould be a option which says like 'Fast RDS creation' if we use it then we get a database instantly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) solving and how is that benefiting you?

Its helping me managing my database on cloud without any hectics of tradational databases. Its very secured and have a lot of regions that i can choose on the basis of my needs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sanjeeb M.
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What do you like best about AWS Cloud?

AWS cloud is the most popular cloud services in the current market. AWS has more than 250+ services which will help any size of organization to run their app and data applications in cloud without worry about the managing physical infrastructure. AWS has foot print across the globe which can solve and provide the advance features like security, compliance requirements for customer w.r.t regions. AWS has very good services in Data and Analytics category by which organizations can easily migrate their data workload and build new data eco system in cloud easily, securely and flexible way. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Cloud?

Sometimes for same usecase many options are available in AWS and customers needs to spend good amount of time in analysis for selecting right service for right usecase. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is AWS Cloud solving and how is that benefiting you?

1. Build a data lake platform using AWS serverless architecture ( using S3 as storgae, Glue for processing, Step function as orchestation and QuickSight for reporting).

2. Building a ML platform in AWS ( Sagemaker for developing ML workflow, S3 storage and QuickSight for reporting)

3. Building a data warehouse platform in AWS ( S3 for data lake, Redshift for Data warehouse, Lambda, Glue and EMR - Data processing and Airflow on EC2 - Orchestation)

4. Modernize Mainframe in AWS ( Glue for data processing and S3 for storage, RDS postrges - Reporting platform and QuickSight for reporting) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)?

1. Ease of setup via aws-cli, cloudfront, api or using AWS gui.

2. Automated backups and high scalability helps to offload database cluster management to AWS. This is very helpful for small teams.

3. Security and Authorization can be setup very efficiently using IAM and security groups and policies.

4. Support for MySql, Postgres and MariaDB help easy migration. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)?

1. You cannot configure like autovacuum frequency etc. AWS managed RDS for you but in many usecases require to make some configurations for db fine tuning which you will not be able to do.

2. High dependency on AWS which makes it difficult to change cloud providers in future Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) solving and how is that benefiting you?

1. It manages replication and auto backups easily helping to reduce load on tech team.

2. High availability of RDS helps to reduce downtimes.

3. Integrates well with other AWS services like SQS, SNS , EKS and EC2. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Jashmin  P.
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What do you like best about AWS Cloud?

- Easy to use,

- Also easy to implementation and integration.

- Customer Support : Our problem take as his problem also refund my money.

- Global Availability Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS Cloud?

No to much but some time dificulty in pricing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is AWS Cloud solving and how is that benefiting you?

-AWS offers serverless computing (Lambda) and managed databases (RDS) to reduce maintenance overhead.

- AWS provides IAM, encryption, security groups

- Love S3 bucket. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ankur V.
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What do you like best about Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)?

It is very easy to move on a very secure and auto sacaleable RDS service.

Its large number of metrics provide you the clear picyure of load.

And its back manchanis is perfect. I am using the RDS from last 2 year. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)?

We moved from running mysql on our own server to Amazon RDS. Migration was very easy but cost seems a factor whcih seems bit high. Rest we faced some issue to find the scalling point during the sacle process. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) solving and how is that benefiting you?

Our mani challenge was to handle the ever growing traffic with an auto sacle solution with near to zero down time. And we achived it with help of AWS RDS. Now we are at peace of mind. We have various alarms in place to alert us in well advance. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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What do you like best about Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)?

The thing that impresses me the most in Amazon RDS is how it simplifies database management by automating processes like backups, patching, and scaling. In this way, we can focus on the development, rather than on the infrastructure. This saves us a lot of time and does not bind us to a specific DBA. What's more, through Multi-AZ deployments, high availability is already there, out-of-the-box, which reduces the likelihood of downtimes, and so easy to set up read replicas for performance optimization. The assortment of supported engines for databases, including MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Oracle, among many others, also allows us to be flexible depending on the needs of the project. All in all, RDS strikes a great balance in convenience and reliability Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)?

One thing that I dislike about Amazon RDS is the lack of control it gives in respect to low-level database configurations, which may be restrictive in advanced customization or fine-tuning. On top of that, the costs grow very fast while your workloads are expanding, especially with Multi-AZ deployments, read replicas, and larger instance sizes. This convenience might come at a cost: for high-traffic or write-heavy applications, the pricing structure could become difficult to manage, and you must have actively monitored and optimized your usage to avoid unexpected expenses. It also does not support some of the features available in self-managed databases, which can, in turn, be limiting for certain specialized use cases. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) solving and how is that benefiting you?

Amazon RDS solves some of the main pain points through automation for database management tasks such as backups and patching-a significant time-saver. High availability because of Multi-AZ means we don't have much downtime, which is very important for our apps. It's also relatively easy to scale resources as we grow, which means we can handle changes in workload with ease. All in all, RDS managed to make our database management efficient and less costly; because of that, we can focus on the development side much more, which enables us to provide far better experiences for the users. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Usman K.
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What do you like best about Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)?

The best thing about RDS is the auto-scaling feature. Previously, I was using on-prem server to host my MySQL database and managing the storage and traffic was a huge concern for me. By offloading patches and infrastructure management, I am now more focused on other things. I personally like the read-replicas and their storage autoscaling the best features. I can easily integrate my RDS with tens of AWS services securely without any cost. I don't have to daily check on its status and I can just look at my Email if something goes wrong with the RDS. I can easily spin up a copy of database for staging environment from a snapshot. I did get stuck in implementing audit logs but the customer support was really good in helping me out. It is very easy to use and implement. I use it daily. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)?

I only dislike one feature of RDS but that's my opinion. I want to ssh inside the RDS instance to check some things out. For example, I know I can delete and view logs from RDS console but to open and close logs one by one takes a lot of time while if it was terminal, it would be really fast. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) solving and how is that benefiting you?

I can save costs by offloading all duties on DBA (Database Administrator) to AWS while I just have to tweak a few things to automatically solve the problems if they do ever occur in the future. Self-healing is one of the major things to be considered for managed services. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.