Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) is a cloud service that simplifies the management of relational databases, offering features like automatic backups, scaling options, and self-healing capabilities. It supports databases such as Aurora, MySQL, and PostgreSQL, providing enhanced performance and flexibility for applications. RDS eliminates hardware failures and offers built-in encryption, allowing users to focus on application development rather than database maintenance.

1. RDS:
Exciting & Nerdy
Things You Won’t
Find in the White
Paper

2. Katie Paugh
Solutions Architect
INFO@G2TECHGROUP.COM

3. WHAT IS RDS?
“Amazon Relational Database
Service is a web service running
‘in the cloud’ designed to simplify
the setup, operation, and scaling
of a relational database for use in
applications.”

4. AURORA
• MySQL and PostgreSQL
• 5x better performance than MySQL
• NO MORE RESIZING VOLUMES
• Up to 15 replicas with faster
replication
• Continuous backups
• Self Healing

5. SO WHY RDS?
I can do it myself!

6. IT’S AUTOMATIC
• Backups
• Patching
• Minor Version Updates

7. PERFORMANCE
• Clustering
• Read Replicas
• Parameter Groups
• Option Groups

8. SCALING
Vertical Scaling
• Resize instances
• Increase volume size
Horizontal Scaling
• Read replicas
• Multi-AZ
• Clustering

9. SELF HEALING
• Multi-AZ
• Automatic Failover

10. FLEXIBILITY
• Spin up new instances
with current data
• Test schema changes
• Test Updates
• New! Ability to stop
instances

11. IT’S MANAGED

12. MANAGED
• No more hardware
failures
• No more failed patches
• Built in encryption
methods
• Support is available

13. ANY QUESTIONS??