AWS Relational Database Service (RDS) is a managed database service that simplifies database administration tasks like provisioning, patching, backup, and scaling. RDS supports various database engines, including MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, MariaDB, and Amazon Aurora.
Features:
- Automated Backups & Snapshots: RDS provides automated daily backups and manual snapshots for data recovery.
- Multi-AZ Deployment: Ensures high availability by replicating data to a standby instance in a different Availability Zone.
- Read Replicas: Helps distribute read traffic and improve performance.
- Security: Supports encryption at rest and in transit with AWS KMS.
- Performance Monitoring: Uses Amazon CloudWatch for real-time performance metrics.
Benefits:
- Reduces database management overhead.
- Provides scalability with minimal downtime.
- Improves security with automated updates and encryption.
- Supports multiple database engines.
Use Cases:
- Web applications requiring scalable databases.
- SaaS applications needing multi-tenant database architectures.
- Analytics workloads that require read replicas for fast querying.