Introduction to RDS

Basic Concepts

Relational Database Service (RDS) is a cloud-based web service that is reliable, scalable, easy to manage, and immediately ready for use. It can be deployed in single-node, active/standby, or cluster mode.

Features

• Hosting: RDS provides upgrade, patch, and backup hosting services.
• Compatibility: RDS is compatible with MySQL, SQL Server, and PostgreSQL.
• Scalability: RDS provides elastic capacity expansion to deliver one-click CPU, memory, and disk capacity expansion
• Security: RDS supports creation of VPCs, subnets, and security groups.
• Stability: RDS supports automatic or manual backup.
• High availability: RDS can work in active/standby mode.