Amazon RDS

CHOOSE IT WHEN

What job does it solve?

The workload needs relational transactions and a supported SQL engine without self-managing the database host.

DO NOT CONFUSE IT WITH

Where does it stop?

Access patterns fit a non-relational store or require unsupported host-level control.

COMPARE NEXT

Closely related services

• Amazon AuroraAWS-built relational database compatible with MySQL or PostgreSQL and designed for distributed managed storage.
• Amazon DynamoDBServerless key-value and document database designed for predictable low-latency access at scale.
• Amazon ElastiCacheManaged in-memory caching using supported Redis- or Memcached-compatible engines.

IN THIS COURSE

Lessons that mention it

• Lesson 11Protect every encrypted connection—and plan renewal
• Lesson 13Match each workload to the right AWS service
• Lesson 21Database access patterns, types, and capacity models
• Lesson 22Relational engines, replicas, connections, and proxies
• Lesson 26Keep data available—and recover the past
• Lesson 29Make a legacy workload safer without breaking it
• Lesson 38Backup, block/file elasticity, and migration economics
• Lesson 41Database type, capacity, and cache economics

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