Alibaba Cloud ApsaraDB for RDS
Alibaba Cloud ApsaraDB for RDS (Relational Database Service) is a fully managed, high-performance, and scalable cloud-based relational database service. It offers a variety of popular database engines, including MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, Oracle, and MariaDB, freeing users from the…
Key facts
- First appeared
- 2012
- Category
- technology
- Problem solved
- Alibaba Cloud ApsaraDB for RDS was created to address the significant operational overhead and technical challenges associated with self-managing relational databases. It sought to provide a reliable, scalable, and secure database solution without requiring customers to handle hardware provisioning, software installation, patching, backups, replication, and performance tuning, thus allowing them to focus on application development.
- Platforms
- Alibaba Cloud
Related technologies
Notable users
- China Merchants Bank
- Sina Weibo
- Starbucks China
- Various small to large enterprises leveraging Alibaba Cloud
- Alibaba Group (internal business units like Taobao, Tmall, Alipay)