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)