Alibaba Cloud RDS

Alibaba Cloud Relational Database Service (RDS) is a fully managed, high-performance, and scalable database service offered by Alibaba Cloud. It simplifies database operations by automating tasks like provisioning, patching, backups, and scaling, supporting popular database engines such as…

Key facts

First appeared: 2010
Category: technology
Problem solved: Managing relational databases—including setup, configuration, patching, backups, scaling, and ensuring high availability and disaster recovery—is complex, time-consuming, and resource-intensive. Alibaba Cloud RDS abstracts away this operational burden, allowing businesses and developers to focus on application development rather than database administration.
Platforms: Alibaba Cloud Infrastructure

Related technologies

Alibaba Cloud ECS (Elastic Compute Service)
Alibaba Cloud DMS (Data Management Service)
Alibaba Cloud SLB (Server Load Balancer)
Alibaba Cloud Serverless App Engine (SAE)
Alibaba Cloud ACK (Alibaba Cloud Container Service for Kubernetes)
Alibaba Cloud OSS (Object Storage Service)

Notable users

Alibaba Group (internal businesses like Taobao, Tmall, Alipay)
Global enterprises operating on Alibaba Cloud
Startups and SMEs utilizing Alibaba Cloud