Amazon Web Services (AWS) database services
Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) is a fully managed cloud service that simplifies the setup, operation, and scaling of relational databases for applications. It automates time-consuming administrative tasks such as hardware provisioning, database setup, patching, and backups, enabling…
Key facts
- First appeared
- 2009
- Category
- technology
- Problem solved
- Amazon RDS was created to alleviate the significant operational burden associated with managing traditional relational databases. Before RDS, developers and database administrators spent considerable time on tasks like provisioning hardware, installing and patching database software, setting up backups, configuring replication for high availability, monitoring performance, and manually scaling resources. This diverted valuable resources from core application development and often led to costly downtime and performance issues.
- Platforms
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Related technologies
- AWS VPC (Virtual Private Cloud)
- Application servers (e.g., Tomcat, Node.js Express, Spring Boot)
- AWS EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud)
- AWS Database Migration Service (DMS)
- Popular ORM frameworks (e.g., Hibernate, SQLAlchemy, Entity Framework)
- AWS IAM (Identity and Access Management)
- AWS Lambda
- AWS CloudWatch
Notable users
- GE
- Capital One
- Adobe
- Dow Jones
- Samsung
- Netflix
- Airbnb