AWS Relational Database Service (RDS)

AWS Relational Database Service (RDS) is a fully managed cloud service that makes it easier to set up, operate, and scale a relational database in the cloud. It supports various database engines, including MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, SQL Server, and MariaDB, while automating administrative tasks…

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First appeared: 2009
Category: technology
Problem solved: AWS RDS was created to eliminate the significant operational burden, complexity, and 'undifferentiated heavy lifting' associated with setting up, operating, and scaling relational databases. Before RDS, developers and database administrators spent extensive time on manual tasks like provisioning hardware, installing and patching database software, configuring high availability and failover, performing backups, and scaling infrastructure. This diverted resources from core application development and innovation.
Platforms: AWS Cloud

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