Amazon Athena vs Amazon RDS

• Pay only for the data you store. Huge money-saver right there.
• Being able to query using a browser-based system.
• Compatibility with other programs is a nice feature that is very useful.

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• For engineers with experience managing databases, setup is simple. And for the uninitiated, the RDS console interface becomes intuitive with some practice.
• Not having the maintain the underlying infrastructure is a great benefit of using RDS. Patching and backups can be scheduled from the console and from then on are pretty much automated.
• Right-sizing the DB instance to perform optimally with an application can be a very simple procedure. If a DB instance is not struggling to keep up, the instance size can be scaled up with just a few clicks.
• Baseline configurations are generally sane for most RDS instances. This allows novice developers and engineers to get the most out of the service without being a complete database administrator.

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• I wish that the program provided individualized access for different users instead of everyone seeing everything.
• Initial setup can be a bit tedious for those unfamiliar with this type of querying.
• Support can be a little lacking when it comes to additional features.

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• There should be a proper listing of all parameter groups alongside the instances that they are attached to. This would help to see which instances would be affected if a parameter group is changed.
• RDS should allow SUPER privilege to the master user. A few advanced tasks(like getting a physical backup using MySQL Enterprise Backup) fail because SUPER privilege is not available for the master user.
• A few parameters are not modifiable in the parameter groups and the access to the server filesystem is not given. This should not be the case because as an advanced user, you might want to understand things a little deeper.

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• Aided in decision making processes that has saved money for departments and the company.
• The program takes over doing the majority of the work that used to be manual for a lot of people. Fantastic time-saver.
• The program makes other programs not as useful as they once were, which helped save money.

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• Switching back to RDS from Redshift has made my BI Dashboards much more performant (though again, we're not dealing with data in the magnitudes that justify the Redshift toolset).
• It has decreased our tech debt. Engineering has been much more straight forward.
• Our uptime has been improved by removing unnecessary data migration processes.

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