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Peace of Mind on Your Database Server Administration
Updated September 18, 2023

Peace of Mind on Your Database Server Administration

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)

We manage some high-traffic websites and some crucial applications. We needed a
reliable and scalable database service. Our problem is that we use at
least 3 database engines at the same time. We
started using Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) 8 years ago and using it exclusively for MySQL and
PostgreSQL databases for websites. Then, 5 years ago, we started using
its managed MSQ SQL databases. And this year, we switched from managed
MySQL to AuroraDB. Amazon RDS allows us to set up and manage all the 3 servers in a very easy way, without worrying about updates or complicated setups. Amazon RDS gives us an incredible and reliable service that we use even on intensive websites without any problems.
  • Easy server configuration
  • Automated backups and upgrades
  • Excelent security
  • No query or database access inside Amazon RDS other than Aurora ServerLess.
  • No tools to move data from one server to another. You must do it on your own.
  • No automatic upload of backups to S3. If you want to automate a local replica of your cloud databse, you need to create your own process to export to S3.
  • It's excellent performance means zero downtime for us.
  • As a managed service, it's great to not have the tedious work of server security and maintenance.
  • Zero problems over years means peace of mind.
We used to have On-Premises servers with Microsoft SQL Server and MySQL databases. We used that for years, and we had a hard time and a lot of work involved in securing and updating the server. And not no mention that growth involves a lot of calculations and extra costs. Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) as a managed cloud server makes us forget that pain we lived through back then. In our current state, for me, it's a big NO to go back to On-Premises database servers.

For us, choosing RDS was a great decision

Do you think Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)'s feature set?

Yes

Did Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) again?

Yes

We use Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) to store our websites data. We need to have our data secure, with no public access, and for that Amazon RDS is great. But also we are now doing Business intelligence with our data, so we can connect our data securely with other tools, like Power BI. We found out that it's an excellent, reliable, and flexible service, all at a very reasonable price.

RDS and other AWS automation tools helped us to serve more websites and services and to automate data procesing.