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Fully Managed database hosting.
September 19, 2023

Fully Managed database hosting.

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

Overall Satisfaction with Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)

We use RDS service for MySQL databases to host our OLTP applications . It’s a very easy to use service and the GUI interface is user-friendly to monitor and perform database admin tasks . The version upgrade or patching is very seamless and done without issues most or times . MySQL databases running on Rds have better performance than ones hosted on physical machines.
  • Easy to upgrade your databases.
  • A good interface for performance monitoring using performance insights.
  • Backups are automated.
  • Encryption can be turned on optionally.
  • Performance Insights.
  • Very little access to DBAs for admin.
  • A lot of functionality that is on Prem is not available.
  • Mysqldump has restrictions.
  • Good security.
  • Minimal DBA support is needed.
  • Usage-based costing.
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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

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Very minimal intervention is needed, storage can be autoscaled along with lot of other parameters . Good disaster recovery plan and can be designed as per our needs , multiple read copies can be created for reporting . backup and restore is very important easy . Performance insights can be improved bringing in dashboard type of views for performance metrics.