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RDS: A hassle free, fully managed Relational database service
September 18, 2023

RDS: A hassle free, fully managed Relational database service

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

Overall Satisfaction with Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)

There was a need to shift the on-premise RDBMS to the cloud due to reduce costs. Amazon RDS was the most reliable choice as we were shifting our workflows to AWS last year. We had to process a lot of data of students, which is relational in nature. Apart from the cost, our fellow staff members were already comfortable to use Amazon RDS. It had proven to be fast and reliable way to process our data.
  • Automatic/Scheduled backups
  • Failover (which reduces downtime)
  • Monitoring service
  • Logging
  • Physical backup (MySQL)
  • Access control features
  • Migration tools could have been better
  • Very reliable and highly available service
  • Hassle free usage
  • lesser overhead to manage
At first GCP was considered, but it not very intuitive to use and maintain. We then wanted to run MySQL instances on EC2, which would have been a little cost effective but having limited man power and hassle of patching, scaling and backup led us to select more managed service.

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?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

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

Yes

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

Yes

RDS is well suited in scenarios where hassle free RDBMS is required, without fine tuning. We had a very straight forward workflow for relational data with requirement for scaling. RDS eases the job by taking care of patching, snapshots and scaling. I would not recommend this service if you have a complex architecture to implement.