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Amazon RDS Solution for Management of MySQL Databases
September 21, 2023

Amazon RDS Solution for Management of MySQL Databases

Ralph Vanore | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)

We use RDS to power our custom programs and applications. We are a bolting company with a wide range of data sets. We collect tool data in the field and expose it through an endpoint for other systems like SAP and MSDCRM. We enhance our custom programming by utilizing customer and location data to give our clients full visibility of their equipment and maintenance records. Multi-availability zones, full backup and restore capability on both our PROD and UAT instances, and monitoring help us stay on top of our database performance.
  • The RDS console allows for a quick view of the health and status of a DB instance.
  • Simple management of routine database tasks, backup, restore, etc.
  • Cost-effective
  • Works seamlessly with our EC2 instances.
  • No root access to an RDS instance.
  • MySQL databases max out available storage quickly.
  • UAT and PROD version of identical databases don't allow duplicate naming.
  • Increased costs due to having to have a consultant to manage security and more advanced features of AWS and RDS.
  • The cost of the volume and storage of bds is very competitive with the previous services used.
  • Its purported Amazon RDS customers can lower their total database operating costs by an average of 40% over three years, achieving a 264% return on investment.
These tools are not necessarily competing products. They integrate seamlessly once identity access is established and used to easily manage and support our MySQL RDS instances.

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

For our small team of developers, RDS makes it easy for us to manage many databases simply. Working mostly with MySQL databases we can easily scale and resize our dbs as well as create and restore backups. One drawback is that AWS security is outside of our ability, so we must rely on an IAM administrator who controls access.

Using Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)

6 - Our LAMP stack developers use these for our dynamic internet-based applications. The software engineers use it for version control. SAP and CRM teams exchange data via API endpoints between software, web applications and internal systems.
We use external consultants for support and user security and access.
  • Dynamic web-based applications
  • Internal intranet applications to support department business processes.
  • Exchange of data between ERP system and online applications