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A simple yet robust semi-managed RDMBS solution
September 22, 2023

A simple yet robust semi-managed RDMBS solution

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

Overall Satisfaction with Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)

We are using Amazon RDS at our company as a primary database service for one of our major product lines. Using RDS proved to be easy and straightforward both to deploy and to manage. Deployment of new RDS services is simple and requires no special knowledge, but you should plan ahead with proper capacity planning. The built-in optimization features allowed us to quickly identify slow and expensive queries so we could optimize them and improve overall system performance while reducing system size. Having integrated backup solutions in RDS was also very useful and being able to run multiple databases on the same RDS server, allowed us to optimize for cost as well. All in all, I recommend using RDS both for development and production workloads.
  • Managed MySQL Server
  • Automated Backups
  • Simple Vertical Scaling
  • Downsizing storage size is a complex process
  • Horizontal scaling is complex
  • Lowered maintenance effort
  • Servers elasticity
  • Increased security
Running MySQL RDS was a simpler solution than running standalone MySQL servers as the semi-managed nature of RDS saved us the need to install, maintain, secure, and backup our database servers.
Using MySQL RDS was in addition to running MongoDB Atlas workloads and allowed us to use both relational and non-relational databases as needed.

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

AWS RDS is a good candidate if you are looking for a semi-managed RDBMS solution running any of the supported engines. This assumes, of course, that your workloads are running on AWS and you want simple connection scenarios. While running complex scenarios is also possible it will require more effort for setup and maintenance. Also, if you need automated backup and the ability to grow your servers as your data grows, RDS would be a good solution.