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A Database that you can really trust if you have the pockets
November 20, 2023

A Database that you can really trust if you have the pockets

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

Overall Satisfaction with Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)

In healthcare, managing patient records and sensitive data securely is crucial. RDS offers encrypted storage, ensuring data security and compliance with regulations like HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act). This encryption extends to data in transit and at rest. With RDS, you can set up multi-AZ (Availability Zone) deployments for high availability. This is vital in healthcare, where database downtime can directly impact patient care. In case of disasters, RDS facilitates quick recovery, minimizing data loss.
  • Automated Backups and Snapshots
  • Easy Scalability
  • Read Replicas for Improved Performance
  • Limited Control Over Underlying Infrastructure
  • Cost Management
  • Complexity in Monitoring and Logging
  • The overall cost increases, but we spect this and we can mitigate other risks.
  • Is easy to work from the cloud. Is reliable, but we keep our local solution as well where RDS works quite good.
  • RDS allow us to focurs on owr objetives instead of the other matters regarding databases.
In a few words, we are just to confortable working with oracle and sql server. Using RDS add another layer of distributed database in order to backup everything we have in case of a disaster and also complies with authorities locally and internacionally. All database we use, are local in custom servers that we maintain, but we agree to expand this.

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

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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

Electronic Health Records (EHR) Management: RDS is ideal for managing EHR systems due to its high availability, security features, and scalability. It ensures that patient records are always accessible, secure, and can handle increasing loads as more data is added. For telemedicine platforms that require reliable, scalable databases to manage patient appointments, medical histories, and consultation notes, RDS can provide the necessary backend support. Scenarios Where Amazon RDS Might Be Less Appropriate:Highly Customized Database Configurations If your healthcare application requires very specific, fine-tuned database configurations or uses specialized database features not fully supported by RDS a self-managed database might be a better fit. If your healthcare application requires real-time processing of data (e.g., real-time monitoring of patient vitals), you might need a more specialized solution like Amazon Kinesis or a similar real-time data processing service.