Features of RDS
RDS comes with different features that facilitate the creation and maintenance of the database. Let’s look at the most important features:
- Easy to use: You can easily create and maintain RDS via the AWS console. It also allows us to use some API capabilities to make some programmatic operations. For example, you can create and scale the database, and monitor its usage.
- Scalability: RDS supports scalability; if there is a need to support more capacity, you can easily scale the database up. However, if the capacity is less than you estimate, you can reduce the capacity with a scale-down request to reduce the cost. Another option is Amazon Aurora, which allows cloud users to implement more performance-intensive applications that support a Relational Database Management System (RDBMS).
- Backup: A database backup is important in case any issue arises with the infrastructure. In some cases, the backup is used to create a new database. RDS supports both...
