Amazon RDS

Pros

We have been using AWS RDS with MySQL since 2015. It is the best option we encountered in the market to set up, operate and scale a relational database in the cloud. Management Console is really easy to use. You can create, restore and scale any size of database in a matter of minutes. You should however be familiar with the technical term AWS uses. Be careful when you choose between General Purpose and Provisioned IOPS types.

Multi-AZ feature is a life saver if you have a database that cannot tolerate any downtime.

Point in time recovery saved us a lot. Also RDS takes automatic backups regularly.

You should also try Amazon Aurora which is an engine compatible with MySQL and PostgreSQL. AWS built Aurora for itself and the underlying technology is mind blowing.

Cons

You should be careful with the price of Amazon RDS and keep an eye on CloudWatch and Trusted Advisor. It gets expensive depending on usage but still it is worth not to struggle with operational problems.

Pros

RDS allows us easy to create and manage a relational database for our Application hosted in AWS. It supports many different instance type, engine and scale option to select. RDS works well with VPC to keep our database private and only allow to access from specify sources. It has a lot of monitor metrics such as CPU utilization, free storage, freeable memory and read/write latency and well notification system to keep track of our database. Excellent backup, snapshot and restore support by AWS

Cons

Manage RDS's parameter is quite complex since it does not have good UI support. It lacks support tool to run SQL command directly from AWS console

Pros

Amazon RDS is really simple and lightweight. It is easy to use and scale up in the cloud. Easy to setup.

Cons

I have not used Amazon Relational Database extensively, so I did not find any drawbacks forAmazon Relational Database.

Pros

The best thing about Amazon RDS is, it automatically take backups of the database which increase more reliable systems so basically it supports recovery at that point.

Cons

The least liked thing about Amazon RDS is there is no guarantee of hardware performance and also sudo access is to be provided.

Pros

Amazon RDS is a very good product if you need a Database solution in your software architecture. Scaling and ensure performance without bottlenecks is definitely a plus value that Amazon RDS offers. Easier to integrate across other AWS products, but also on standalone software through DNS names and port, you can easily spawn a Database in a couple of clicks. Amazon RDS offers also Read-Replicas and Multi-AZ totally transparent to you, which makes it kind of unique in database hosting.

Cons

Price: everybody is well aware of how much AWS costs in the long run. Amazon RDS solution makes no difference, but if you are well aware of the costs, then this shouldn't stop you from trying and using it.

Pros

Amazon Relational Database Service is one of the best product of AWS. The best thing in it is easy to deploy,patch,backup,security and administrate . The distributed architecture provide render the high scalability feature in it. The hardware upgrade is also easy and less time consuming with AWS as it comes with the embed features of it. After switching to the AWS RDS there is a less administration activities needed on managing the databases. Best feature in it is, if you are new to the RDS it also provides the best practices and recommendations. Managing the database snapshot with the help of Amazon S3 is also very convenient.

Cons

Amazon Relational Databases management is easy but it's little tricky also as if you mess up the security group setting to vast, it's not an easy task to solve the puzzle. Best practices is to keep the security group setting simple and as per recommendation by AWS.

Pros

I use this service daily and it is really powerful, especially if you need to manage hundreds of databases without having to worry about anything. pointing in time backup is the most powerful feature ever.

Cons

For the target audience of the service there are no cons, perhaps a little costs for smaller projects.

Pros

Performance Insight is the best, it helps us to identify slow queries in our system. Also, since this is managed service, we don't have to worry too much about uptime.

Cons

Since AWS RDS offers a lot of features, I usually lost when navigating the UI. Having the ability to create a custom dashboard for each user role can be helpful.

Pros

We're using Amazon RDS PostgreSQL.

Our database use case is pretty trivial, so we're entirely satisfied with RDS experience.

Database is fast and efficient, very easy to scale by changing instance types, adding more disk I/O, or spinning up read replicas. Backups do not have significant performance penalty.

With some careful planning it is very easy to migrate between different software versions.

Reserved instances make it a very compelling offering.

Cons

It gets expensive, but if you consider the fact that you don't need to deal with many daily operational issue, it's well worth the price.

You can only add storage capacity (no storage downsizing possible without a complex migration process).

Pros

Amazon has worked hard to democratises databases, it's easy to set up a variety of different type of databases: SQL, Oracle, MySQL etc and perform things that typically have been a little more complicated with just a few clicks for example snapshots and database mirrors for you analytical platform.

Choose the region in which you're seeking to operate with just a few clicks, and it's pretty easy to kick off auto-scaling etc.

Cons

You need to be careful with billing surprises, make sure that you're familiar with Cloudwatch before you start playing with RDS.

Keep an eye on how much it's costing you.

Amazon may be elastic, but your budget probably lacks the same amount of elasticity.

Pros

i really appreciate easy dashboard and possibility to write new records quickly

Cons

some problems occoured in our management software while using program

Pros

I tried it but it just was not what I was looking

Cons

Our business is too small for this product

Pros

Most loved feature is data security and durability as we can take snapshot of data at another region its very easy to backup and restore data .Its all in one service for database

Cons

I have use this service alot and there is hardly anything I least lied but one thing is while we need support from AWS we need credits for that.

Pros

Amazon RDS provides the capability to host whichever database server customer wants, providing options like MS SQL , PostgreSQL, and have its own in house Aurora DB.With the Host and user/password simplified model like any other database it allows users who are not familiar with cloud to use it similarly.I have used Amazon RDS with all kind of databases and the way it optimizes costs and provides integration to logs is amazing.

Cons

Log and monitoring on the console could be improved and enhanced heavily

Pros

AWS provides a fully managed database solution covering a number of DB technologies, so most deployments can utilize this product. MySQL, Postgres, MSSQL, Oracle, MariaDB, are all there, as well as AWS's own Aurora high performance DB.
Automated backups, with 5 minute point in time recovery is provided out of the box at no additional cost, as is software patching. If you require high availability spanning multiple data centers, it's there too.

Cons

If there is a downside to AWS RDS, it would be that it does not cover every use case. In the MSSQL world, you cannot use SSRS or SSIS on RDS, so would need to look at MSSQL on EC2 instead .

Pros

- Fully managed database
- Access to all the configuration options you would usually do when tweaking the configuration file(s)
- Top notch support
- High-availability is just a few mouse clicks away
- Incredible easy to setup master/slave scenarios
- Great backup (snapshot) service
- Great performance with basic monitoring included
- You get the database engine you already know without the hassle to have to set it up by yourself

Cons

- Price? AWS is still expensive
- Nothing else I can think of

Pros

Amazon RDS is easy to create and maintain, just a few clicks to set up a new Database instance and AWS will take care of all maintenance and upgrade task. RDS is well integrated with other AWS component for security, role-based access and query access. RDS is cheap compared with other solution and it has flexible on select instance size, engine, purchase mode and scale mode for cost-optimized. AWS RDS provides fast response and very reliable

Cons

We should trickly use AWS version of the database engine. Its database logs are not kept for a long time and we have to use additional solution for keeping the log.

Pros

- the ease of setting up and getting ready with the first instance
- the multitude of options when getting to advanced level
- the performance of the Aurora engine

Cons

- could not get the fastest performance being connected from remote vs connect from another Aws instance. A minimum 60ms overhead is added to every query, which disappears running the client on an ec2

Pros

A lot of server tiers available to choose from, good when you need to start out with a smaller instance. Like to option to quickly create snapshots or restore a backup. Multi-az is a nice freaute to have that can save your business when things go south.

Cons

Halted instances are booted back up after 7 days automatically, so you can't really have an instance that is stopped for a long time. Since it's not a self-hosted service, there are some low level features that are missing.

Pros

AWS is the reason, amazon is giant today and RDS is one of the most used services on AWS.
No need of maintaining own infrastructure, server, backup plans. Use RDS, they have everything ready for you, create RDS instances , as much as you required, scale if you need more resources, use RDS backup
plans to backup all your data and retrieve whenever required. with 99.999% availability and highly secured features, your application development will be much better.

Cons

security features need to be taken care seriously

Pros

It caters to all types of requirements in terms of size, it can handle any amount of data
The pricing is good and even a person starting out his website or server can use this to maintain 100% uptime of his database.
You can control a lot of things from the Control Panel of AWS which include monitoring CPU usage, number of connections. It provides easy rebooting as well.

Cons

There was nothing that I did not like about this software. I am still using it and it solves my use case perfectly.

Pros

Amazon is getting good at putting DB in the cloud that before you know it, it will be as easy and syncing data to another computer.
Amazon is in the right track and not for long other companies will follow and make their disaster recovery simple to do.

Cons

Amazon still has a long way to go to make every database work seamless, but they have the right idea and concepts and it will only be a matter of time.
The pricing is something to get use to until it goes down and the demand get larger.

Pros

I really like this software and I would sincerally recommend it. It is simple, practical and easy to use.

Cons

I think the only thing that I don't quite like is the cost. I think it is a little expensive.

Pros

- Great stability and performance
- Great technical support
- You almost don't need to mind at any configuration or database servers anymore

Cons

Maybe the costs, but it depends. For small databases the RDS may not be a good idea but for large ones, you'll probably spend less than maintaining you own infrastructure

Pros

Easy deployments and ability to run in AWS

Cons

Non RDBMS are the future. I always prefer DocumentDB or Mongo if possible