AWS News Blog
Category: Amazon RDS
New – Enhanced Monitoring for Amazon RDS (MySQL 5.6, MariaDB, and Aurora)
Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) makes it easy for you to set up, run, scale, and maintain a relational database. As is often the case with the high-level AWS model, we take care of all of the details in order to give you the time to focus on your application and your business. Enhanced Monitoring […]
Amazon RDS Update – Cross-Account Snapshot Sharing
Today I would like to tell you about a new cross-account snapshot sharing feature for Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS). You can share the snapshots with specific AWS accounts or you can make them public. Cross-Account Snapshot Sharing I often create snapshot backups as part of my RDS demos: The snapshots are easy to create […]
Amazon RDS Update – Oracle + Brazil + Larger Volumes + More
I love to demo Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) to live audiences! They always appreciate the fact that I can launch a MySQL, Oracle, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, or Amazon Aurora database instance with a couple of clicks. Today I would like to bring you up to date on a bunch of improvements that we have […]
New – Simplified Reserved Instance Options for Amazon RDS
Reserved Instances have been a part of the AWS pricing model for quite some time. You can reserve an instance and receive a significant discount, along with a capacity reservation, when you purchase a Reserved Instance (RI). You don’t need to make any code or administrative changes in order to benefit from Reserved Instances. We’ll […]
Look Before You Leap – The Coming Leap Second and AWS (Updated)
My colleague Mingxue Zhao sent me a guest post designed to make sure that you are aware of an important time / clock issue. Note: This post was first published on May 18, 2015. We made some important additions and corrections on May 25, 2015. — Jeff; The International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems (IERS) […]
Amazon RDS Update – Oracle Database 12c Now Available
I’ve got good news for users of Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS). You can now launch Database Instances that run Oracle Database 12c (version 12.1.0.1.v1 to be precise). This version of Oracle Database introduces over 500 new features! Here are a few that I found interesting: Data Redaction – You can mask sensitive data fields […]
Amazon RDS Update – Data at Rest Encryption using AWS KMS Keys
You can now encrypt your Amazon RDS for SQL Server and Amazon RDS for Oracle databases using keys that you manage through AWS Key Management Service (AWS KMS) (this feature was already available for Amazon RDS for MySQL and Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL). The encryption applies to data at rest on the underlying storage for […]
Amazon RDS Update – PostgreSQL 9.4.1 Now Available
Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) makes it easy for you to set up, operate, and scale a MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, or Oracle relational database in the cloud. Today we are adding support for version 9.4.1 of PostgreSQL to RDS. Among other features, this version allows you to store JSON data in a compact, decomposed […]