Amazon RDS Other Advice
We are customers and partners. I recommend the product to others. It is a great tool. Overall, I rate the product an eight out of ten.
View full review »It would be best if you were careful when picking the RDS instances. Check the network and storage aspects and then decide on the size of the RDS instances. The cost may be high for you if you pick big RDS instances. On the other hand, small RDS instances can bring performance issues. I rate the product a nine out of ten.
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LucyDai
Manager at Deloitte
I give the solution a nine out of ten.
The solution supports all organization sizes.
Amazon RDS is utilized globally, but in certain regions, such as China, Ali Cloud is predominantly utilized due to specific requirements and restrictions.
Amazon RDS is a viable solution, however, storage and monitoring costs can add up significantly. Therefore, organizations should be mindful of these expenses and budget accordingly.
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Overall, I rate Amazon RDS an eight out of ten.
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Hasan Dawood
Cloud Engineer at REDtone Digital Services
For relational databases, AWS Firewall is a recommended option. In the worst-case scenario with no local data center, alternative cloud providers like Azure or GCP may be considered. The cost factor also plays a significant role in favoring AWS. It tends to be more cost-effective compared to Google and Azure. Overall, I rate it nine out of ten.
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Data Sleek
Owner at a consultancy with 1-10 employees
RDS MySQL (and Postgres) are great managed database services. AWS provides a large range of database instance sizes from micro to very large machines. RDS can scale, and creating Replicas is very easy to accomplish.
If you're unsure if you should start using RDS or not, I suggest you consult with a MySQL RDS DBA or Data Architect who has used RDS for several years before making a decision.
View full review »Initially, we had an EC2 instance with SQL Server license installed. We had some challenges regarding patch management and backups, and we decided to move to Amazon RDS.
Although Amazon RDS is not a very expensive solution, I would not recommend it for extremely cost-conscious people. Amazon RDS is not a very expensive solution. Amazon RDS is the best solution if you need to quickly turn around an application or product. Amazon RDS is worth the money for me. It is quite easy for a beginner to learn to use Amazon RDS for the first time.
Overall, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.
It varies on many parameters, but typically, ten people are required to deploy and maintain the solution.
I would recommend Amazon RDS to other users.
Overall, I rate Amazon RDS a five out of ten.
I would rate the solution a seven out of ten.
View full review »Overall, I would rate this solution a 10, on a scale from one to 10, with one being the worst and 10 being the best.
View full review »I use the solution every day. People who are considering the solution must use it. Forget about the price. It is way better to use RDS than to host a database ourselves. Overall, I rate the solution a ten out of ten.
View full review »Everyone should definitely use RDS because it's the next revolutionary solution in the market. A managed database is something that is required.
Amazon RDS is quite a well-managed and stable service, but there are a few parameters that are still unclear from their end.
I rate the overall solution an eight out of ten.
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MatthewNG
Manager, Enterprise Service at Hang Seng Bank
I would advise others to use the solution as it is easy to deploy, but they will need to take care of the running cost.
I rate the overall solution an eight out of ten.
View full review »To those planning to use Amazon RDS, I would say that it is pretty simple to start with, especially if you don't have a complicated database architecture. If the product's potential users meet the aforementioned factors, Amazon RDS would be the best, especially for those dealing with MySQL.
Overall, I rate the solution a seven out of ten.
I would rate Amazon RDS eight or nine out of 10.
I recommend RDS because it makes your life super easy. You can focus on your main functionality, your product and on maintaining your infra. It is highly recommended for small and mid-sized organizations.
We have thousands of RDS users in our company.
The number of users is directly proportional to the number of clients and their user tools. As we grow, so will the number of users.
The only deployment we do is for RDS. In fact, the product itself does the whole stack deployment. You don't need a deployment team for RDS when it's service-based or for the separate deployment of S3. The same person can do RDS on S3. Usually, you would have a cloud ops team of two or three, depending on the number of clients and the complexity and size of the projects.
If you're changing your tech stack and working with new cloud technologies, RDS makes sense. And one of the major costs of legacy technologies is RDBMS licensing, which can be managed and used optimally using RDS.
View full review »I rate Amazon RDS nine out of 10. I recommend it. Cost is the only issue. RDS is one of the best choices if you need scalability and reliability, but you're not worried about the cost.
Some of the features will not be there. For example, some on-premises things we want to set up will not be supported there. There are some challenges there that they are fixing.
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Mohamed Abo Elnour
IT Help Desk Specialist at Nafeza
I attend training sessions via calls with Amazon to learn about Amazon RDS.
If you have many sites for your company, using Amazon RDS can help with the database area. If you have any problem with the database, you can choose Amazon RDS.
I like the product very much.
I rate the tool a ten out of ten.
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AkashShanker
Team Lead at Midland Credit Management, Inc.
The solution helps us to provide a serverless database. There are multiple servers available in case someone has a high workload. We must understand whether our application is a read-heavy application or a write-heavy application. Accordingly, we must choose the right instance. Overall, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.
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reviewer2349756
Senior DevSecOps Engineer at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees
I rate Amazon RDS an eight out of ten.
View full review »Amazon RDS is a cloud based solution.
I recommend Amazon RDS to other users. I advise users to enforce the DBA to be part of any database cloud. Sometimes, people think managing the database is easy because the cloud is easy. However, that is not always the case.
Overall, I rate Amazon RDS an eight out of ten.
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reviewer2147010
DevOps DBA at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
If they have to segregate the databases into different RDS databases, it will cost almost the same or even more than any on-premises migration.
I rate the solution as an eight because it quickly provisions the resources. It covers all the security and governance parameters as well.
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Mfadhili Muiruri
Electrical Engineer at Strathmore University
I rate this solution a seven out of ten. Regarding advice, learning from other good consoles and having the basics before approaching them is essential.
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HemanthaWijesinghe
Teach Lead - (Senior) Mean Full Stack Developer at GreenMedia Partners (Pvt) Ltd
I would recommend this solution to others who are interested in using it.
I would rate Amazon RDS a seven out of ten.
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reviewer963066
Sr. Database Architect at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees
We're currently expanding multiple versions of the solution. We use the cloud deployment model and most clients are also in the AWS environment.
I'd advise others to pay attention to the sizing, You don't want to over or under-size.
I'd rate the solution eight out of ten.
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Laércio De Jesus Silveira
Business Manager at Darede Serviços de TI
I would recommend the solution to others. I rate the overall solution a ten out of ten.
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Jorge León
Head Of Information Technology at Bquate Music
I rate Amazon RDS a nine out of ten.
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Juan David Yepes
Software Architecture Lead at SoftwareONE
I rate Amazon RDS a ten out of ten.
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昌繁 遠藤
Maintanece IT infastructure at 株式会社インフォセンス
We're an Amazon partner.
I'm not sure which version of the solution I am using.
I'd rate the solution nine out of ten.
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reviewer2081601
Cloud Engineer/ Data Architect at a government with 201-500 employees
I rate Amazon RDS eight out of 10 overall.
View full review »I would rate Amazon RDS a ten out of ten because it is lightweight, and the flexibility.
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reviewer1143783
Advisory and IT Transformation Consultant at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
I would tell those who plan to use Amazon RDS to understand how it works and determine the pricing part before purchasing it since it is expensive.
The ease of using Amazon RDS depends on your platform, design, and software. Amazon RDS is easy to use if you have an AWS infrastructure.
With Amazon RDS, integrations with third-party solutions can be easy and beneficial for the product's monitoring part only. In general, integrating Amazon RDS with third-party solutions can be a complex process.
I rate the overall product an eight and a half out of ten.
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reviewer2027361
Cloud and Infrastructure Engineer at a computer software company with 501-1,000 employees
We have a few engineers doing the maintenance of the solution. They maintain the standardized code that everyone uses.
My advice to others is for them to use a different solution, such as Aurora, DynamoDB, or MongoDB. Amazon RDS is only used if the user wants to use a legacy-type application.
This is a well-established solution.
I rate Amazon RDS a seven out of ten.
View full review »The product is pretty good, but its support is very expensive.
I would rate it a ten out of ten.
View full review »I'm an implementer.
I'd recommend the solution. It would be perfect for whoever starts a small or medium business. This is the go-to database they should consider.
I'd rate the solution ten out of ten.
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reviewer2252781
Senior Software Engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
My advice for those starting with AWS products is to closely monitor your usage and expenses. With on-demand and pay-as-you-go services, it is easy to keep using resources without realizing the costs adding up. So, keep a close eye on your bills to control expenses, as pricing might seem small but can accumulate quickly. This is important for cost management in general, and it applies to AWS services too. Overall, I would rate Amazon RDS a nine out of ten.
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VIJAYANAND P
EVP Technology at a consultancy with 51-200 employees
I would give it a nine because it's a reliable and cost-effective solution.
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Gurudeva Kalledevarpurada B
IT Solution Architect at HCS
For new/existing customers building new products, such as Ola, Uber, or Swiggy, instead of building their own data center first and launching the product which involves massive costs, AWS offers a better quality solution if they are unsure about whether their product will succeed in the market. They can build the product, start making money, and utilize the pay-as-you-go model. Then, they can scale the product depending on demand utilization. That appears to be the best business case for Amazon Web Services.
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Sivashankar Rajaram
Principal engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
We have reached the stage where all of our critical applications are hosted on-premises, and the rest is hosted with a public cloud provider. We found that at one stage, it was more advantageous to store some of our core data in our own data centers and have the rest managed.
My advice for people who are implementing this solution is to keep in mind that they need to redefine their product. It is not just a copy of an on-premises solution. Rather, it is designed with cloud architecture in mind. We use the term Cloud Adaptiveness. This means that before moving, they need to make sure that the architect of that application, the business owner, and the database administrator all realize that they are going to be migrating to the cloud. They will need to make some modifications before it happens. Otherwise, if they try to do it post-migration, it will be more difficult.
I would rate this solution a seven out of ten.
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reviewer1472997
CTO at a computer software company with 11-50 employees
Despite the issues around pricing and technical support, RDS is a good choice for organizations due to the fact that it's very easy to use. I'd recommend it to others due to this ease of use and general stability.
Overall, I would rate the solution at a seven out of ten. If they had a free technical support tier I might rate it higher.
View full review »Having your database on RDS doesn't mean that you don't need a DBA anymore. Mission critical and important databases must be handled by a DBA, even if the database resides on the cloud, like RDS.
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Eric Sousa
Head of Data Projects at Cognitivo
On a scale from one to ten, I would give Amazon RDS a ten.
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Agnaldo Carmo
Data Engineer at Elastacloud
On a scale from one to ten, I would give Amazon RDS a seven.
View full review »It requires time to adapt to the idea that you do not have any access to the O/S.
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reviewer1410678
Data Analyst at a tech company with 51-200 employees
I would rate Amazon RDS an eight out of ten.
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