RDS (Relational Database Service) je upravljani servis baze podataka — on pokretanje relacijske baze podataka (PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server, itd.) umjesto vas, obrađujući operativne zadatke (postavljanje, sigurnosne kopije, zakrpe, skaliranje, prebacivanje) kako biste se vi fokusirali na aplikaciju, ne na upravljanje bazom podataka.
Što RDS pruža: upravljane baze podataka
RDS runs RELATIONAL DATABASES and MANAGES the operational burden for you:
→ SETUP — provision a database in minutes
→ BACKUPS — automated backups + point-in-time recovery
→ PATCHING — handles software updates/security patches
→ SCALING — resize compute/storage; read replicas
→ HIGH AVAILABILITY — Multi-AZ failover (standby in another zone)
→ MONITORING — built-in metrics
→ vs running a database YOURSELF on EC2 (you'd manage all of the above manually).
