Migrating Amazon RDS (MySQL or MariaDB) to an On-Prem Server
Amazon Web Services is a technology giant, especially when it comes to pioneering itself in top-of-the-line cloud computing services. Its fully managed services products (Amazon RDS) is one of a kind. But then again, while...
DBaaS – On-Prem Private vs Public Cloud
Database as a Service (DBaaS) is a service model that offers automated deployment, high availability, scalability, easy to use and eliminates management of your database infrastructure. There are two options for having “managed databases”, you...
Avoiding Cloud Lock-in with a DBaaS Provider
As companies move more of their infrastructure to the cloud, they become increasingly reliant on cloud vendors. From an engineering perspective, IT’s focus is on building solutions for the business and ensuring a fast rollout...
Understanding the DBaaS Architecture
What is a DBaaS? The current trend for DBaaS or Database-as-a-Service and its terminology have grown so much that even its nomenclature also are termed as a cloud database or a managed-service database service. Technically...
Failover & Failback on Amazon RDS
Previously we posted a blog discussing Achieving MySQL Failover & Failback on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and in this blog we'll look at how it’s rival, Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS), handles failover. We will...
Comparing Failover Times for Amazon Aurora, Amazon RDS, and ClusterControl
If your IT infrastructure is running on AWS, you have probably heard about Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS), an easy way to set up, operate, and scale a relational database in the cloud. It provides...
Running PostgreSQL Using Amazon RDS
Cloud computing is now commonplace in most companies. It allows for on demand availability of compute power, database, storage, applications, and other resources via the internet. The main advantages behind the cloud are that you...
Common Errors When Migrating PostgreSQL Databases From On-Prem to AWS RDS
In part one, Migrating PostgreSQL Databases From On-Prem to the Cloud Using AWS RDS, we showed you how to perform the migration. In this blog, we will explore some common errors that might pop up...
Migrating PostgreSQL Databases From On-Prem to the Cloud Using AWS RDS
The following is a step-by-step guide to migrating your PostgreSQL on-premise databases to the cloud using Amazon RDS. For this tutorial, you will need to be running PostgreSQL 10 or later on a Centos/RHEL Linux...
Comparing RDS vs EC2 for Managing MySQL or MariaDB on AWS
RDS is a Database as a Service (DBaaS) that automatically configures and maintains your databases in the AWS cloud. The user has limited power over specific configurations in comparison to running MySQL directly on Elastic...