Category: HAQM RDS

I’ve got good news for users of HAQM Relational Database Service (HAQM 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 […]

You can now encrypt your HAQM RDS for SQL Server and HAQM RDS for Oracle databases using keys that you manage through AWS Key Management Service (AWS KMS) (this feature was already available for HAQM RDS for MySQL and HAQM RDS for PostgreSQL). The encryption applies to data at rest on the underlying storage for […]

HAQM Relational Database Service (HAQM 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, […]

Encryption of stored data (often referred to as “data at rest”) is an important part of any data protection plan. Today we are making it easier for you to encrypt data at rest in HAQM Relational Database Service (HAQM RDS) database instances running MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Oracle Database. Before today’s release you had the following […]

For many years, AWS customers have used tags to organize their EC2 resources (instances, images, load balancers, security groups, and so forth), RDS resources (DB instances, option groups, and more), VPC resources (gateways, option sets, network ACLS, subnets, and the like) Route 53 health checks, and S3 buckets. Tags are used to label, collect, and […]

We launched the HAQM Relational Database Service (HAQM RDS) service way back in 2009 to help you to set up, operate, and scale a MySQL database in the cloud. Since that time, we have added a multitude of options to RDS including extensive console support, three additional database engines ( Oracle, SQL Server, and PostgreSQL), […]

My colleague Srikanth Deshpande of the HAQM Relational Database Service (HAQM RDS) team sent along a guest post in order to bring you up to date on the latest and greatest features added to HAQM RDS for PostgreSQL including Read Replications, data migration enhancements, and three new extensions. — Jeff; Read Replicas HAQM RDS for […]

As you know, I’m a big fan of HAQM RDS. I love the fact that it allows you focus on your applications and not on keeping your database up and running. I’m also excited by the disruptive price, performance, and ease of use of HAQM Redshift, our petabyte-scale, fully managed data warehouse service that lets […]