RDS Flashcards
1
Q
What is RDS
A
-a managed service for relational databases
2
Q
What are the advantages of rds?
A
- automated backups (during maintenance window)
- auto storage scaling
- read replicas
- encryption
3
Q
What can read replicas be used for?
A
-reporting purposes
4
Q
How can you make rds fault tolerant?
A
through rds multi az
5
Q
How can you establish network security for rds?
A
- by deploying in a private subnet
- by leveraging security groups
6
Q
How can you establish access management in rds?
A
through iam
7
Q
What advantages does amazon aurora have over rds?
A
- faster performance
- more read replicas (15 vs 5)
- high availability native
- cross region replication
- zero downtime
8
Q
How can you access specific aurora instances directly?
A
by defining custom endpoints and attach instances to them
