RDS, Aurora & Elasticache Flashcards
1
Q
RDS
A
Relational Database Service i.e. Postgres, MySQL
- automated backups
- can have read replicas
2
Q
RDS Read Replicas
A
Used for heavy read workloads
- Can have Read Replicas across AZ, more expensive however
3
Q
RDS Multi-AZ
A
Replication across AZ
4
Q
RDS Security
A
At rest encryption - encrypt the data
In flight encryption - encryption while connected to RDS
5
Q
Aurora
A
Aurora is a proprietary Relational Database technology from AWS, support Postgres and MySQL
- supports serverless
6
Q
Elasticache
A
Managed in memory data for RDS
- helps reduce workload on databases
- can be used for session store
