Amazon RDS
RDS is a managed service that makes it easy to set up, operate, and scale a relational database in the cloud.
Supported Engines:
- MySQL
- PostgreSQL
- MariaDB
- Oracle
- Microsoft SQL Server
- Amazon Aurora (AWS Proprietary)
Benefits:
- Managed: AWS handles patching, backups, and recovery.
- Scalable: Vertically or Horizontally (Read Replicas).