RDS vs DB on EC2
Advantage over using RDS vs DB on EC2ΒΆ
- Managed service
- OS patching level
- Continuous backups and restore to specific timestamp ([[Point in Time Restore]])
- Monitoring dashboards
- Read replicas for improved read performance
- [[Multi AZ]] setup for Disaster Recovery
- Maintenance windows for for upgrades
- Scaling capability (Vertical scalability and Horizontal scalability)
- But you can't EC2 SSH into your instances