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Step-by-Step Guide to Creating an AWS RDS Database Instance

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 Amazon Relational Database Service (AWS RDS) makes it easy to set up, operate, and scale a relational database in the cloud. Instead of managing servers, patching OS, and handling backups manually, AWS RDS takes care of the heavy lifting so you can focus on building applications and data pipelines. In this blog, we’ll walk through how to create an AWS RDS instance , key configuration choices, and best practices you should follow in real-world projects. What is AWS RDS? AWS RDS is a managed database service that supports popular relational engines such as: Amazon Aurora (MySQL / PostgreSQL compatible) MySQL PostgreSQL MariaDB Oracle SQL Server With RDS, AWS manages: Database provisioning Automated backups Software patching High availability (Multi-AZ) Monitoring and scaling Prerequisites Before creating an RDS instance, make sure you have: An active AWS account Proper IAM permissions (RDS, EC2, VPC) A basic understanding of: ...

Top features in the design of data modelling (1 of 2)

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[Data modelling jobs career] The analogy with architecture is particularly appropriate because architects are designers and data modeling is also a design activity. In design, we do not expect to find a single correct answer, although we will certainly be able to identify many that are patently incorrect. Two data modelers (or architects) given the same set of requirements may produce quite different solutions. Data modeling is not just a simple process of "documenting requirements" though it is sometimes portrayed as such. Several factors contribute to the possibility of there being more than one workable model for most practical situations. First, we have a choice of what symbols or codes we use to represent real-world facts in the database. A person's age could be represented by Birth Date, Age at Date of Policy Issue, or even by a code corresponding to a range ("H" could mean "born between 1961 and 1970"). Second, there is usually more ...