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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: ...

AWS Block Vs Object Storage Top Differences

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In AWS, Block and Object are two types of storage. I have given differences between these two. Why because storage is a prime concept in the cloud environment. Object Vs Block Storage Why are these names different? Because these two are different storage types - Object and Block. Object Storage Object means it is a single object. You are not dividing here. In the context of AWS, object storage helps your file to store as-is. How big it does not matter. Let your file size is 10MB. Then, it saves as a 10 MB file. What happens when you update a 30MB file. It deletes the old object and creates a brand new one. For small changes, you need to update the whole file. So, it utilizes a lot of resources. Object storage is much better for big files and very few changes. AWS manages object storage. AWS has full control over Object storage. Object Vs Block Block Storage Block storage divides your file into blocks. You have selected a block size of 512 bytes. If you want to upload a 10MB file, it th...