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AWS Database Types

Explore the various AWS database types such as RDS, DynamoDB, Redshift, and ElastiCache. Understand automated backups, manual snapshots, encryption, Multi-AZ deployment, and read replicas. This lesson helps you manage AWS databases effectively for performance, availability, and security.

AWS database types

AWS has following database types:

  1. RDS = OLTP
  2. SQL
  3. My SQL
  4. Postgre SQL
  5. Oracle
  6. Aurora
  7. Maria DB
  8. Dynamo DB – No SQL
  9. Redshift – Amazon Data warehouse – OLAP
  10. Elastic Cache – In-Memory cache

AWS backups

There are two types of backups for AWS:

  1. Automated Backups
  2. Database Snapshots

Automated backups

Automated Backups allow you to recover your database to any point in time within a retention period. The ...