How to Tune Your AWS RDS Instances for Database Efficiency?
Amazon Web Services (AWS) Relational Database Service (RDS) is a managed service that simplifies the process of setting up, operating, and scaling a relational database in the cloud. It offers cost-efficient and resizable capacity while automating time-consuming administrative tasks such as hardware provisioning, database setup, patching, and backups. However, to get the most out of your RDS instances, it is essential to fine-tune the database parameters to suit your specific workload requirements. This article delves into the concept of RDS tuning parameters, the supported database engines, available tuning options, and their pros and cons, and provides a case study for the db.m4.large instance type.