Tech Dive - AWS RDS

In this article, we’ll be delving into AWS RDS.

We’ll talk about

• What is AWS RDS

• Self Hosting vs. Using RDS

• RDS Database Engines

• RDS Pricing Explained

• Scaling RDS Vertically

• Scaling RDS Horizontally

• AWS Aurora Explained

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