PostgreSQL is one of the most loved databases and that is why AWS could not hold back from offering PostgreSQL as RDS. There are some really nice features in RDS which can be good for DBA and inspiring for Enterprises to build resilient solution with PostgreSQL.

1. PostgreSQL on Amazon RDS
Sushant Pawar –
Database Solution Consultant

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Typical Challenges
What is Amazon RDS and its Offering
How Customers can benefit from it
Skills required for DBA
Agenda

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• Old days of in house Database servers and DBA team
• Procurement time for Servers
• Time taken for upgradation
• Dedicated DBAs for Administration
Typical Challenges

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• Deploy DB instance using Web Based Console
• Amazon RDS deploy DB instance in Virtual Private Cloud(VPC)
• Ease of Deployment, backup Configuration, HA and Failover Setup,
Maintenance Configuration
Amazon RDS and its Offering

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User friendly GUI Console
https://console.aws.amazon.com/rds

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Customize your sever-1

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Customize your sever-2

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Customize your sever-3

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Replica Creation & Other Options

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Read Replica Creation

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Parameter Customization

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Monitoring The Instance

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Event Subscription

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Alert Notification in Email

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Alert Notification

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Error Log

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AWS RDS Commands:
create-db-snapshot –
create-db-instance –
modify-db-instance –
restore-db-instance-from-db-snapshot –
restore-db-instance-to-point-in-time –
create-db-instance-read-replica –
failover-db-cluster-
promote-read-replica-
AWS Command Line Interface

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Benefit for Customer
• Reduced cost on Infrastructure
• Quick and customized deployment on latest Hardware and storage
configuration as per requirement
• Pay as you go
• Automated patching
• DBA’s can participate in design discussion and SQL tuning

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• No additional technical skillset required for DBA
• Access to Amazon RDS
Skillset Requirement

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