# RDS Basics — AWS

Source: https://www.geekswithgeeks.com/en/aws/aws-rds-basics

> A managed relational database that handles the operational chores.

## What RDS manages for you

**RDS (Relational Database Service)** runs a relational database while AWS handles patching, backups, replication, and failover — you focus on schema and queries, not server upkeep.

## Supported engines

RDS supports MySQL, PostgreSQL, MariaDB, Oracle, SQL Server, and AWS's own **Aurora** (a faster, cloud-native MySQL/Postgres-compatible engine).

## A serviced apartment

Self-hosting a database is owning a house — you fix the plumbing. RDS is a serviced apartment: someone else handles maintenance, and you just live (query) in it.