RDS for MySQL boasts rich product features catering to various needs.
As a hosting database service, its key features include:
• Support for MySQL 5.7 and MySQL 8.0.
• The database instances can be accessed through an Intranet IP addresses and ports, and cloud servers and database instances in the same VPC can access each other.
• The instance can be bound to an elastic IP (EIP) and the database instance can be assessed through the EIP.
• Support single instances, one-master-and-one-slave instances, and read-only instances (up to five read-only instances). Anti-affinity deployment is supported for primary/standby instances and read-only instances meet anti-affinity deployment.
• Support the capacity scaling of CPU/memory, storage space, and backup space for instances.
• You can specify automatic data backup policies according to your service requirements (up to seven automatic backups can be retained). In addition, manual backup and backup restoration are supported.
• Support the adjustment of database parameters.
• You can view the system resource monitoring indicators of instance running, such as CPU, memory usage, etc. You can also view MySQL database indicators, such as QPS/TPS.
• Support LONGTEXT and LONGBLOB to hold up to 4 GB of data.
• Support the query of database error logs and SQL slow logs.