[throwusawayus]

> RDS hosts sitting around when you have no traffic, costing you huge sums for a service that is basically `apt-get install mysql-server` on top of EC2.

rds gives you automatic backups, automatic failover with DNS, easy upgrades, IAM authentication, an API for manipulating your database instances, and more.

As ceo it damages your company's credibility when you say it's just `apt-get install mysql-server`. Please do better.

[rdhatt]

Strongly agree. There is a huge amount of value in what RDS provides (over DIY EC2).

Fellow HN user quinnypig described it succinctly:

  RDS is a huge win not because of anything intrinsic to what the platform actually is, but because we collectively suck at setting up and managing replication, backups, etc.

https://twitter.com/QuinnyPig/status/1173377290815721473