AWS Tutorial AWS Solutions Architect and SysOps Administrator - RDS Introduction

This lecture introduces Amazon RDS, a cloud-based database service. It explains the need for database storage in dynamic web applications and how RDS simplifies database management by providing a pre-configured RDBMS platform. The lecture covers the architecture of web applications, the role of RDBMS software, and how Amazon RDS serves as a platform-as-a-service solution, making it easier for application servers to manage data storage and retrieval.

Describe how clients can download data from the database storage through the application server.

What are the benefits of using Amazon RDS compared to installing and configuring RDBMS software manually?