Amazon RDS - MySQL 5.1 database

Гениально - relational database in the cloud

 

http://aws.amazon.com/rds/

 

Amazon RDS gives you access to the full capabilities of a familiar MySQL database. This means the code, applications, and tools you already use today with your existing MySQL databases work seamlessly with Amazon RDS. Amazon RDS automatically patches the database software and backs up your database, storing the backups for a user-defined retention period. You also benefit from the flexibility of being able to scale the compute resources or storage capacity associated with your relational database instance via a single API call. As with all Amazon Web Services, there are no up-front investments required, and you pay only for the resources you use.

 

Прайсинг:

 

DB Instance Class	Price Per Hour
Small DB Instance	$0.11
Large DB Instance	$0.44
Extra Large DB Instance	$0.88
Double Extra Large DB Instance	$1.55
Quadruple Extra Large DB Instance	$3.10

 

Процедура портинга ДБ на амазон :

 

Easily port your existing MySQL-based applications

If your application already relies on a MySQL database, porting to Amazon RDS is simple. In general, to port your application to Amazon RDS you simply:

• Create a DB Instance with the compute, storage capacity and access controls required.
• For smaller databases (e.g. up to 1 GB), extract the data with mysqldump and pipe it directly into Amazon RDS. Below is an example showing the “acme” database being copied to Amazon RDS:

mysqldump acme | mysql --host=hostname --user=username --password acme

• For larger databases, build your database schema in Amazon RDS, then convert the data into a flat file and import it into your DB Instance using the mysqlimport utility. Below is an example showing the “acme” database being copied to Amazon RDS:

mysqlimport --local --compress --user=username --password --host=hostname --fields-terminated-by=',' Acme sales.part_*

• Update the database connection string in your application config file.

For more information on porting an application to Amazon RDS, see the Amazon RDS Customer Data Import Guide for MySQL

Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) is a web service that makes it easy to set up, operate, and scale a relational database in the cloud. It provides cost-efficient and resizable capacity while managing time-consuming database administration tasks, freeing you up to focus on your applications and business.