From 35603244276cb1767a79f3aabcf9c40cab1f8e9d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mikhail Advani Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2016 18:33:54 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] [#150] Gotcha while migrating your DB to RDS --- README.md | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 44cb9f0..22ba4e5 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -958,6 +958,8 @@ RDS - ⏱RDS instances run on EBS volumes, and hence are constrained by the EBS performance. - 🔸Verify what database features you need, as not everything you might want is available on RDS. For example, if you are using Postgres, check the list of [supported features and extensions](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/CHAP_PostgreSQL.html#SQLServer.Concepts.General.FeatureSupport). If the features you need aren’t supported by RDS, you’ll have to deploy your database yourself. +- 🔸**DB migration to RDS:** While importing your database into RDS ensure you take into consideration the maintenance window settings. If a backup is running at the same time, your import can take a considerable longer time than you would have expected. + DynamoDB --------