AWS RDS
Amazon's Relational Database Service - provides these types of databases:
- MariaDB
- SQL Server
- MySQL
- Oracle
- PostgreSQL
- Aurora (Amazon's own)
DB hosting options:
- Self Host
- IaaS
- PaaS
Region
You have to choose a region when setting up an RDS database.
DB Instance Class Types
- Standard
- Memory Optimized
- Burstable Performance