As part of our continued effort to make AWS even more powerful and flexible, we are planning to support Oracle Database 11g Release 2 via the Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) beginning in the second quarter of 2011.
Amazon RDS makes it easy for you to create, manage, and scale a relational database without having to worry about capital costs, hardware, operating systems, backup tapes, or patch levels. Thousands of developers are already using multiple versions of MySQL via RDS. The RDS tab of the AWS Management Console, the Command-Line tools, and the RDS APIs will all support the use of the Oracle Database as the "Database Engine" parameter.
As with today's MySQL offering, Amazon RDS running Oracle Database will reduce administrative overhead and expense by maintaining database software, taking continuous backups for point-in-time recovering, and exposing key operational metrics via Amazon CloudWatch. It will also allow scaling of compute and storage capacity to be done with a few clicks of the AWS Management Console. Concepts applicable to MySQL on RDS, including backup windows, DB Parameter Groups, and DB Security Groups will also apply to Oracle Database on RDS.
You will be able to pay for your use of Oracle Database 11g in several different ways:
If you don't have any licenses, you'll be able to pay for your use of Oracle Database 11g on an hourly basis without any up-front fees or mandatory long-term commitments. The hourly rate will depend on the Oracle Database edition and the DB Instance size. You will also be able to reduce your hourly rate by purchasing Reserved DB Instances.
If you have existing Oracle Database licenses you can bring them to the cloud and use them pursuant to Oracle licensing policies without paying any additional software license or support fees.
I think that this new offering and the flexible pricing models will be of interest to enterprises of all shapes and sizes, and I can't wait to see how it will be put to use.
If you would like to learn more about our plans by visiting our new Oracle Database on Amazon RDS page. You'll be able to sign up to be notified when this new offering is available and you'll also be able to request a briefing from an AWS associate.
In anticipation of this offering, you can visit the Amazon RDS page to learn more about the benefits of Amazon RDS and see how you can deploy a managed MySQL database today in minutes. Since the user experience of Amazon RDS will be similar across the MySQL and Oracle offerings, this is a great way to get started with Amazon RDS in ahead of the forthcoming Oracle Database offering.
-- Jeff;
Super excited. Already using mySQL on RDS, time for upgrade.
Posted by: Dylan Rosario | February 01, 2011 at 03:43 AM
Any plans to support PostgreSQL?
If no, can you comment why not?
Posted by: Aljosa Mohorovic | February 01, 2011 at 08:07 AM
What kind of disk I/O can I expect for Oracle-in-the-cloud? Dedicated 15,000 RPM RAID 10?
Posted by: DB Dude | February 01, 2011 at 11:35 AM
Aljosa, don't hold your breath waiting for either answer.
Posted by: Jay | February 01, 2011 at 08:53 PM
Aljosa, the RDS model is designed to accommodate multiple database implementations (as you can tell from today's announcement). We would be interested in hearing more about your needs with regard to PostgreSQL. Post them here or email them to me (awseditor@amazon.com).
Posted by: Jeff Barr | February 01, 2011 at 09:20 PM
Jay, I do my best to answer all of the questions. I sometimes reply via email if that seems to be more appropriate.
Posted by: Jeff Barr | February 01, 2011 at 09:21 PM
+1 for PostgreSQL support!
Posted by: Giampaolo Mancini | February 02, 2011 at 01:03 AM
We too have been waiting for PostgreSQL support. At the moment we run it on EC2 but it would be nice to get RDS support to eliminate some of the management and scaling headaches.
Posted by: Nate | February 02, 2011 at 12:32 PM
+1 for PostgreSQL PLEASE!!!!
Posted by: P E | February 02, 2011 at 04:58 PM
Will Oracle Enterprise Edition be available also for hourly payments?
Posted by: Artbarrios | February 03, 2011 at 05:22 AM
Artbarrios, a number of other Oracle applications are already available on AWS; see the list at http://aws.amazon.com/solutions/global-solution-providers/oracle/faqs/ . Questions about the licensing model for these apps should be directed at Oracle.
Posted by: Jeff Barr | February 03, 2011 at 05:41 AM
I am using Oracle Database for my client projects but think this is the right time to use Amazon Relational Database Service.
Posted by: Brijendra Dharampuria | February 04, 2011 at 03:37 AM
+1 Postgresql Support!
Posted by: Victor Pereira | February 10, 2011 at 06:12 AM
Interesting,
http://aws.amazon.com/rds/oracle/
states that there will be "pay-by-the-hour licensing option" for Oracle RDS.
IMHO this is a major step for Oracle towards the cloud.
So far Amazon was doing all the heavy lifting and providing every
single IaaS resource from EC2 to elastic load balancing on a pay per use basis but
the shortest Oracle license was 1 year. IMHO pay per use is on of the key criteria for
CC so I welcome this decision. Also I am very curious about the pricing details.
cheers,
Frank
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Oracle Middleware and Cloud Computing
http://www.munzandmore.com/writing/cloudcomputing_book
Posted by: Frank Munz | February 15, 2011 at 05:09 AM
Nice to see a lot of requests for PostgreSQL here. I'll add another.
We are currently running postgres databases on a number of EC2 instances, and ultimately we plan for each of these to be serving multiple other servers on EC2. We would definitely be interested in moving these databases onto RDS if we could, but for various reasons neither MySQL nor Oracle are suitable.
Posted by: Peter Harris | March 08, 2011 at 01:09 AM
PostgreSQL please!!!
Posted by: Duncan Mason | March 09, 2011 at 05:21 AM
Please add PostgreSQL support to RDS!
We have to use EC2 at the moment, but it would be great to take advantage of all the automatic patching and backup.
Posted by: Tom Inglis | March 14, 2011 at 06:23 AM
Adding yet another +1 for PostgreSQL support. Any plans for this?
Posted by: William | April 24, 2011 at 11:40 AM
+1 for PostgreSQL! We are a small academic group looking to move as much of our infrastructure to AWS as possible. RDS is perfect for us, but we would prefer to use PostgreSQL there instead of MySQL. Pretty please PostgreSQL :)
Posted by: Ian | April 29, 2011 at 11:25 AM
Is there any comments when Oracle RDS will be available? this announcement has been there for too long time.
Posted by: Fadi Samara | May 02, 2011 at 05:30 PM
We mainly interested in running Oracle APEX on this RDS.
Posted by: Fadi Samara | May 03, 2011 at 03:48 PM
We'd also be really interested in PostgreSQL support with PostGIS, there's really no comparable alternative out there that doesn't charge an arm and a leg in licensing fees... That's apart from all the other advanced features of PostgreSQL that MySQL lacks.
Posted by: Kilian Hagemann | June 14, 2011 at 12:17 PM
I think it's pretty telling that the majority of the comments on this Oracle RDS post are pleading for PostgreSQL instead of discussing Oracle. Really hope to hear some news on this soon!
Posted by: William | June 16, 2011 at 07:44 AM
+1 for PostgreSQL. Amazon just needs to take a look at how Oracle treats the rest of the industry, and realize that for both of Amazon's current RDS offerings to be Oracle products, is really setting Amazon up to be bitten in the ass one day (by Oracle). Probably when you can least afford it.
Posted by: Bryan Field-Elliot | June 19, 2011 at 12:14 PM
After some firsts steps with RDS, it works fine and stable. It's BETA, i hope a few features like APEX, Oracle components etc. are coming soon.
Posted by: Martinberger_ch | June 20, 2011 at 05:21 AM
another +1 PostgreSQL please
Posted by: Eric_WVGG | September 26, 2011 at 10:13 PM
+1 PostgreSQL. The best open source DB around by far.
Posted by: Francisco Borges | September 15, 2012 at 08:53 PM
+1 for postgreSQL
Posted by: Yves Richard | November 08, 2012 at 08:12 AM