Easy to manage relational databases optimized for total cost of ownership

Benefits of Amazon RDS for Db2

Fully managed

Save time and costs by moving to a fully managed relational database service that automates time-consuming database administrative tasks and reduces infrastructure costs.

High availability

Achieve business continuity with high availability and disaster recovery capabilities, such as Multi-AZ and cross-Region backups, to support business-critical transactional, operational, and analytical workloads in a single Db2 engine.

Security and compliance

Amazon RDS for Db2 is built on AWS infrastructure where security is our top priority. Security features include encryption in transit and at rest, a fully configurable network using Amazon VPC, and more. Amazon RDS supports compliance programs, such as HIPAA and FedRAMP.

Ease of migration

Easily migrate using managed services, such as AWS Database Migration Service (AWS DMS), with near-zero downtime and zero data loss, or native migration tools.

Why Amazon RDS for Db2?

Db2 is an IBM relational database that supports large-scale transactional and analytical workloads. Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for Db2 makes it easy to set up, operate, and scale Db2 deployments in the cloud. Amazon RDS automates time-consuming database administration tasks, such as provisioning, backups, software patching, monitoring, and more, to free up time to innovate and drive business value. It also offers high availability with Multi-AZ deployment, disaster recovery solutions with cross-Region backups, and security features to support your business-critical workloads. In addition, you can integrate with other IBM and AWS services to gain new insights and scale your analytics workloads. Amazon RDS for Db2 is available as a Bring Your Own License (BYOL) model or with hourly, on-demand licensing through the AWS Marketplace.

Use cases

Simplify database management

Run business-critical transactional, operational, and analytical workloads in a single, fully managed Db2 database.

Innovate applications

Focus on innovation and optimizing applications with high availability, performance, and scale.

Integrate seamlessly with other services

Connect to other AWS or IBM services, such as a data warehouse, to scale your analytics and AI/ML workloads.

Maintain compliance and protect your data

Ensure your data is protected and in compliance under the AWS Compliance Program, which includes HIPAA, FedRAMP, SOC, and more.