Long-term storage and analysis of Amazon RDS events with Amazon S3 and Amazon Athena
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This article describes a comprehensive solution for long-term storage and analysis of Amazon RDS events using AWS services like Lambda, EventBridge, Amazon S3, and Athena.
- Automatically captures and archives RDS events daily using a serverless architecture
- Uses tag-based approach to identify which RDS instances/clusters to monitor
- Stores events in JSON format in S3 with a partitioned structure (YYYY/MM/DD)
- Enables SQL-based analysis of historical events using Amazon Athena
- Provides benefits like enhanced compliance, historical analysis, and improved troubleshooting
The solution allows database administrators to retain RDS events beyond the default 14-day period, creating robust audit trails and enabling proactive database management.
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