Get started with IBM Db2 on Amazon RDS

Modernizing to fully managed cloud services enables flexible, security-rich and scalable data management, unlocking greater value for next-generation applications and AI workloads.

Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for Db2® makes it easy to set up, operate and scale Db2 deployments in the cloud. It combines the simplicity and availability of Amazon RDS—a managed relational database service that automates database administration in a highly secure, compliant cloud environment—with IBM® Db2’s expertise running the world’s mission-critical database workloads. Amazon RDS for Db2 enables your business to:

• Save time and costs on managing tedious database tasks with a fully managed service
• Ensure security and compliance of your data
• Integrate natively with AWS and IBM data and AI offerings  
• Easily migrate from Db2 and Oracle on premises
• Pay-as-you-go and bring-your-own-license for Db2 customers

Benefits

• **Fully managed: **Achieve up to 66%1 more databases per DBA by automating administrative tasks such as migrations, provisioning, backup/restore and more.
• **Easy migration from Db2 and Oracle on premises: **Easily migrate from on premises to Amazon RDS without disruption to your business. Clients such as Owen’s Illinois have saved over USD 1 million 2 in total cost of ownership when migrating from Oracle to Db2. 
• **Highly available and reliable: **Keep your most critical data always-on with high availability and automated multi-AZ data replication. 
• **Automated backups and failover: **Support durability of business-critical workloads with automated cross-region backups, snapshots and failover. 
• **Secure and compliant: **Keep your most sensitive data in the cloud highly secure and compliant with programs such as HIPAA, FedRAMP and more.
• **Push-button scaling: **Cut costs with simplified scaling and resource management that scales in a few clicks or with an API call.