ApsaraDB RDS for MySQL features - ApsaraDB RDS - Alibaba Cloud Documentation Center

This topic describes the features available for different versions of ApsaraDB RDS for MySQL. You can use this information to select a new instance or review the features of an existing one. In the following tables, a check mark (✔️) indicates that a feature is supported, and a cross mark (❌) indicates that a feature is not supported.

MySQL 8.0

Category	Feature	Standard Instance							Serverless
		Cluster Edition		High-availability Series			Basic Edition		Basic Edition	High-availability Series
		enterprise SSD	Premium ESSD	Premium Local SSD	Premium ESSD	Enterprise SSD	Premium ESSD	enterprise SSD	enterprise SSD	Enterprise SSD
Data migration	Overview of data migration solutions	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Data synchronization	Overview of data synchronization solutions	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Instance management	Create an instance	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Change configurations: -General-purpose instances -Serverless instances	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Configure automatic storage expansion	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	✔️	✔️
	Configure automatic performance scaling	❌	❌	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	✔️	✔️
	Migrate an instance across zones	❌	❌	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌
	Perform an automatic or manual primary/secondary switchover	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌	✔️
	Query and modify the data replication mode	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌	✔️
	Use a parameter template	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Disaster recovery instances	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌
	Restart an instance	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Automatically start and stop an instance	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	✔️	✔️
	Pause an instance	❌	❌	❌	❌	️❌	❌	️❌	❌	❌
	Configure a maintenance window	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Release or unsubscribe from an instance	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Recycle bin	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Instance upgrade	Upgrade the minor engine version	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Upgrading the database version	MySQL 8.0 is the latest major version that ApsaraDB RDS supports. You cannot upgrade the major version of an ApsaraDB RDS for MySQL 8.0 instance.
	Upgrade a Basic Edition instance to a Cluster Edition instance	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	✔️	✔️	❌	❌
	Upgrade a High-availability Series instance to a Cluster Edition instance	❌	❌	❌	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌
	Upgrade a Basic Edition instance to a High-availability Series instance: -General-purpose instances -Serverless instances	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌
	Change a Premium Local SSD to a cloud disk	❌	❌	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Account management	Create an account	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Configure a custom password policy	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
	Reset a password	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Modify account permissions	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Delete an account	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Reset the permissions of a privileged account	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Database management	Manage databases	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Database management	Delete a database	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Database connections	Connect to an instance	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Configure an endpoint	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	View an endpoint and port	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Apply for a public endpoint	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Monitoring and alerts	View monitoring data	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Configure the frequency for legacy monitoring	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Configure alert rules	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Network management	Switch the network type	❌	❌	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Network management	Switch a virtual private cloud (VPC) and a virtual switch	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Read-only instances and read/write splitting	Create a read-only instance	❌	❌	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌
	Enable read/write splitting	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌
	Switch the network type of a read/write splitting endpoint	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌
Security management	Configure an IP address whitelist	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Switch to the enhanced whitelist mode	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
	Enable SSL encryption using a cloud certificate	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Configure TDE	❌	❌	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
	Enable or disable release protection	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Disk encryption	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️
Auditing	SQL Explorer	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌	✔️
	Log Management	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	✔️	✔️
	Historical events	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Database Backup	Back up data	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Configure a retention policy for backups after instance release	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Free quota	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Download a backup	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Cross-region backup	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌
Database recovery	Recover data	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Recover a single database or a single table	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌
	Cross-region recovery	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Dedicated proxy	Dedicated proxy	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌
Diagnosis and optimization	Autonomy Service	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌
AliSQL	AliSQL	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Tag Management	Create a tag	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Detach a tag	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Filter instances by tag	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Cluster node management	One primary node and multiple readable secondary nodes	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
	Unified management of read/write and read-only endpoints	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
	Automatic failover and manual switchover for cluster nodes	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌

MySQL 5.7

Category	Feature	Regular instances							Serverless
		Cluster Edition		High-availability Series			Basic Edition		Basic Edition	High-availability Series
		Enterprise SSD	Premium ESSD	Premium Local SSD	Premium ESSD	Enterprise SSD	Premium ESSD	Enterprise SSD	Enterprise SSD	Enterprise SSD
Data migration	Overview of data migration solutions	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Data synchronization	Overview of data synchronization solutions	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Instance management	Create an instance	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Change configuration: -Regular instances -Serverless instances	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Configure automatic storage expansion	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	✔️	✔️
	Configure automatic performance scaling	❌	❌	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	✔️	✔️
	Migrate across zones	❌	❌	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌
	Perform an automatic or manual switchover between primary and secondary instances	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌	✔️
	View and modify the data replication mode	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌	✔️
	Use parameter templates	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Disaster recovery instances	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌
	Restart an instance	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Automatically start and stop an instance	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	✔️	✔️
	Set a maintenance window	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Release or unsubscribe from an instance	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Recycle bin	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Instance upgrades	Upgrade the minor engine version	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Upgrade the database engine version	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌
	Upgrade from Basic Edition to High-availability Series: -Regular instances -Serverless instances	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌
	Upgrade from Basic Edition to Cluster Edition	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	✔️	✔️	❌	❌
	Upgrade from High-availability Series to Cluster Edition	❌	❌	❌	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌
	Change the storage type from Premium Local SSD to cloud disk	❌	❌	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
	Change the storage type from ESSD to Premium ESSD	✔️	❌	❌	❌	✔️	❌	✔️	✔️	✔️
Account management	Create an account	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Customize a password policy	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌
	Reset a password	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Modify account permissions	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Delete an account	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Reset a privileged account	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Database management	Manage a database	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Database management	Delete a database	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Database connections	Connect to an instance	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Configure an endpoint	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	View an endpoint and a port	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Request a public endpoint	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Monitoring and alerts	View monitoring data	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Set the monitoring frequency for the classic version	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Set an alert rule	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Network management	Switch the network type	❌	❌	✔️	❌	❌	✔️	✔️	❌	❌
Network management	Switch the VPC and vSwitch	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Read-only instances and read/write splitting	Create a read-only instance	❌	❌	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌
	Enable read/write splitting	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌
	Switch the endpoint type for read/write splitting	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌
Security management	Configure a whitelist	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Switch to the enhanced whitelist mode	❌	❌	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌
	Enable SSL encryption using a cloud certificate	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Configure TDE	❌	❌	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
	Enable or disable release protection	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Disk encryption	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️
Auditing	SQL Explorer	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌	✔️
	Log Management	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	✔️	✔️
	Historical events	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Database Backup	Back up data	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Configure the backup retention policy for released instances	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Free quota	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Download a backup	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Cross-region backup	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌
	High-frequency physical backup	❌	❌	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Database recovery	Restore data	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Restore a single database or table	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌
	Cross-region recovery	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Dedicated proxy	Dedicated proxy	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌
Diagnostics and optimization	Autonomy service	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌
AliSQL	AliSQL	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Tag Node Management	Create a tag	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Detach a tag	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Filter instances by tag	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Cluster node management	One primary node and multiple readable secondary nodes	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
	Unified management of read/write and read-only endpoints	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
	Automatic failover and manual switchover for cluster nodes	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌

MySQL 5.6

Category	Feature	High-availability series
Category	Feature	Premium Local SSD
Data migration	Overview of data migration solutions	✔️
Data synchronization	Overview of data synchronization solutions	✔️
Instance management	Create an instance	✔️
	Change configuration	✔️
	Configure automatic storage expansion	❌
	Configure automatic performance scaling	✔️
	Migrate across zones	✔️
	Switch over primary and secondary instances automatically or manually	✔️
	Query and modify the data replication method	✔️
	Use a parameter template	✔️
	Disaster recovery instance	✔️
	Restart an instance	✔️
	Set a maintenance window	✔️
	Release or opt out of an instance	✔️
	Recycle bin	✔️
Instance upgrade	Upgrade the minor engine version	✔️
Instance upgrade	Upgrade the database version	✔️
Account Management	Create an account	✔️
	Reset a password	✔️
	Modify account permissions	✔️
	Delete an account	✔️
	Reset a privileged account	✔️
	Customize a password policy	❌
Database management	Manage databases	✔️
Database management	Delete a database	✔️
Database connection	Connect to an instance	✔️
	Set an endpoint	✔️
	View an endpoint and port	✔️
	Request a public endpoint	✔️
Monitoring and alerting	View monitoring data	✔️
	Set the frequency for legacy monitoring	✔️
	Set alert rules	✔️
Network management	Switch the network type	✔️
Network management	Switch the VPC and vSwitch	✔️
Read-only instances and read/write splitting	Create a read-only instance	✔️
	Enable read/write splitting	✔️
	Switch the endpoint type for read/write splitting	✔️
Security management	Configure a whitelist	✔️
	Switch to the enhanced whitelist mode	✔️
	Use a cloud certificate to quickly enable SSL encryption	✔️
	Configure TDE	✔️
	Enable or disable release protection for an instance	✔️
	Disk encryption	❌
Auditing	SQL Explorer	✔️
	Log Management	✔️
	Historical events	✔️
Database Backup	Back up data	✔️
	Configure a backup retention policy for released instances	✔️
	Free quota	✔️
	Download a backup	✔️
	Cross-region backup	✔️
Database recovery	Recover data	✔️
	Single-database and single-table recovery	✔️
	Recover data across regions	✔️
Dedicated proxy	Dedicated proxy	❌
Diagnosis and optimization	Autonomy service	✔️
AliSQL	AliSQL	✔️
Tag Management	Create a tag	✔️
	Detach a tag	✔️
	Filter instances by tag	✔️