Features - ApsaraDB RDS - Alibaba Cloud Documentation Center

This topic provides an overview of the features that are supported by ApsaraDB RDS for MySQL. In the following tables, ticks (️️️️️✔️) indicate that a feature is supported, and crosses (❌) indicate that a feature is not supported.

MySQL 8.0

Category	Feature	Regular RDS instance							Serverless
		RDS Cluster Edition	RDS Enterprise Edition	RDS High-availability Edition			RDS Basic Edition		RDS Basic Edition
		ESSD	Local SSD	Local SSD	Standard SSD	ESSD	Standard SSD	ESSD	ESSD
Data migration	Data migration	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Data synchronization	Data synchronization	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Instance management	Instance creation	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Specification change (non-serverless instances) Specification change (serverless instances)	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Automatic storage expansion	✔️	❌	❌	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	✔️
	Automatic performance scaling	❌	❌	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	✔️
	Cross-zone migration	❌	❌	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌
	Automatic or manual primary/secondary switchover	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌
	Query and change of the data replication mode	✔️	❌	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
	Usage of parameter templates	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Creation of disaster recovery instances	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌
	Instance restart	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Automatic start and stop	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	✔️
	Instance suspension	❌	❌	❌	❌	️❌	❌	️❌	❌
	Maintenance window setting	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Instance release	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Recycle bin	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Instance upgrade	Minor engine version update	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Major engine version upgrade	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
	Upgrade from RDS Basic Edition to RDS Cluster Edition	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	✔️	❌
	Upgrade from RDS High-availability Edition to RDS Cluster Edition	❌	❌	❌	❌	✔️	❌	❌	❌
	Upgrade from RDS Basic Edition to RDS High-availability Edition (non-serverless instances) Upgrade from RDS Basic Edition to RDS High-availability Edition (serverless instances)	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Upgrade from standard SSDs to ESSDs	❌	❌	❌	️❌	❌	️❌	❌	❌
	Upgrade from RDS High-availability Edition to RDS Enterprise Edition	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Account management	Account creation	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Custom password policies	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
	Password reset	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Account permission modification	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Account deletion	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Reset of the permissions of privileged accounts	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Database management	Database creation	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Database management	Database deletion	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Database connection management	Instance connection	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Endpoint setting	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Endpoint and port number viewing	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Public endpoint application	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Monitoring and alerting	Metric viewing	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Monitoring frequency setting	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Alert rule setting	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Network management	Network type change	❌	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Network management	VPC and vSwitch change	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Read-only instances and read/write splitting	Read-only instance creation	❌	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌
	Read/write splitting	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌
	Change of the network type of the read/write splitting endpoint	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌
Security management	IP address whitelist setting	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Change to the enhanced whitelist mode	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
	SSL encryption setting	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌
	Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) configuration	❌	❌	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
	Release protection	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Cloud disk encryption	✔️	❌	❌	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌
	Sensitive data management	✔️	️❌	️❌	️❌	️❌	️❌	️❌	❌
	Data security center	✔️	️❌	️❌	️❌	️❌	️❌	️❌	❌
Auditing	SQL Explorer	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌
	Log management	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	✔️
	Historical event viewing	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Database backup	Data backup	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Free quota on backup storage	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Backup download	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Cross-region backup	✔️	❌	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌
Database restoration	Data restoration	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Restoration of individual databases and tables	❌	❌	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌
	Data restoration from a cross-region backup file	✔️	❌	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Dedicated proxy	Dedicated proxy	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌
Diagnosis and optimization	DAS	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌
AliSQL	AliSQL	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Tag management	Tag creation	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Tag removal	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Tag-based instance search	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Cluster node management	One primary node and multiple readable secondary nodes	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
	Centralized management of the read/write endpoint and read-only endpoint	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
	Automatic failover and manual switchover of cluster nodes	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌

MySQL 5.7

Category	Feature	Regular RDS instance							Serverless
		RDS Cluster Edition	RDS Enterprise Edition	RDS High-availability Edition			RDS Basic Edition		RDS Basic Edition
		ESSD	Local SSD	Local SSD	Standard SSD	ESSD	Standard SSD	ESSD	ESSD
Data migration	Data migration	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Data synchronization	Data synchronization	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Instance management	Instance creation	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Specification change (non-serverless instances) Specification change (serverless instances)	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Automatic storage expansion	✔️	❌	❌	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	✔️
	Automatic performance scaling	❌	❌	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	✔️
	Cross-zone migration	❌	❌	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌
	Automatic or manual primary/secondary switchover	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌
	Query and change of the data replication mode	✔️	❌	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
	Usage of parameter templates	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Creation of disaster recovery instances	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌
	Instance restart	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Automatic start and stop	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	✔️
	Instance suspension	❌	❌	❌	❌	️❌	❌	️❌	❌
	Maintenance window setting	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Instance release	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Recycle bin	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Instance upgrade	Minor engine version update	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Major engine version upgrade	❌	❌	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
	Upgrade from RDS Basic Edition to RDS High-availability Edition (non-serverless instances) Upgrade from RDS Basic Edition to RDS High-availability Edition (serverless instances)	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Upgrade from RDS Basic Edition to RDS Cluster Edition	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	✔️	❌
	Upgrade from RDS High-availability Edition to RDS Cluster Edition	❌	❌	❌	❌	✔️	❌	❌	❌
Account management	Account creation	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Custom password policies	❌	❌	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌
	Password reset	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Account permission modification	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Account deletion	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Reset of the permissions of privileged accounts	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Database management	Database creation	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Database management	Database deletion	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Database connection management	Instance connection	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Endpoint setting	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Endpoint and port number viewing	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Public endpoint application	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Monitoring and alerting	Metric viewing	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Monitoring frequency setting	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Alert rule setting	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Network management	Network type change	❌	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	✔️	✔️	❌
Network management	VPC and vSwitch change	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Read-only instances and read/write splitting	Read-only instance creation	❌	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌
	Read/write splitting	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌
	Change of the network type of the read/write splitting endpoint	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌
Security management	Whitelist setting	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Change to the enhanced whitelist mode	❌	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌
	SSL encryption setting	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌
	Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) configuration	❌	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
	Release protection	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Cloud disk encryption	✔️	❌	❌	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌
	Sensitive data management	✔️	️❌	️❌	️❌	️❌	️❌	️❌	❌
	Data security center	✔️	️❌	️❌	️❌	️❌	️❌	️❌	❌
Auditing	SQL Explorer	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌
	Log management	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	✔️
	Historical event viewing	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Database backup	Data backup	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Free quota on backup storage	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Backup download	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Cross-region backup	✔️	❌	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌
	High-frequency physical backup	❌	❌	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Database restoration	Data restoration	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Restoration of individual databases and tables	❌	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌
	Data restoration from a cross-region backup file	✔️	❌	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Dedicated proxy	Dedicated proxy	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌
Diagnosis and optimization	DAS	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌
AliSQL	AliSQL	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Tag management	Tag creation	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Tag removal	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Tag-based instance search	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Cluster node management	One primary node and multiple readable secondary nodes	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
	Centralized management of the read/write endpoint and read-only endpoint	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
	Automatic failover and manual switchover of cluster nodes	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌

MySQL 5.6

Category	Feature	RDS High-availability Edition
Category	Feature	Local SSD
Data migration	Data migration	✔️
Data synchronization	Data synchronization	✔️
Instance management	Instance creation	✔️
	Specification change	✔️
	Automatic storage expansion	❌
	Automatic performance scaling	✔️
	Migration across zones	✔️
	Automatic or manual primary/secondary switchover	✔️
	Query and change of the data replication mode	✔️
	Usage of parameter templates	✔️
	Creation of disaster recovery instances	✔️
	Instance restart	✔️
	Maintenance window setting	✔️
	Instance release	✔️
	Recycle bin	✔️
Instance upgrade	Minor engine version update	✔️
Instance upgrade	Major engine version upgrade	✔️
Account management	Account creation	✔️
	Password reset	✔️
	Account permission modification	✔️
	Account deletion	✔️
	Reset of the permissions of privileged accounts	✔️
	Custom password policies	❌
Database management	Database creation	✔️
Database management	Database deletion	✔️
Database connection management	Instance connection	✔️
	Endpoint setting	✔️
	Endpoint and port number viewing	✔️
	Public endpoint application	✔️
Monitoring and alerting	Metric viewing	✔️
	Monitoring frequency setting	✔️
	Alert rule setting	✔️
Network management	Network type change	✔️
Network management	VPC and vSwitch change	✔️
Read-only instances and read/write splitting	Read-only instance creation	✔️
	Read/write splitting	✔️
	Change of the network type of the read/write splitting endpoint	✔️
Security management	Whitelist setting	✔️
	Change to the enhanced whitelist mode	✔️
	SSL encryption setting	✔️
	Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) configuration	✔️
	Release protection	✔️
	Cloud disk encryption	❌
Auditing	SQL Explorer	✔️
	Log management	✔️
	Historical event viewing	✔️
Database backup	Data backup	✔️
	Free quota on backup storage	✔️
	Backup download	✔️
	Cross-region backup	✔️
Database restoration	Data restoration	✔️
	Restoration of individual databases and tables	✔️
	Data restoration from a cross-region backup file	✔️
Dedicated proxy	Dedicated proxy	❌
Diagnosis and optimization	DAS	✔️
AliSQL	AliSQL	✔️
Tag management	Tag creation	✔️
	Tag removal	✔️
	Tag-based instance search	✔️