Hello, my name is Will Meadows! Welcome to this mini-course on Configuring operational parameters for AWS Databases. Here I will go over some extremely useful ideas for tuning your RDS databases to receive the most benefit for your workload.

Specifically, we will be diving into what parameter groups are, how parameter groups work, and some edge cases to watch out for.

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This lecture should be attended by those who are looking to further their database knowledge into the intermediate stages, or by those looking to understand the mechanisms behind tuning RDS databases.

After watching this course you will be able to:

• Create your own parameter groups and apply them to an RDS database.
• Understand how parameter groups affect RDS instances and in what situations they are beneficial.

This lecture will talk about some of the more advanced ideas around Amazon RDS and databases in general, so it is highly recommended that you have a moderate to strong background in Amazon RDS and Relational databases

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