The cloud disk encryption feature is provided free of charge and is supported for standard ApsaraDB RDS for MySQL instances on RDS Basic Edition. You can enable this feature when you create an RDS instance. The feature encrypts data on each data disk of your RDS instance based on block storage to ensure data security.
Effective date
December 18, 2024
Feature description
ApsaraDB RDS for MySQL provides the cloud disk encryption feature free of charge. The feature encrypts the data on each data disk of your RDS instance based on block storage to ensure data security. This way, your data cannot be decrypted even if it is leaked. If you use the cloud disk encryption feature for your RDS instance, the snapshots that are created for the RDS instance are automatically encrypted, and you do not need to modify the configuration of your application. For more information about database encryption technologies, see Comparison of different database encryption technologies.
Billing rules
The cloud disk encryption feature is provided free of charge. You are not charged for the read and write operations that you perform on the encrypted disks.
Usage
The cloud disk encryption feature can be enabled for an RDS instance only when you create the RDS instance. For more information, see Create an ApsaraDB RDS for MySQL instance and Use the cloud disk encryption feature.