Overview of ApsaraDB RDS for PostgreSQL features

This topic provides an overview of the features that are supported by ApsaraDB RDS instances that run different PostgreSQL versions. You can purchase an ApsaraDB RDS for PostgreSQL instance that provides the required features. You can also query the features that are provided by an existing ApsaraDB RDS for PostgreSQL instance. In the following tables, ticks (️️️✔️) indicate that a feature is supported and crosses (❌) indicate that a feature is not supported.

Features of available PostgreSQL versions

PostgreSQL 17

PostgreSQL 16

PostgreSQL 15

PostgreSQL 14

PostgreSQL 13

PostgreSQL 12 and PostgreSQL 11

Feature	RDS Cluster Edition	RDS High-availability Edition		RDS Basic Edition
Feature	Subscription/Pay-as-you-go	Subscription/Pay-as-you-go	Serverless	Subscription/Pay-as-you-go	Serverless
Migration to the cloud	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Data migration	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Data synchronization	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Change tracking	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Upgrade of the major engine version	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Minor engine version update	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Instance creation	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Specification change	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️	❌
Instance restart	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Change of the scaling range of RDS Capacity Units (RCUs)	❌	❌	✔️	❌	✔️
Automatic start and stop	❌	❌	✔️	❌	✔️
RCU scaling policy change	❌	❌	✔️	❌	✔️
Automatic or manual primary/secondary switchover	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌
Maintenance window setting	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Automatic storage expansion	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Cross-zone migration	❌	✔️	❌	✔️	❌
Instance release	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Release protection	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Parameter configuration	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Query and change of the data replication mode	❌	✔️	✔️	❌	❌
Recycle bin	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Babelfish for RDS PostgreSQL	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Read-only instance	❌	✔️	❌	❌	❌
Database proxy (read/write splitting)	❌	✔️	❌	❌	❌
Account creation	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Password reset	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Connection to a self-managed domain	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Account locking or deletion	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Connection to an RDS instance	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Public endpoint enabling or disabling	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Viewing and change of the internal and public endpoints and port numbers	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Network type change	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
vSwitch change	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️	❌
Database creation	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Database deletion	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Time zone change	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Extensions	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Enhanced Monitoring metric check	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Alert management	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Switching to the enhanced whitelist mode	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Whitelist configuration	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
SSL encryption	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️	❌
Cloud disk encryption	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️	❌
Always-confidential database creation	✔️	Instance that does not use the Intel SGX-based security-enhanced instance type: ✔️ Instance that uses the Intel SGX-based security-enhanced instance type: ❌	❌	✔️	❌
Transparent Data Encryption (TDE)	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
SQL Audit (database audit)	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Log management	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Task Center	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Backup data	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Cross-region backup	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️	❌
High-frequency snapshot backup	❌	✔️	❌	✔️	❌
Backup download	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️
Backup deletion	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Data restoration	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Restoration of individual databases and tables	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Cross-region restoration	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️	❌
Database Autonomy Service (DAS)	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌
Tag creation	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Tag deletion	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️

Feature	RDS Cluster Edition	RDS High-availability Edition		RDS Basic Edition
Feature	Subscription/Pay-as-you-go	Subscription/Pay-as-you-go	Serverless	Subscription/Pay-as-you-go	Serverless
Migration to the cloud	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Data migration	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Data synchronization	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Change tracking	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Major engine version upgrade	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Minor engine version update	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Instance creation	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Specification change	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️	❌
Instance restart	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
RCU scaling range change	❌	❌	✔️	❌	✔️
Automatic start and stop	❌	❌	✔️	❌	✔️
RCU scaling policy change	❌	❌	✔️	❌	✔️
Automatic or manual primary/secondary switchover	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌
Maintenance window setting	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Automatic storage expansion	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Cross-zone migration	❌	✔️	❌	✔️	❌
Instance release	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Release protection	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Parameter configuration	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Query and change of the data replication mode	❌	✔️	✔️	❌	❌
Recycle bin	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Babelfish for RDS PostgreSQL	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Read-only instance	❌	✔️	❌	❌	❌
Database proxy (read/write splitting)	❌	✔️	❌	❌	❌
Account creation	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Password reset	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Connection to a self-managed domain	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Account locking or deletion	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Connection to an RDS instance	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Public endpoint enabling or disabling	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Viewing and change of the internal and public endpoints and port numbers	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Network type change	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
vSwitch change	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️	❌
Database creation	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Database deletion	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Time zone change	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Extensions	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Enhanced Monitoring metric check	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Alert management	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Switching to the enhanced whitelist mode	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Whitelist configuration	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
SSL encryption	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️	❌
Cloud disk encryption	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️	❌
Always-confidential database creation	✔️	Instance that does not use the Intel SGX-based security-enhanced instance type: ✔️ Instance that uses the Intel SGX-based security-enhanced instance type: ❌	❌	✔️	❌
Transparent Data Encryption (TDE)	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
SQL Audit (database audit)	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Log management	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Task Center	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Backup data	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Cross-region backup	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️	❌
High-frequency snapshot backup	❌	✔️	❌	✔️	❌
Backup download	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️
Backup deletion	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Data restoration	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Restoration of individual databases and tables	❌	❌	❌	✔️	❌
Cross-region restoration	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️	❌
Database Autonomy Service (DAS)	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌
Tag creation	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Tag deletion	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️

Feature	RDS Cluster Edition	RDS High-availability Edition		RDS Basic Edition
Feature	Subscription/Pay-as-you-go	Subscription/Pay-as-you-go	Serverless	Subscription/Pay-as-you-go	Serverless
Migration to the cloud	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Data migration	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Data synchronization	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Change tracking	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Major engine version upgrade	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Minor engine version update	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Instance creation	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Specification change	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️	❌
Instance restart	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Change of the scaling range of RDS Capacity Units (RCUs)	❌	❌	✔️	❌	✔️
Automatic start and stop	❌	❌	✔️	❌	✔️
RCU scaling policy change	❌	❌	✔️	❌	✔️
Automatic or manual primary/secondary switchover	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌
Maintenance window setting	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Automatic storage expansion	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Cross-zone migration	❌	✔️	❌	✔️	❌
Instance release	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Release protection	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Parameter configuration	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Query and change of the data replication mode	❌	✔️	✔️	❌	❌
Recycle bin	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Babelfish for RDS PostgreSQL	❌	✔️	❌	✔️	❌
Read-only instance	❌	✔️	❌	❌	❌
Database proxy (read/write splitting)	❌	✔️	❌	❌	❌
Account creation	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Password reset	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Connection to a self-managed domain	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Account locking or deletion	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Connection to an RDS instance	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Public endpoint enabling or disabling	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Viewing and change of the internal and public endpoints and port numbers	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Network type change	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
vSwitch change	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️	❌
Database creation	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Database deletion	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Time zone change	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Extensions	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Enhanced Monitoring metric check	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Alert management	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Switching to the enhanced whitelist mode	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Whitelist configuration	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
SSL encryption	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️	❌
Cloud disk encryption	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️	❌
Always-confidential database creation	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️	❌
Transparent Data Encryption (TDE)	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
SQL Audit (database audit)	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Log management	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Task Center	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Backup data	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Cross-region backup	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️	❌
High-frequency snapshot backup	❌	✔️	❌	✔️	❌
Backup download	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Backup deletion	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Data restoration	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Restoration of individual databases and tables	❌	✔️	❌	✔️	❌
Cross-region restoration	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️	❌
Database Autonomy Service (DAS)	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌
Tag creation	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Tag deletion	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️

Feature	RDS Cluster Edition	RDS High-availability Edition		RDS Basic Edition
Feature	Subscription/Pay-as-you-go	Subscription/Pay-as-you-go	Serverless	Subscription/Pay-as-you-go	Serverless
Migration to the cloud	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Data migration	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Data synchronization	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Change tracking	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Major engine version upgrade	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Minor engine version update	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Instance creation	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Specification change	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️	❌
Instance restart	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Change of the scaling range of RDS Capacity Units (RCUs)	❌	❌	✔️	❌	✔️
Automatic start and stop	❌	❌	✔️	❌	✔️
RCU scaling policy change	❌	❌	✔️	❌	✔️
Automatic or manual primary/secondary switchover	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌
Maintenance window setting	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Automatic storage expansion	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Cross-zone migration	❌	✔️	❌	✔️	❌
Instance release	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Release protection	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Parameter configuration	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Query and change of the data replication mode	❌	✔️	✔️	❌	❌
Recycle bin	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Babelfish for RDS PostgreSQL	❌	✔️	❌	✔️	❌
Read-only instance	❌	✔️	❌	❌	❌
Database proxy (read/write splitting)	❌	✔️	❌	❌	❌
Account creation	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Password reset	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Connection to a self-managed domain	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Account locking or deletion	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Connection to an RDS instance	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Public endpoint enabling or disabling	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Viewing and change of the internal and public endpoints and port numbers	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Network type change	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
vSwitch change	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️	❌
Database creation	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Database deletion	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Time zone change	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Extensions	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Enhanced Monitoring metric check	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Alert management	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Switching to the enhanced whitelist mode	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Whitelist configuration	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
SSL encryption	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️	❌
Cloud disk encryption	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️	❌
Always-confidential database creation	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️	❌
Transparent Data Encryption (TDE)	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
SQL Audit (database audit)	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Log management	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Task Center	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Backup data	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Cross-region backup	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️	❌
High-frequency snapshot backup	❌	✔️	❌	✔️	❌
Backup download	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Backup deletion	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Data restoration	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Restoration of individual databases and tables	❌	✔️	❌	✔️	❌
Cross-region restoration	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️	❌
Database Autonomy Service (DAS)	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌
Tag creation	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Tag deletion	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️

Feature	RDS High-availability Edition	RDS Basic Edition
Migration to the cloud	✔️	✔️
Data migration	✔️	✔️
Data synchronization	✔️	✔️
Change tracking	✔️	✔️
Major engine version upgrade	✔️	✔️
Minor engine version update	✔️	✔️
Instance creation	✔️	✔️
Specification change	✔️	✔️
Instance restart	✔️	✔️
Change of the scaling range of RDS Capacity Units (RCUs)	❌	❌
Automatic start and stop	❌	❌
RCU scaling policy change	❌	❌
Automatic or manual primary/secondary switchover	✔️	❌
Maintenance window setting	✔️	✔️
Automatic storage expansion	✔️	✔️
Cross-zone migration	✔️	✔️
Instance release	✔️	✔️
Release protection	✔️	✔️
Parameter configuration	✔️	✔️
Query and change of the data replication mode	✔️	❌
Recycle bin	✔️	✔️
Babelfish for RDS PostgreSQL	✔️	✔️
Read-only instance	✔️	❌
Database proxy (read/write splitting)	✔️	❌
Account creation	✔️	✔️
Password reset	✔️	✔️
Connection to a self-managed domain	✔️	✔️
Account locking or deletion	✔️	✔️
Connection to an RDS instance	✔️	✔️
Public endpoint enabling or disabling	✔️	✔️
Viewing and change of the internal and public endpoints and port numbers	✔️	✔️
Network type change	❌	❌
vSwitch change	✔️	✔️
Database creation	✔️	✔️
Database deletion	✔️	✔️
Time zone change	✔️	✔️
Extensions	✔️	✔️
Enhanced Monitoring metric check	✔️	✔️
Alert management	✔️	✔️
Switching to the enhanced whitelist mode	❌	❌
Whitelist configuration	✔️	✔️
SSL encryption	✔️	✔️
Cloud disk encryption	✔️	✔️
Always-confidential database creation	✔️	✔️
Transparent Data Encryption (TDE)	✔️	✔️
SQL Audit (database audit)	✔️	✔️
Log management	✔️	✔️
Task Center	✔️	✔️
Backup data	✔️	✔️
Cross-region backup	✔️	✔️
High-frequency snapshot backup	✔️	✔️
Backup download	✔️	✔️
Backup deletion	✔️	✔️
Data restoration	✔️	✔️
Restoration of individual databases and tables	✔️	✔️
Cross-region restoration	✔️	✔️
Database Autonomy Service (DAS)	✔️	❌
Tag creation	✔️	✔️
Tag deletion	✔️	✔️

Feature	RDS High-availability Edition	RDS Basic Edition
Migration to the cloud	✔️	✔️
Data migration	✔️	✔️
Data synchronization	✔️	✔️
Change tracking	✔️	✔️
Major engine version upgrade	✔️	✔️
Minor engine version update	✔️	✔️
Instance creation	✔️	✔️
Specification change	✔️	✔️
Instance restart	✔️	✔️
Change of the scaling range of RDS Capacity Units (RCUs)	❌	❌
Automatic start and stop	❌	❌
RCU scaling policy change	❌	❌
Automatic or manual primary/secondary switchover	✔️	❌
Maintenance window setting	✔️	✔️
Automatic storage expansion	✔️	✔️
Cross-zone migration	✔️	✔️
Instance release	✔️	✔️
Release protection	✔️	✔️
Parameter configuration	✔️	✔️
Query and change of the data replication mode	✔️	❌
Recycle bin	✔️	✔️
Babelfish for RDS PostgreSQL	❌	❌
Read-only instance	✔️	❌
Database proxy (read/write splitting)	✔️	❌
Account creation	✔️	✔️
Password reset	✔️	✔️
Connection to a self-managed domain	✔️	✔️
Account locking or deletion	✔️	✔️
Connection to an RDS instance	✔️	✔️
Public endpoint enabling or disabling	✔️	✔️
Viewing and change of the internal and public endpoints and port numbers	✔️	✔️
Network type change	❌	❌
vSwitch change	✔️	✔️
Database creation	✔️	✔️
Database deletion	✔️	✔️
Time zone change	✔️	✔️
Extensions	✔️	✔️
Enhanced Monitoring metric check	✔️	✔️
Alert management	✔️	✔️
Switching to the enhanced whitelist mode	❌	❌
Whitelist configuration	✔️	✔️
SSL encryption	✔️	✔️
Cloud disk encryption	✔️	✔️
Always-confidential database creation	✔️	✔️
Transparent Data Encryption (TDE)	✔️	✔️
SQL Audit (database audit)	✔️	✔️
Log management	✔️	✔️
Task Center	✔️	✔️
Backup data	✔️	✔️
Cross-region backup	✔️	✔️
High-frequency snapshot backup	✔️	✔️
Backup download	✔️	✔️
Backup deletion	✔️	✔️
Data restoration	✔️	✔️
Restoration of individual databases and tables	✔️	✔️
Cross-region restoration	✔️	✔️
Database Autonomy Service (DAS)	✔️	❌
Tag creation	✔️	✔️
Tag deletion	✔️	✔️

Features of phased-out PostgreSQL versions

PostgreSQL 10

Feature	PostgreSQL 10
	RDS High-availability Edition (with local disks)	RDS High-availability Edition (with cloud disks)	RDS Basic Edition (with cloud disks)
	RDS High-availability Edition (with local disks)	RDS High-availability Edition (with cloud disks)	RDS Basic Edition (with cloud disks)
Perform cloud migration with a few clicks	❌	✔️	✔️
Data migration	✔️	✔️	✔️
Data Synchronization	✔️	✔️	✔️
Change tracking	✔️	✔️	✔️
Upgrade of the major engine version	✔️	✔️	✔️
Update of the minor engine version	✔️	✔️	✔️
Instance creation	✔️	✔️	✔️
Specification change	✔️	✔️	✔️
Restart of an instance	✔️	✔️	✔️
Change of the scaling range of RCUs	❌	❌	❌
Automatic start and stop	❌	❌	❌
Change of the RCU scaling policy	❌	❌	❌
Automatic or manual primary/secondary switchover	✔️	✔️	❌
Maintenance window setting	✔️	✔️	✔️
Automatic storage expansion	❌	✔️	✔️
Migration across zones	✔️	✔️	✔️
Instance release	✔️	✔️	✔️
Release protection	✔️	✔️	✔️
Parameter configuration	✔️	✔️	✔️
Protection level configuration	❌	✔️	❌
Instance recycle bin	✔️	✔️	✔️
Babelfish for RDS PostgreSQL	❌	❌	❌
Read-only RDS instances	✔️	✔️	❌
Database proxy (read/write splitting)	❌	✔️	❌
Account creation	✔️	✔️	✔️
Reset the password of an account	✔️	✔️	✔️
Connection to a self-managed domain	❌	✔️	✔️
Account locking or deletion	✔️	✔️	✔️
Connection to an RDS instance	✔️	✔️	✔️
Public endpoint application or release	✔️	✔️	✔️
Viewing and change of the internal and public endpoints and port numbers	✔️	✔️	✔️
Network type change	✔️	❌	❌
vSwitch change	❌	✔️	✔️
Database creation	✔️	✔️	✔️
Database deletion	✔️	✔️	✔️
Time zone change	❌	✔️	✔️
Extensions	✔️	✔️	✔️
Viewing of the enhanced monitoring metrics	✔️	✔️	✔️
Alert management	✔️	✔️	✔️
Change to the enhanced whitelist mode	✔️	❌	❌
IP address whitelist configuration	✔️	✔️	✔️
SSL encryption	❌	✔️	✔️
Cloud disk encryption	❌	✔️	✔️
Always-confidential database	❌	✔️	❌
Transparent Data Encryption (TDE)	❌	✔️	✔️
SQL Audit	✔️	✔️	✔️
log management	✔️	✔️	✔️
Task Center	✔️	✔️	✔️
Backup data	✔️	✔️	✔️
Cross-region backup feature	✔️	✔️	✔️
Use the high-frequency snapshot backup feature	❌	✔️	✔️
Download of backup files	✔️	✔️	✔️
Backup deletion	✔️	✔️	✔️
Data restoration	✔️	✔️	✔️
Restoration of individual databases and tables	❌	✔️	✔️
Cross-region restoration	✔️	✔️	✔️
DAS	✔️	✔️	❌
Tag creation	✔️	✔️	✔️
Tag deletion	✔️	✔️	✔️

PostgreSQL 9.4

Category	Feature	RDS High-availability Edition with local disks
Instance management	Instance creation	✔️
	Specification change	Supported
	Parameter configuration	✔️
	Query and change of the data replication mode	Supported
	Migration across zones	✔️
	Primary/secondary switchover	✔️
	Instance restart	✔️
	Maintenance window setting	✔️
	Upgrade of the major engine version	✔️
	Instance release	✔️
	Instance recycle bin	✔️
Account management	Account creation	✔️
	Password reset	✔️
	Account locking	✔️
	Account deletion	✔️
Database management	Database creation	✔️
	Database deletion	✔️
	Extensions	✔️
Database connection management	Connection to an RDS instance	✔️
	Endpoint setting	✔️
	Endpoint and port number viewing	✔️
	Public endpoint application or release	✔️
Monitoring and alerting	Check on the resource metrics and engine metrics	✔️
	Monitoring frequency configuration	✔️
	Alert management	✔️
Network setting management	Network type change	✔️
Network setting management	vSwitch change	Supported
Read-only RDS instances	Read-only instance creation	Supported
Security management	IP address whitelist configuration	✔️
	SSL encryption	Supported
	Cloud disk encryption	Supported
	Change to the enhanced whitelist mode	✔️
	Always-confidential database	✔️
Log and event history management	Log management	✔️
Log and event history management	Event history	✔️
Database backup	Data backup	✔️
	Cross-region backup	✔️
	Free quotas	✔️
	Backup download	✔️
Database restoration	Data restoration	Supported
Database restoration	Cross-region restoration	Supported
Logical subscription	Logical subscription	Supported
Tag management	Tag creation	✔️
	Tag deletion	✔️
	Tag-based instance search	✔️

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