Amazon RDS Architecture Design and Optimization Service by KnackForge

KnackForge provides end-to-end consulting for relational workloads on Amazon RDS and Amazon Aurora, along with the application, integration, and data services required to support those workloads in production. The scope includes design and configuration of database, compute, networking, security, and observability components in customer-owned AWS accounts.

Database and data services

• Amazon RDS (MySQL, PostgreSQL, and related engines)
• Amazon Aurora MySQL
• Amazon DynamoDB
• Redis, Memcached

Compute and application hosting

• Amazon ECS
• AWS Lambda
• Application Load Balancer

Networking, delivery, and integration

• Amazon Route 53
• Amazon CloudFront
• Amazon SQS
• Amazon SNS
• Amazon SES

Storage, monitoring, and analytics

• Amazon S3
• Amazon CloudWatch
• Amazon QuickSight

Security, deployment, and governance

• AWS Key Management Service (KMS)
• AWS CodePipeline
• Related AWS services required to support the target architecture
• Key actions across the implementation roadmap that enable successful delivery
• KnackForge applies a structured delivery approach that spans discovery, target-state design, implementation, and handover. Each phase has defined activities and outputs to support predictable implementation and transition to steady-state operations.

Discovery and assessment

• Inventory of existing database workloads, dependencies, and upstream/downstream systems
• Review of current performance, availability, security, and cost posture

Target architecture design

• Design of Amazon RDS and Amazon Aurora topologies and deployment patterns
• Definition of scaling, backup/restore, and resilience strategies

Configuration and optimization

• Configuration of read replicas and Aurora reader/writer endpoints
• Setup of Multi-AZ deployments and KMS encryption at rest
• Performance tuning and parameter configuration as required

Application, monitoring, and reporting integration

• Integration with application components and external services using AWS-native interfaces
• Configuration of monitoring, alerting, and logging using Amazon CloudWatch and related tools
• Setup of reporting and dashboards using AWS-native analytics services (for example, Amazon QuickSight)

Handover and documentation

• Preparation of architecture overviews, runbooks, and operational procedures
• Knowledge transfer sessions for customer operations and engineering teams

This listing describes professional services delivered in customer-owned AWS accounts using native AWS capabilities. KnackForge does not operate a separate software-as-a-service platform as part of this engagement.

• Architecture design and review for Amazon RDS and Amazon Aurora deployments
• Implementation and configuration of agreed AWS services and features in scope
• Optimization, validation, documentation, and knowledge transfer to customer teams

• Provisioning and ownership of AWS accounts and underlying services
• Execution of day-to-day operations after handover, following the provided runbooks
• Governance, compliance, security approvals, and internal change-management processes related to the environment