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This topic describes the features available for different versions of ApsaraDB RDS for MySQL. You can use this information to select a new instance or review the features of an existing one. In the following tables, a check mark (✔️) indicates that a feature is supported, and a cross mark (❌) indicates that a feature is not supported.

MySQL 8.4

Category	Feature	General-purpose instances
		Cluster Edition		High-availability Series				Basic Edition
		enterprise SSD	Premium ESSD	Premium Local SSD	Standard SSD	enterprise SSD	Premium ESSD	Standard SSD	enterprise SSD	Premium ESSD
Data migration	Overview of data migration solutions	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Data synchronization	Overview of data synchronization solutions	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Instance management	Create an instance	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Change configuration	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Configure automatic storage expansion	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌
	Configure automatic performance scaling	❌	❌	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌
	Migrate across zones	❌	❌	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Perform an automatic or manual primary/secondary switchover	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌
	Query and modify the data replication mode	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌
	Use a parameter template	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Disaster recovery instances	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌
	Restart an instance	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Pause an instance	❌	❌	❌	❌	✔️️	❌	❌	✔️️	❌
	Set a maintenance window	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Release or unsubscribe from an instance	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Recycle bin	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Instance upgrade	Upgrade the minor engine version	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Upgrade the database engine version	MySQL 8.4 is the latest major version that ApsaraDB RDS supports. You cannot upgrade the major version of an ApsaraDB RDS for MySQL 8.4 instance.
	Upgrade a Basic Edition instance to a High-availability Series instance	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Upgrade a Basic Edition instance to a Cluster Edition instance	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	✔️	✔️
	Upgrade a High-availability Series instance to a Cluster Edition instance	❌	❌	❌	❌	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌
	Change the storage type from Premium Local SSD to cloud disk	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
	Change the storage type from enterprise SSD to Premium ESSD	✔️	N/A	❌	❌	✔️	N/A	❌	✔️	N/A
	Performance burst for I/O	❌	✔️	❌	❌	❌	✔️	❌	❌	✔️
	Upgrade a High-availability Series instance to an RDS Enterprise Edition instance	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Account Management	Create an account	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Customize a password policy	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Reset a password	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Modify account permissions	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Delete an account	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Reset a privileged account	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Database management	Manage databases	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Database management	Delete a database	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Database connections	Connect to an instance	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Configure an endpoint	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	View an endpoint and port	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Request a public endpoint	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Monitoring and alerts	View monitoring data	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Set the frequency for legacy monitoring	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Configure alert rules	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Network management	Switch the network type	❌	❌	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
Network management	Switch the VPC and vSwitch	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Read-only instances and read/write splitting	Create a read-only instance	❌	❌	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌
	Enable a database proxy	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌
	Switch the endpoint type for read/write splitting	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌
Security management	Configure an IP address whitelist	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Switch to the enhanced whitelist mode	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
	Use a cloud certificate to quickly enable SSL encryption	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Configure TDE	❌	❌	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌
	Enable or disable release protection for an instance	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Disk encryption	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Manage sensitive data	✔️️	✔️️	✔️️	✔️️	✔️️	✔️	✔️️	✔️️	✔️
Auditing	SQL Explorer	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌
	Log Management	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Historical events	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Database Backup	Free quota	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Back up data	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Configure a retention policy for backups after instance release	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Sparse backup	❌	❌	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
	Download a backup	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Cross-region backup	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Database recovery	Recover data	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Recover a single database or a single table	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
	Cross-region recovery	✔️	✔️	❌	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Dedicated proxy	Dedicated proxy	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌
Diagnosis and optimization	Autonomy service	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌
AliSQL	AliSQL	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Tag Management	Create a tag	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Detach a tag	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
	Filter instances by tag	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
Cluster node management	One primary node and multiple readable secondary nodes	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
	Unified management of read/write and read-only endpoints	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌
	Automatic failover and manual switchover for cluster nodes	✔️	✔️	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌	❌

MySQL 8.0

Category

Feature

General-purpose instance

Serverless

Cluster Edition

High-availability Series

Basic Edition

High-availability Series

enterprise SSD

Premium ESSD

Premium Local SSD

Standard SSD

enterprise SSD

Premium ESSD

Standard SSD

enterprise SSD

Premium ESSD

enterprise SSD

Premium ESSD

enterprise SSD

Premium ESSD

Data migration

Overview of data migration solutions

✔️

Data synchronization

Overview of data synchronization solutions

✔️

Instance management

Create an instance

✔️

Change configurations:

-General-purpose instances

-Serverless instances

✔️

Configure automatic storage expansion

✔️

❌

✔️

❌

✔️

Configure automatic performance scaling

❌

✔️

❌

✔️

Migrate an instance across zones

❌

✔️

❌

Perform an automatic or manual primary/secondary switchover

✔️

❌

✔️

Query and modify the data replication mode

✔️

❌

✔️

❌

✔️

Use a parameter template

✔️

Disaster recovery instances

✔️

❌

Restart an instance

✔️

Automatically start and stop an instance

❌

✔️

Pause an instance

❌

✔️️

❌

✔️️

❌

Set a maintenance window

✔️

Release or unsubscribe from an instance

✔️

Recycle bin

✔️

Instance upgrade

Upgrade the minor engine version

✔️

Upgrading the database version

❌

Upgrade a Basic Edition instance to a High-availability Series instance:

-General-purpose instances

-Serverless instances

❌

✔️

N/A

Upgrade a Basic Edition instance to a Cluster Edition instance

❌

✔️

❌

Upgrade a High-availability Series instance to a Cluster Edition instance

❌

✔️

❌

Upgrade a standard SSD to an enterprise SSD

❌

✔️️

❌

✔️️

❌

Change the storage type from Premium Local SSD to cloud disk

❌

✔️

❌

Change the storage type from enterprise SSD to Premium ESSD

✔️

N/A

❌

✔️

N/A

❌

✔️

N/A

✔️

N/A

✔️

N/A

Performance burst for I/O

❌

✔️

❌

✔️

❌

✔️

❌

✔️

❌

✔️

Upgrade a High-availability Series instance to an RDS Enterprise Edition instance

❌

Account management

Create an account

✔️

Configure a custom password policy

✔️

Reset a password

✔️

Modify account permissions

✔️

Delete an account

✔️

Reset the permissions of a privileged account

✔️

Database management

Manage databases

✔️

Delete a database

✔️

Database connections

Connect to an instance

✔️

Configure an endpoint

✔️

View an endpoint and port

✔️

Apply for a public endpoint

✔️

Monitoring and alerts

View monitoring data

✔️

Configure the frequency for legacy monitoring

✔️

Configure alert rules

✔️

Network management

Switch the network type

❌

✔️

❌

Switch the VPC and vSwitch

✔️

❌

Read-only instances and read/write splitting

Create a read-only instance

❌

✔️

❌

Enable a database proxy

✔️

❌

Switch the network type of a read/write splitting endpoint

✔️

❌

Security management

Configure an IP address whitelist

✔️

Switch to the enhanced whitelist mode

❌

Enable SSL encryption using a cloud certificate

✔️

Configure TDE

❌

✔️

❌

✔️

Enable or disable release protection

✔️

Disk encryption

✔️

❌

✔️

❌

✔️

Manage sensitive data

✔️️

✔️

✔️️

✔️

❌

✔️

Auditing

SQL Explorer

✔️

❌

✔️

Log Management

✔️

Historical events

✔️

Database Backup

Free quota

✔️

Back up data

✔️

Configure a retention policy for backups after instance release

✔️

Sparse backup

❌

✔️

❌

✔️

❌

✔️

Download a backup

✔️

Cross-region backup

✔️

❌

Database recovery

Recover data

✔️

Recover a single database or a single table

✔️

❌

Cross-region recovery

✔️

❌

Dedicated proxy

✔️

❌

Diagnosis and optimization

Autonomy Service

✔️

❌

✔️

AliSQL

✔️

Tag Management

Create a tag

✔️

Detach a tag

✔️

Filter instances by tag

✔️

Cluster node management

One primary node and multiple readable secondary nodes

✔️

❌

Unified management of read/write and read-only endpoints

✔️

❌

Automatic failover and manual switchover for cluster nodes

✔️

❌

MySQL 5.7

Category

Feature

General-purpose instances

Serverless

Cluster Edition

High-availability Edition

Basic Edition

High-availability Edition

ESSD

Premium ESSD

Premium Local SSD

Standard SSD

ESSD

Premium ESSD

Standard SSD

ESSD

Premium ESSD

ESSD

Premium ESSD

ESSD

Premium ESSD

Data migration

Overview of data migration solutions

✔️

Data synchronization

Overview of data synchronization solutions

✔️

Instance management

Create an instance

✔️

Change configuration:

-General-purpose instances

-Serverless instances

✔️

Configure automatic storage expansion

✔️

❌

✔️

❌

✔️

Configure automatic performance scaling

❌

✔️

❌

✔️

Migrate across zones

❌

✔️

❌

Perform automatic or manual switchover between primary and secondary instances

✔️

❌

✔️

Query and modify the data replication mode

✔️

❌

✔️

❌

✔️

Use a parameter template

✔️

Disaster recovery instances

✔️

❌

Restart an instance

✔️

Automatic start and stop

❌

✔️

Pause an instance

❌

✔️️

❌

✔️️

❌

Set a maintenance window

✔️

Release or unsubscribe from an instance

✔️

Instance recycle bin

✔️

Instance upgrades

Upgrade the minor engine version

✔️

Upgrade the database engine version

✔️

Upgrade from Basic Edition to High-availability Edition:

-General-purpose instances

-Serverless instances

❌

✔️

N/A

Upgrade from Basic Edition to Cluster Edition

❌

✔️

❌

Upgrade from High-availability Edition to Cluster Edition

❌

✔️

❌

Upgrade from standard SSD to ESSD

❌

✔️

❌

✔️

❌

Change from Premium Local SSD to cloud disk

❌

✔️

❌

Change from ESSD to Premium ESSD

✔️

❌

✔️

❌

✔️

❌

✔️

❌

✔️

❌

Account Management

Create an account

✔️

Customize a password policy

✔️

Reset a password

✔️

Modify account permissions

✔️

Delete an account

✔️

Reset a privileged account

✔️

Database management

Manage databases

✔️

Delete a database

✔️

Database connections

Connect to an instance

✔️

Configure an endpoint

✔️

View an endpoint and port

✔️

Request a public endpoint

✔️

Monitoring and alerts

View monitoring data

✔️

Set the frequency for legacy monitoring

✔️

Configure alert rules

✔️

Network management

Switch the network type

❌

✔️

❌

✔️

❌

Switch the VPC and vSwitch

✔️

❌

Read-only instances and read/write splitting

Create a read-only instance

❌

✔️

❌

Enable read/write splitting

✔️

❌

Switch the endpoint type for read/write splitting

✔️

❌

Security management

Configure a whitelist

✔️

Switch to the enhanced whitelist mode

❌

✔️

❌

Use a cloud certificate to quickly enable SSL encryption

✔️

Configure TDE

❌

✔️

❌

✔️

Enable or disable release protection for an instance

✔️

Disk encryption

✔️

❌

✔️

❌

✔️

Manage sensitive data

✔️

✔️️

❌

✔️

Auditing

SQL Explorer

✔️

❌

✔️

Log Management

✔️

Historical events

✔️

Database Backup

Free quota

✔️

Back up data

✔️

Configure a retention policy for backups after instance release

✔️

Sparse backup

✔️

Download a backup

✔️

Cross-region backup

✔️

❌

High-frequency physical backup

❌

✔️

❌

Database recovery

Recover data

✔️

Recover a single database or table

✔️

❌

✔️

Cross-region recovery

✔️

❌

Dedicated proxy

Dedicated database proxy

✔️

❌

Diagnosis and optimization

Autonomy service

✔️

❌

✔️

AliSQL

✔️

Tag Management

Create a tag

✔️

Detach a tag

✔️

Filter instances by tag

✔️

Cluster node management

One primary node and multiple secondary nodes, with readable secondary nodes

✔️

❌

Unified management of read/write and read-only endpoints

✔️

❌

Automatic failover and manual switchover for cluster nodes

✔️

❌

MySQL 5.6

Category	Feature	High-availability series
Category	Feature	Premium Local SSD
Data migration	Overview of data migration solutions	✔️
Data synchronization	Overview of data synchronization solutions	✔️
Instance management	Create an instance	✔️
	Change configuration	✔️
	Configure automatic storage expansion	❌
	Configure automatic performance scaling	✔️
	Migrate across zones	✔️
	Switch over primary and secondary instances automatically or manually	✔️
	Query and modify the data replication method	✔️
	Use a parameter template	✔️
	Disaster recovery instance	✔️
	Restart an instance	✔️
	Set a maintenance window	✔️
	Release or opt out of an instance	✔️
	Recycle bin	✔️
Instance upgrade	Upgrade the minor engine version	✔️
	Upgrade the database version	✔️
	Upgrade a high-availability series instance to an RDS Enterprise Edition instance	❌
Account Management	Create an account	✔️
	Reset a password	✔️
	Modify account permissions	✔️
	Delete an account	✔️
	Reset a privileged account	✔️
	Customize a password policy	❌
Database management	Manage databases	✔️
Database management	Delete a database	✔️
Database connection	Connect to an instance	✔️
	Set an endpoint	✔️
	View an endpoint and port	✔️
	Request a public endpoint	✔️
Monitoring and alerting	View monitoring data	✔️
	Set the frequency for legacy monitoring	✔️
	Set alert rules	✔️
Network management	Switch the network type	✔️
Network management	Switch the virtual private cloud (VPC) and vSwitch	✔️
Read-only instances and read/write splitting	Create a read-only instance	✔️
	Enable read/write splitting	✔️
	Switch the endpoint type for read/write splitting	✔️
Security management	Configure a whitelist	✔️
	Switch to the enhanced whitelist mode	✔️
	Use a cloud certificate to quickly enable SSL encryption	✔️
	Configure Transparent Data Encryption (TDE)	✔️
	Enable or disable release protection for an instance	✔️
	Disk encryption	❌
	Manage sensitive data	✔️️
	Manage sensitive data	✔️️
Auditing	SQL Explorer	✔️
	Log Management	✔️
	Historical events	✔️
Database Backup	Back up data	✔️
	Configure a backup retention policy for released instances	✔️
	Free quota	✔️
	Sparse backup	✔️
	Download a backup	✔️
	Cross-region backup	✔️
	High-frequency physical backup	✔️
Database recovery	Recover data	✔️
	Recover individual databases or tables	✔️
	Recover data across regions	✔️
Dedicated proxy	Dedicated proxy	❌
Diagnosis and optimization	Autonomy service	✔️
AliSQL	AliSQL	✔️
Tag Management	Create a tag	✔️
	Detach a tag	✔️
	Filter instances by tag	✔️