---
names:
  full: AWS RDS Instance Multi-AZ Deployment is not enabled
  contextual: Instance Multi-AZ Deployment is not enabled
description: >
  Amazon RDS offers Multi-AZ deployments that provide enhanced availability and
  durability for your databases, using synchronous replication to replicate data to a
  standby instance in a different Availability Zone (AZ). In the event of an infrastructure
  failure, Amazon RDS automatically fails over to the standby to minimize downtime and
  ensure business continuity.
type: COMPLIANCE_POLICY
categories:
  - "RELIABILITY"
frameworkMappings:
  - "/frameworks/cis-aws-v7.0.0/03/02/04"
  - "/frameworks/cloudaware/resource-reliability/system-configuration"
  - "/frameworks/aws-fsbp-v1.0.0/rds/05"
similarPolicies:
  awsSecurityHub:
    - name: "[RDS.5] RDS DB instances should be configured with multiple Availability Zones"
      url: "https://docs.aws.amazon.com/securityhub/latest/userguide/rds-controls.html#rds-5"
  cloudConformity:
    - url: https://www.trendmicro.com/cloudoneconformity-staging/knowledge-base/aws/RDS/rds-multi-az.html
      name: RDS Multi-AZ
  internal:
    - dec-x-5b3728e8