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Asked: 2026-06-17T07:06:09+00:00

I had problems with full-text search using Amazon RDS (SQL Server 2012). It is

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I had problems with full-text search using Amazon RDS (SQL Server 2012). It is slow for some reason.

I saw there are other kind of preset servers on EC2 which feature a SQL Server and Server 2012 in a bundle on same server.

If I take that bundle, do I get access to filesystem for SQL Server 2012? Reason I ask that is SQL Server 2012 on RDS does not provide me with file system access.

Does it behave like normal server where I can remote to machine and use SQL Server Management Studio?

I asked this question on Amazon forum first, but I am not getting answer

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  1. Editorial Team

    To answer your questions:

    If I take that bundle, do I get access to filesystem for SQL Server 2012?

    Yes.

    Does it behave like normal server where I can remote to machine and use SQL Server Management Studio?

    And yes again.

    However, it would be a better off first trying to figure out why your RDS instance is slow. Make sure you’re using a large enough instance size, enough diskspace (full-text indexes consume a very large amount of diskspace), and make sure you’re using provisioned IOPS. I’ve utilized full-text indexes on SQL Server on RDS and it was unusable without provisioned IOPS. Use CloudWatch metrics to take a look at your disk queue length.

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