Choosing a Database- As-A-Service an Overview of Offerings by Major Public Cloud Service Providers
CHOOSING A DATABASE- AS-A-SERVICE AN OVERVIEW OF OFFERINGS BY MAJOR PUBLIC CLOUD SERVICE PROVIDERS Warner Chaves Principal Consultant, Microsoft Certified Master, Microsoft MVP With Contributors Danil Zburivsky, Director of Big Data and Data Science Vladimir Stoyak, Principal Consultant for Big Data, Certified Google Cloud Platform Qualified Developer Derek Downey, Practice Advocate, OpenSource Databases Manoj Kukreja, Big Data and IT Security Specialist, CISSP, CCAH and OCP When it comes to running your data in the public cloud, there is a range of Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) offerings from all three major public cloud providers. Knowing which is best for your use case can be challenging. This paper provides a high-level overview of the main DBaaS offerings from Amazon, Microsoft, and Google. After reading this white paper, you’ll have a high-level understanding of the most popular data repositories and data analytics service offerings from each vendor, you’ll know the key differences among the offers, and which ones are best for each use case. With this information, you can direct your more detailed research to a manageable number of options. www.pythian.com | White Paper 1 This white paper does not discuss private cloud providers or colocation environments, streaming, data orchestration, or Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) offerings. This paper is targeted to IT professionals with a good understanding of databases and also business people who want an overview of data platforms in the cloud. WHAT IS A DBAAS OFFERING? A DBaaS is a database running in the public cloud. Three things define a DBaaS: • The service provider installs and maintains the database software, including backups and other common database administration tasks.
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