What is Database as a Service?
A Database as a Service or DBaaS is a database cloud service that conquers the management of the underlying infrastructure and resources the cloud databases need and let the company make the most of the cloud services. This can help the workforce work on other tasks or let the smaller companies begin quickly with zero needs for the specialists. You can install and setup the DBaaS with a few clicks. Running an online database makes it simple to grow into your databases as your requirements grow apart from scaling up or down on-demand to adjust those peak workload times. It also provides several backup and recovery options.
Here are some of the most common database challenges in the cloud
- Size limitations
Some databases like the AWS DBaaS and Azure cloud databases don’t provide unlimited database storage scalability. However, enterprise level databases need the power to grow overtime. Costly storage is a need, not an option. There are many ways to tackle these limits as many databases tend to serve limitless storage, so your database always has the option to expand.
- Data protection
Many people doubt if the cloud services are really secure? The answer to this question is, they are as secure as you make them. Our online database lets you protect your data with point in time snapshot duplicates of your database as well as the built in high availability that ensures that your data is protected at all costs.
- Storage performance
Another factor to consider is how well does your cloud perform? For DBaaS, most of the duties are looked after us. You need to understand what kind of storage performance you need. In the public cloud, the storage layer performance can be associated with the capacity of your provision. You either have the option of over-provision your capacity to get the performance you want, or choose the more expensive Provisioned Performance storage option. If your workload spikes, you need storage that will increase your costs significantly.
- Hybrid cloud or multi-cloud options
Another drawback is facilitating hybrid cloud and multi-cloud operations on your on-premises data centers or public cloud providers. The latter is powerful but not directly compatible. In other words, moving your database workloads to or from and via the clouds which will need more complicated setups.
