AWS offers several traditional relational database options<\/a>\u2014Amazon Redshift, Postgres, MySQL, MariaDB, Oracle, and Microsoft SQL Server. Not to mention, you’re not limited to one database engine. You can use multiple database engines for different applications or workloads.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThis flexibility also extends to the way you access and manipulate your data. With a cloud database, you can use APIs, web-based consoles, or command-line interfaces to access your data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While achieving such flexibility isn’t impossible in on-premise databases, it’s more challenging and expensive. You only have a thin margin to experiment with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Startups can experiment with relational and NoSQL databases with little setup and cost. The cost of licenses and time saved from configuring databases can have significant benefits in the long run for the company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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9. Disaster Recovery: You don’t have to panic.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Cloud database providers offer robust disaster recovery solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If an on-premise database is lost due to a fire or flood, it can be difficult and costly to recover the data. However, if a cloud database is lost, it can be restored from a backup stored in another location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Keeping copies on different continents isn’t new for cloud data sources. You could even dump data stored in regular storage for a cheap backup. Creating recent backups or restoring doesn’t take a week of your technical team’s time. Instead, you can automate the process in minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Most people take periodic backups of their data warehouses and store them in cheap storage accounts such as S3 buckets and Azure storage. You can select different locations for each bucket if the data is critical.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But cloud providers have high-level protection against disasters. Further, it’s also covered in your SLA with your cloud provider. With these barriers, disasters are the last thing to worry about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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10. Collaboration: Securely work together<\/b><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Cloud computing makes it easier for team members to collaborate on projects, allowing real-time data sharing and editing. On-premise databases may require complex procedures for sharing data between users.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Even if they manage to share data among the team, it’s challenging for everyone to collaborate on a project because of geographical network latency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cloud databases come with user-friendly dashboards. You can block or allow user IPs easily with these cloud consoles. Other configurations, such as requiring SSL, can be turned on and off with a simple click.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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11 . Global Accessibility: Everyone gets served faster<\/b><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
When serving a global audience, you must think more about the application’s accessibility and performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the early stages, you may serve only a tiny region. But as you grow and gain more insights about your market, you can’t help but go global. But you’ll start noticing your users complaining about the application load time and stuff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The geographical distance between the servers and clients is vital for minimal network latency. You can serve your users with database replicas worldwide when using cloud databases. Everyone will access the nearest database server.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A benefit of maintaining geographical replication is that they help keep fail tolerance. The application doesn’t go offline when one database server instance goes down. Users get access to the next nearest database instance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is one reason why databases such as Cassandra are so popular. They could replicate and pick the instance to serve real smart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Conclusion<\/b><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Cloud computing is increasingly popular in modern data architectures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Many enterprises are now moving their data centers to the cloud as part of their digital transformation strategy. Larger organizations even manage multiple data stores on the cloud. Cloud infrastructures are an integral part of getting the most from big data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When switching to cloud-based services, there is a learning curve. Leaders are often curious about storing sensitive information in the cloud. But cloud-hosted services have evolved significantly to reduce risks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cloud databases are worth considering whether you’re a startup looking to capture the global market or a large enterprise! Using a cloud database over an on-premise database has several advantages. The most obvious is that a cloud database is more scalable, flexible, and cost-effective. They also provide high availability and disaster recovery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A cloud database is a way to go if you’re looking for a reliable database solution. Save time, budget, and mindset from managing a database and focus on what matters more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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