Nowadays, many companies manage their data with cloud databases. HigherCloud will give you the best practice in choosing cloud database types to fit your demand. As a result, it will save money and enhance your company’s overall business growth.
What is the database?
The database is a high-performance solution in organizing the collection of data and storing data. Compared to Excel spreadsheets and Google Sheets, the database has a faster and more efficient way of storing and retrieving data. Moreover, cloud databases have the functions of on-demand backup and point-in-time recovery so that customers can easily trace back the data as needed. Two primary types of databases are SQL and NoSQL, which clients can have these services in cloud service providers. This article, then, will introduce the features of SQL and NoSQL databases.
Relational database (SQL)
The following are the relational database service of each cloud platform:
- AWS—Relational Database Service (RDS)
- Google—Cloud SQL
- Azure—SQL Database
- Alibaba—Distributed Relational Database Service (DRDS)
NoSQL Database
NoSQL Cloud Databases have high performance and scalability, which are the advantages over traditional data centers. Also, customers can freely decide the database type and automatically change their options to achieve the best benefits in business. In addition, NoSQL cloud databases have the fully managed option, which means that cloud providers will configure requirements precisely according to your needs. Let’s get to know NoSQL services in the following cloud providers.
- AWS—DynamoDB
- Google—Datastore
- Azure—Azure Cosmos DB
- Alibaba—Tablestore
Higher Cloud
If you want to learn more about cloud databases, HigherCloud is your best choice. Our expert team has solved clients’ cloud issues for many years in cloud architecture design, network, information security, etc. We are willing to offer you a well-designed cloud database blueprint depending on your business needs. We’re on a mission to help you have a better user experience.
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