The Need for Database as-a-Service
Businesses thrive on data, and modern applications demand on-demand access to databases that can be deployed, run, and scaled efficiently in production. Manual, ticket-based provisioning requires coordination among database, storage, development, and security teams, taking weeks and significantly delaying time-to-market. While managed cloud databases can simplify provisioning and maintenance, they often lead to escalating costs and cloud lock-in.
Fast-moving, modern organizations use Kubernetes to deliver databases as-a-service experience within their internal developer platforms. This approach drives standardization, consistency, and operational efficiencies across the business, while empowering developers with self-service access to scalable, performant databases on-demand.
Challenges of Managing Databases at Scale
Complexity and Heterogeneity
Modern applications need various data services, each with unique patterns for deployments, data protection,
security, and more. This complexity makes it hard to deploy databases and keep them up-to-date.
Costly, Inefficient Operations
Inconsistent database configurations lead to time-consuming, manual operations. While managed cloud databases can ease operational overhead, they come with high costs and the risk of vendor lock-in.
Knowledge and Skill Gaps
Database teams tasked with managing more instances, from more providers, at greater scale. These teams are stretched thin, making it tougher to ensure SLAs, security, and uptime.
Benefits of Database as-a-Service Delivery with Portworx
Greater Resiliency and Uptime
Databases provisioned as-a-service with Portworx enables Kubernetes storage and data protection, ensuring greater resiliency across any cloud or on-premises environment.
- Seamless recovery for databases and Kubernetes application
- Built-in archive and backup policies, with automatic restore capabilities
Operational Efficiency
Portworx streamlines database operations by templatizing, standardizing, and automating lifecycle management for a broad, curated catalog of data services – without lock-in to runaway cloud costs of a managed service
- Automated Day 0 through Day 2 database operations
- Templates for resource settings, storage options, and service configurations
- Centralized management and dashboards
Accelerated Development
With Portworx, platform teams can deliver an internal database-as-a-service to developers, enabling on-demand access to scalable, performant databases.
- Broad, growing catalog of databases and services, including Kafka, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, and more
- One-click to provision new databases, deploy within minutes
Customers
“We took the Pure platform along with Kubernetes, and integrated it with Portworx Data Services to reduce the time it takes to deploy a database as a service from nine days to only hours.”
Josh Crater Staff Software Engineer
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