Many PaaS solutions include support for a database, such as MSSQL or MySQL. Often, these database solutions connect to a cloud-based server, as shown in FIGURE 6-12, and, as such, can be considered a cloud-based database.
FIGURE 6-12 A “cloud-based” database provided with a PaaS solution.
A better definition of a cloud-based database, however, is a database that can not only be used by applications that reside (are hosted) in the cloud, but also by applications that reside within the customer’s on-premise data center, as shown in FIGURE 6-13.
FIGURE 6-13 A cloud-based database should be accessible by systems ...
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