Self-managed approach
Setting up databases, sometimes with clusters or other high availability approaches, and including the correct disk type and networking requirements, can be challenging. For years, this skill set, often referred to as a database administrator (DBA), was one that required very skilled and experienced professionals to do correctly. The cloud does not change this, and those same DBAs are needed to install, configure, and manage database platforms. In the early days of the cloud, this was the approach taken as companies moved or developed workloads in the cloud, self-managing their software. Using virtual instances, ISV vendor software, and experienced professionals, most workloads can be run just the same in the cloud as ...
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