7 DuckDB in the cloud with MotherDuck
This chapter covers
- The idea behind MotherDuck
- Understanding how the architecture works under the hood
- Use cases for serverless SQL analytics
- Creating, managing, and sharing MotherDuck databases
- Tips for optimizing your MotherDuck usage
Up until this point, our focus has been on using DuckDB’s capabilities for querying datasets—whether they’re stored locally or remotely—directly from our own computers. While this approach addresses a broad range of needs, there are specific scenarios in which a remote database server offers additional advantages.
Enter MotherDuck: a solution for enhancing SQL analytics through a simplified scale-up strategy. In this chapter, we will learn how MotherDuck enables ...
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