Overview:
Oracle:
- Amazon Web Services (AWS) : Relational Database Services (RDS) for Oracle
- Amazon Web Services (AWS) : Installation of Oracle on EC2
- Installation of an Oracle Database on Azure
- Oracle Cloud : Schema as a Service
MySQL:
SQL Server:
- Amazon Web Services (AWS) : Relational Database Services (RDS) for SQL Server
- SQL Server Databases on Azure
It’s hard to differentiate between the cloud providers if you are just using them to provide a VM and self managing a system on it. It’s just another box provider.
In contrast the DBaaS offerings are much more interesting. I really like what Amazon are doing with RDS for Oracle/MySQL/SQL Server. I think these would work very well for *our* MySQL and SQL Server installations, which tend to be quite simple. I’m not sure I can live with some of the restrictions for RDS for Oracle, but that’s probably because I’m a snobby DBA type, who thinks he knows best. 🙂 The DBaaS for SQL Server on Azure is also really nice. You get less control than the RDS version, but maybe that’s a good thing.
You might have noticed I’ve not written much about Oracle Cloud yet. I should be getting a trial of the platform this month, so I will be able to fill in those gaps then.
Cheers
Tim…