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Understanding Managed Databases

Published on February 14, 2019

By Mark Drake

Manager, Developer Education

English
👁 Understanding Managed Databases

Introduction

Secure, reliable data storage is a must for nearly every modern application. However, the infrastructure needed for a self-managed, on-premises database can be prohibitively expensive for many teams. Similarly, employees who have the skills and experience needed to maintain a production database effectively can be difficult to come by.

The spread of cloud computing services has lowered the barriers to entry associated with provisioning a database, but many developers still lack the time or expertise needed to manage and tune a database to suit their needs. For this reason, many businesses are turning to managed database services to help them build and scale their databases in line with their growth.

In this conceptual article, we will go over what managed databases are and how they can be beneficial to many organizations. We will also cover some practical considerations one should make before building their next application on top of a managed database solution.

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About the author

👁 Mark Drake
Mark Drake
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Manager, Developer Education
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Former Technical Writer at DigitalOcean. Focused on SysAdmin topics including Debian 11, Ubuntu 22.04, Ubuntu 20.04, Databases, SQL and PostgreSQL.

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Thank you Mark. I’m starting with databases and this tutorial gives me a better understanding of how it works.

I have a droplet with Wordpress quickapp install. I also run a DO Managed DB for this Wordpress Install…My question is would the MySQL installed with the droplet (localhost) still be running? How do I check and delete any localhost MySQL services or db?

I am uploading a Laravel 10 application that has a connection to a database that is already on another server, how should I configure it?

Estaba interesado en usar un clusted de mongoDb, realice muchos intentos de conectarlo al backend con Spring Boot pero no fue posible. El objetivo era usar el usuario doadmin con una db mongo pero siempre salia el error: “not authorized on dbapp to execute command” Finalmente desistí de este servicio de mongo.

How does a managed database work with D.O. App platform?

This is not really correct. I AM locked by digital ocean support now if I wish to restart my database server. There is no option in GUI to reboot mysql server.

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