Cloud Database




A cloud database is a database that has been optimized or built for a virtualized computing environment.


Optimizing an already existing database for the cloud provides benefits such as:


The ability to pay for storage capacity and bandwidth on a per-use model.
The ability to move the database from one location to another (cloud portability).
Scalability on demand.
High availability (HA).
Putting the database in the cloud can be an effective way to support and cloud-enable business applications as part of a wider software-as-a-service (SaaS) deployment by simplifying the processes required to make information available through Web-based connections.


Another benefit of moving a company's databases to the cloud is storage consolidation. Databases in multiple departments of a large company, for example, can be combined in the cloud into a single hosted (DBMS).