Comments on: For Xeround, MySQL in the Cloud Knows No Bounds

By: Avi Kapuya

Avi Kapuya — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 09:07:10 +0000

What is a cloud database? is every DB that can run on the cloud is a cloud database? if this is the case, all databases are cloud databases… I think this is not the case. Cloud database means having a proper service management and provisioning around it, multi-tenancy, being able to scale out, and to make the most from the db, it should be engineered for the cloud, you are welcome to read the blog about native cloud databases:
http://blog.xeround.com/2010/12/native-cloud-databases-%E2%80%93-why-should-you-care

By: Avi Kapuya

Avi Kapuya — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 08:58:24 +0000

Unfortunately, PostressSQL does not have the same open architecture as MySQL, it does not have Storage engine API’s, which makes it very difficult to modify for scale-out, in fact, there is a large amount of rewrite to be done to enable effective distribution across multiple machines.

By: Liran Zelkha

Liran Zelkha — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 02:46:37 +0000

You should also check out ScaleBase, which builds a database load balancer – enabling any existing database – be it MySQL, Oracle or SQL-Server – to be a cloud database.

By: Guillermo | Electric car app

Guillermo | Electric car app — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 20:22:09 +0000

It’s funny to see how most cloud providers use MySQL as db engine.
PosgreSQL is open source and far better and faster DB engine and this is a known fact. I wonder why MySQL is getting so much more attention.

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 19:53:01 +0000

You might take a look at ScaleDB, they provide a storage engine that makes MySQL better in the cloud (elastic and highly-available). Unlike Xeround it isn’t limited to in-memory, and provides high-availability. Xeround is clearly not the only true cloud database.