MariaDB’s New SkySQL Release Reimagines How Companies Control Cloud Database Spend
March 30 2023 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
Manage cloud database costs like a boss:
autoscale when demand changes including downshifting resources and
run pay-as-you-go serverless analytics
MariaDB plc (NYSE: MRDB) today announced the immediate
availability of a new release of MariaDB SkySQL, a second
generation cloud database service. SkySQL offers fully managed
databases including its flagship distributed SQL product MariaDB
Xpand for maximum resilience and scalability.
The release brings new innovation that lets organizations better
manage their cloud database costs. SkySQL now enables autoscaling,
which scales resources when demand surges and back down when demand
normalizes to save costs. SkySQL also introduces serverless
analytics to uncover insights on all current data without the need
for ETL and all while paying for only what is used.
Cloud database services offered by public cloud vendors were the
first to bring open source databases, such as MariaDB, MySQL and
PostgreSQL, to the cloud over a decade ago. These first generation
cloud databases emphasized convenience and price, however, today’s
world requires extraordinary resilience, elasticity and
performance. Accelerated by the pandemic, at an unprecedented
level, people have come to expect more from the services and
applications they rely on every day – whether it's travel related,
buying tickets to a concert, banking and more. Second generation
cloud database services combine deep database expertise and
cloud-native technology to run across clouds and achieve
unstoppable performance.
“At our heart, we are a database company,” said Jags Ramnarayan,
SVP and SkySQL general manager at MariaDB plc. “We take that
deep-rooted experience and knowledge to offer a cloud database
service that is tuned and optimized for the most rigorous of
situations. SkySQL brings hard-hitting capabilities such as
distributed SQL with our Xpand database and we make it incredibly
easy to operate, monitor, run analytics and scale elastically, all
while being able to control your cloud spend. With other clouds,
costs tend to only go one way, up. With SkySQL, we also let you
shrink the cost footprint automatically when demand is low. For
everyone looking for exceptional scalability and performance of
MariaDB databases in the cloud, MariaDB SkySQL is the
solution.”
Autoscaling: Dynamically Adjust to Changes in Demand
Unlike first generation cloud databases for MariaDB, SkySQL enables
autoscaling of both compute and storage in response to changes in
demand. Rules specify when autoscaling is triggered, for example
when CPU utilization is above 75% over all replicas sustained for
30 minutes, then a new replica or node will be added to handle the
increase. Similarly, when CPU utilization is less than 50% over all
replicas for an hour, nodes or a replica is removed. Users always
specify the top and bottom threshold so there are never any cost
surprises.
When paired with Xpand, MariaDB’s distributed SQL database,
autoscaling means never having to worry about unexpected spikes in
demand. Double, triple or quadruple the amount of users initially
expected? No problem. Xpand on SkySQL with autoscale turned on will
automatically add nodes to handle the increase in demand. Once
demand is reduced, SkySQL will reduce nodes so you only pay for the
resources needed.
Serverless Analytics: Analyze All Current Data, Pay Only for
What Is Used No ETL is required to do analytics! SkySQL enables
operational analytics on active transactional data as well as
external data sources using a serverless analytics layer powered by
Apache Spark SQL. This approach removes any inconsistencies between
an analytical view and a transactional view. Only pay for the CPU
consumed for analytics without any need to provision compute. Data
scientists also have access to an Apache Zeppelin notebook. The
notebook is pre-loaded with examples that demonstrate ways to run
analytics on data stored in SkySQL. It can also be used to discover
database schemas, running queries on data stored in Amazon S3 and
federating queries to join data across SkySQL databases and S3
object storage.
Availability The new release of SkySQL is now generally
available (GA) on AWS and Google Cloud, and includes updated
MariaDB product versions: Xpand 6.1.1, Enterprise Server 10.6.12
and ColumnStore 6.3.1. Sign up for SkySQL. New users receive $500
in credits to start for free. No credit card is required.
Supporting quotes "Our first look at the new MariaDB
SkySQL release left us very impressed, especially with the user
interface and autoscaling capabilities," said John Hundley,
principal software engineer at Hughes Network Systems. "Our IoT
smart power plugs are distributed nationally across hundreds of
locations, collecting data from various plugs at any given time.
The number of locations and data rates can vary significantly. The
user interface is very easy to use and will give us a better view
into our database usage. We expect autoscaling to help us in
responding to our workload changes to ensure we have the right
resources allocated."
“Cloud-native DBMSs, such as MariaDB SkySQL, use dynamic compute
and storage, making their use of resources more efficient and
enabling them to deliver optimal performance,” said Carl Olofson,
senior vice president, IDC. “The choice of which cloud-native DBMS
to use comes down to fit. SkySQL offers scale and availability, the
ability to run in multiple clouds, and to handle both OLTP and OLAP
workloads. It also leverages skills that are transferable to all
clouds. If these qualities are important to you, SkySQL is a
cloud-native DBMS to consider.”
Additional Resources
- Join the webinar: Get Unstoppable
Performance with MariaDB SkySQL
- Get started with MariaDB in the cloud using MariaDB SkySQL
- Follow @mariadb on Twitter
About MariaDB MariaDB is a new generation cloud database
company whose products are used by companies big and small,
reaching more than a billion users through Linux distributions and
have been downloaded over one billion times. Deployed in minutes
and maintained with ease, leveraging cloud automation, our database
products are engineered to support any workload, any cloud and any
scale – all while saving up to 90% of proprietary database costs.
Trusted by organizations such as Bandwidth, DigiCert, InfoArmor,
Oppenheimer, Samsung, SelectQuote and SpendHQ, MariaDB’s software
is the backbone of critical services that people rely on every day.
Learn more at mariadb.com.
Source: MariaDB
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