Cloud demystified, what remains after the fog has lifted.

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Cloud
demystiﬁed
Jan Karremans
March 2022

Jan Karremans
• IT since 1991
• Oracle since v6.4
• PostgreSQL since v9.6
• Now Product Strategy

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No!!
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• Single truth
• Golden bullet
• “One size ﬁts all”
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From what I see, “Cloud” is diﬀerent,
“Cloud” is happening!
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In one form or the other…

Cloud
Database
Administrator
Introduction

Database
Administrator
Buzzword
Bingo
Cloud
Introduction

Cloud
• IaaS
• PaaS
• Saas
• DBaaS
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Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
• Bare metal
• OS
• Provisioning
• Containerisation / micro services
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Platform as a Service (PaaS)
In the eye of the beholder
• OS
• Database
• level of details
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Software as a Service (SaaS)
• Catch-all phrase
• Service
• Provisioning
• Expect the unexpected
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Database as a Service (DBaaS)
• Instance
• Database
• Schema
• User
• Tables
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Database as a Service (DBaaS)
• Level of access
• Patching & upgrading
• Level of control and inﬂuence
• Managements
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Cloud
• Private
• Public
• Multi Cloud
• Hybrid Clouds
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Cloud
• Cloud Native
• Kubernetes
• Micro Services
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Diﬀerent than before, or…

Buzzword
Bingo
Realities
Database
Administrator
Cloud
Introduction

Mis-conceptions
• Cheaper (well, partly)
• Less people (really?)
• Lock-in (or should you even care)
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Hit-conceptions
• Quicker (well…)
• DevOps
• Flexible
• Hybrid / Multi
• Focus
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Questions to ask
• What do I want to achieve?
• Does my business-case ﬁt?
• Are all advantages true (for me)?
• Does my Cloud provider ﬁt?
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Realities Recapitulation
Buzzword
Bingo
Database
Administrator
Cloud
Introduction

Recapitulation
• Cloud will happen
• Cloud for databases is sensible
• Architecture changes towards “agility”
• Once again no silver bullet
• Ensure you get what you truly need
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