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Map requirements to databases

Map requirements to databases

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Map requirements to databases

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- [Instructor] Databases are a part of all cloud deployments, and they provide a structured way to store and access data from many connected applications. There are many types of databases, both native to a cloud provider and third party databases. Sometimes there are traditional databases such as Oracle and DB2. Sometimes there are open source databases such as MySQL, and sometimes there are databases you'll only find in specific cloud providers, such as AWS's DynamoDB. Keep in mind that databases are cloud storage. While all databases are different, many will have you also attach a raw storage system such as object storage to support the database's ability to store data in a more primitive format. There are several things to consider, such as database capacity or how big the databases need to be and the upward limits set. It won't help you if at some point you need to store as much as a petabyte of data and the database only stores up to a terabyte. These limitations are often only…

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