In this moment from the Cloud Database TCO Decoded digital event, featuring insights from Couchbase and AWS, Acceleration Economy’s Tom Smith talks with Birendra Gosai, Strategic Partnerships Development Manager, AWS, and Tim Rottach, Director of Product Marketing, Couchbase. Gosai shares examples of how AWS has supported its customers with its managed database services.
Highlights
00:09 — Self-managing databases require highly skilled database administrators who spend much time operating, troubleshooting, configuring software, installing patches, upgrading systems, resolving bugs, and scaling systems.
00:33 — With a managed service, the service handles all of these tasks. AWS’ managed databases provide automated scaling, continuous monitoring, and self-healing capabilities.
00:50 — When Reddit experienced an explosion in user growth, its database teams decided to migrate from self-managed databases. By automating the administrative tasks, the migration saved the team roughly two business days worth of time every month.