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Alibaba Cloud ApsaraDB for PolarDB System Properties

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NameAlibaba Cloud ApsaraDB for PolarDB
DescriptionA cloud-native relational database compatible with MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Oracle. Designed for business critical applications.
Primary database modelRelational DBMS
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Score0.49
Rank#266  Overall
#123  Relational DBMS
Websitewww.alibabacloud.com/­product/­polardb
Technical documentationwww.alibabacloud.com/­help/­en/­polardb/­product-overview
DeveloperAlibaba
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud serviceyes
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Server operating systemshosted
Data schemeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyes
XML support infoSome form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.yes
Secondary indexesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes
APIs and other access methodsJDBC
ODBC
Supported programming languagesJava
Python
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyes
Triggersyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesSharding infoImplicit feature of the cloud service
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesyes infoImplicit feature of the cloud service
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yes
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standard
More information provided by the system vendor
Alibaba Cloud ApsaraDB for PolarDB
Specific characteristics

ApsaraDB for PolarDB is a cloud-native relational database 100% compatible with MySQL, PostgreSQL, and highly compatible with Oracle. ApsaraDB for PolarDB provides the performance and availability of traditional enterprise databases and the flexibility and cost-effectiveness of open-source databases.

It is the new generation of "Super MySQL, PostgreSQL or compatible Oracle" supporting up to 100 TB storage in Alibaba Cloud.

Learn more >

Watch Product Tutorials on YouTube >

Competitive advantages

Webinar: Top Scientists Live: Tech Secrets to Double 11's Success Revealed.

White paper: PolarDB: A Technical Guidebook

Published paper about the core database file system: "PolarFS: An Ultra-low Latency and Failure Resilient Distributed File System for Shared Storage Cloud Database"


【Latest News】

Recent Offer: Apply For Always Free PolarDB >

Recent Event: PolarDB for PostgreSQL (Paxos) announces open source at Alibaba Cloud Developer Conference on May 29, see more on GitHub >

Typical application scenarios

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Watch More on YouTube: Alibaba Cloud ApsaraDB >

Licensing and pricing models

Specification and pricing.

You can use either of the following billing methods to purchase ApsaraDB for PolarDB clusters.

  • Subscription

    Using a subscription billing method, you pay in advance for the compute cluster (for example, a primary node and a read-only node) that you create. Despite the subscription billing method, certain fees are incurred on a pay-as-you-go basis. For example, you are billed for the storage space you use by hour and the charge is deducted from your account balance on an hourly basis.

  • Pay-as-you-go

    Using a pay-as-you-go billing method, you pay for the resources after you use them. Regardless of the compute clusters or storage space, you are billed by hour and the charge is deducted from your account balance on an hourly basis.

Billing items

Billing itemBilling method
Compute cluster (a primary node and one or more read-only nodes)Subscription or pay-as-you-go.
Storage spacePay-as-you-go.
Data backupThis feature is currently available for free.


Available regions:

China: Hangzhou, Shanghai, Beijing, Hohhot, Shenzhen, Hong Kong, Zhangjiakou

US: Silicon Valley, Virginia

Germany: Frankfurt

Singapore

Malaysia: Kuala Lumpur

Indonesia: Jakarta

India: Mumbai

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