Overview
Business transformation begins here
Fully managed MySQL: Purpose-built for mission-critical workloads, offering sure performance with scalability, security and a de facto standard for web apps.
The most popular open-source relational database MySQL makes it easy to deploy, operate and scale cloud-native applications.
Focus on applications and business dev — and not database management — with this fully managed MySQL service.
Use cases
Hybrid OLTP and OLAP
Hybrid OLTP and OLAP workloads
Run transactional (OLTP) and real-time operational intelligence processing (OLAP) workloads simultaneously within one database platform.
Cloud-native applications
Cloud-native applications
Boost agility with modern, cloud-native MySQL-based apps. Provision resources to assist new business opportunities while automating management tasks.
Microservices
Microservices
Build small, independent and loosely coupled microservices-based web apps with a reliable, flexible MySQL database.
Benefits
Why IBM Cloud?
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Autoscaling
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Automatic, point-in-time recovery backups
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High availability with 99.99% SLA across three data centers in an IBM Cloud® multi-zone region
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Automatic, online database security patches and upgrades
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Out-of-the-box integration with IBM Cloud® Virtual Server for VPC
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Instant provisioning with industry best-practice configurations
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Transparent operating system management, security and upgrades
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Server acquisition, management and maintenance
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Bring your own encryption key for data at rest
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Native monitoring and audit integration
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Seamless integration with observability services
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Features
Reliable. Customizable. Open source.
Fully managed MySQL
IBM manages backups, read replicas, logging, monitoring, scaling and more.
High availability
MySQL deployments use multiple availability zones for a 99.99% SLA.
Advanced security
Data is encrypted at rest and in motion. Compliant with HIPAA and GDPR.
Scale effortlessly
Scale disk independently to fit your dynamic app requirements with easy to use auto-scaling and hourly billing.
Automation aware
Go global with integrated, infrastructure-as-code tools at no extra charge.
Flexible options
Separately scale disk, RAM and vCPUs without the need to migrate instance classes.
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