IBM Cloud Databases for MySQL

Power your dynamic web applications with MySQL's unmatched capabilities

IBM Cloud® Databases for MySQL fully managed service ensures predictable performance, on-demand scaling, and robust security. Leverage modern features like enhanced SQL window functions and built-in JSON support to streamline development and focus on innovation. IBM Cloud Databases for MySQL is tailored for mission-critical applications. Shift your focus from database management to development, where your expertise is most valuable.

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Use cases

Hybrid OLTP and OLAP workloads

Seamlessly manage high-volume online transaction processing (OLTP) that fuel your web applications and perform real-time operational intelligence processing (OLAP) directly within the same database, enabling quicker decision-making.

Healthcare Patient Records

While HIPAA compliance often necessitates specialized healthcare databases, MySQL can be significant in healthcare applications like data storage, data relationships, data retrieval and data analysis. By combining MySQL's data management capabilities with robust security practices, healthcare organizations can effectively manage patient records while meeting HIPAA compliance requirements. MySQL can effectively manage and store sensitive patient medical records and other aspects of healthcare operations, such as appointment scheduling, patient demographics, clinical trial management, billing and revenue cycle management, reporting, and analytics.

Efficient Digital Asset Management (DAM)

MySQL excels at managing the metadata associated with digital assets, providing a robust foundation for organizing and accessing digital content. MySQL's out-of-the-box features support core digital asset management functions such as metadata storage, asset organization, user management, and version control. Its relational structure effectively manages complex relationships between assets, users, and metadata, making it a versatile choice for diverse digital asset management systems.

Benefits

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.

Security

Data-in-motion encryption through TLS and at-rest encryption for data on disk and backups.

Compliance

HIPAA and GDPR-ready compliant with PCI-DSS, SOC 2 Type 2, ISO 27001, ISO 27017 and ISO 27018.

Automation aware

Go global with integrated, infrastructure-as-code tools at no extra charge.

Scalability and Flexibility

Scale disk, RAM and vCPUs independently to fit dynamic app requirements with auto-scaling and hourly billing.

Features

The management and maintenance of infrastructure and database server is simplified with this managed MySQL service. Quickly automate your routine tasks.

Feature

Self-hosted MySQL

IBM Cloud® Databases for MySQL

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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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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