Silk Cloud Database as a Service (DBaaS)
Flexible as IaaS. Easy as PaaS. Expert DBAs.
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Silk Cloud Database as a Service (DBaaS) is a revolutionary new solution for companies seeking to break away from the constraints imposed by cloud vendors. With Silk Cloud DBaaS, you have the freedom to choose any VM shape, any version, any cloud, and any database, tailored precisely to your performance and capacity needs. Say goodbye to forced updates and patching schedules – with Silk, you dictate when updates occur, ensuring seamless operations on your terms.
In addition, our expert DBA team stands ready 24/7/365 to handle maintenance and troubleshooting, empowering your internal team to focus on strategic initiatives. Seamlessly integrating robust data management capabilities, Silk Cloud DBaaS safeguards and extracts maximum value from your data assets. Embrace cost efficiency with minimized cloud resource expenditure and optimized software licensing. With Silk Cloud DBaaS, you can experience unparalleled flexibility and control in your cloud database journey.
Why Silk Cloud DBaaS?
Silk grants you mastery over your cloud stack. Deploy any database seamlessly on any major cloud, on any VM shape, with any database version and patch.
Unlock your organization’s data potential. Silk’s robust data management platform maximizes the value of your private data. Quickly and securely empower lower environments (Dev, QA, UAT) and AI/ML/analytics workloads with up-to-date data with minimal resource footprint, latency, or cloud cost.
Our holistic solution pairs our API-first automation with expert DBA support. Silk liberates your DBAs from mundane maintenance and troubleshooting, freeing their focus for strategic activities. Our DBAs also empower distributed application teams lacking database expertise.
Safely reduce the necessary cloud resources to their smallest configuration without compromising performance or availability. Minimize cloud resource costs and relevant software licensing, while freeing up resources to bring more of your workloads to the cloud or reinvest in innovation and growth.
Features and Functionalities
Lean Architecture
Enterprise Data Services
Expert DBA Support
Full Database Support
Instant Extract
AI / ML Pipeline
Custom Version and Patch
Secure, Resilient Stack
Optimized Cloud Costs
Comparing Silk Cloud DBaaS to Public Cloud PaaS
Silk Cloud DBaaS
Azure SQL Managed Instance
Google Cloud SQL
Multi-database support
MS SQL Only per instance MS SQL Only per instance Full database features. Your version and timing Cloud enforces version; missing essential features Cloud enforces version; missing essential features Up to 10 GB/s, 1M IOPS, sub-millisecond latency Up to 0.45 GB/s, 320K IOPS, multi-millisecond latency Up to 1.2 GB/s, 100K IOPS, multi-millisecond latency Unlimited capacity
Up to 16 TB UP to 64 TB Any cloud VM shape - up to 416 cores Limited shapes - up to 128 cores Limited shapes - up to 128 cores w/ Enterprise Plus Included Not available Not available Supported Not supported Not supported Supported Not supported Not supported Supported Supported Supported Included Not available Not available Included Automated monitoring and tuning - no DBAs in the loop Automated monitoring and tuning - no DBAs in the loop Efficient VM shapes lead to fewer database licenses Excess licenses from oversized VMs Excess licenses from oversized VMs Supported Not supported Not supported Economies of scale as you grow Elastic pools share hosts Not supported Zero-footprint data sharing Pay for full copies Pay for full copiesSilk Cloud DBaaS
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Multi-database support Full database features. Your version and timing Up to 10 GB/s, 1M IOPS, sub-millisecond latency Unlimited capacity Any cloud VM shape - up to 416 cores Included Supported Supported Supported Included Included Efficient VM shapes lead to fewer database licenses Supported Economies of scale as you grow Zero-footprint data sharingAzure SQL Managed Instance
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MS SQL Only per instance Cloud enforces version; missing essential features Up to 0.45 GB/s, 320K IOPS, multi-millisecond latency Up to 16 TB Limited shapes - up to 128 cores Not available Not supported Not supported Supported Not available Automated monitoring and tuning - no DBAs in the loop Excess licenses from oversized VMs Not supported Elastic pools share hosts Pay for full copiesGoogle Cloud SQL
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MS SQL Only per instance Cloud enforces version; missing essential features Up to 1.2 GB/s, 100K IOPS, multi-millisecond latency UP to 64 TB Limited shapes - up to 128 cores w/ Enterprise Plus Not available Not supported Not supported Supported Not available Automated monitoring and tuning - no DBAs in the loop Excess licenses from oversized VMs Not supported Not supported Pay for full copiesSee How Silk Cloud DBaaS Full Stacks Up!
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