Data drives today’s business, and those organizations that know how to tame their data gain a true competitive edge. The growing need for high-performance, cost-effective database solutions that can scale and be easy to manage is prompting more organizations to adopt open-source databases running on public and private cloud platforms. Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) is emerging as a revolutionary approach to modernizing open-source databases.
Companies like Tessell offer advanced DBaaS services designed to help businesses scale and harness the capabilities of open-source databases. Tessell leverages advanced cloud technologies and innovative architecture to deliver features and capabilities that optimize database performance. Tessell’s DBaaS architecture also ensures high availability and scalability to meet growing data demand while streamlining database management.
Making the most of any open-source database system requires the right DBaaS infrastructure.
The Value of DBaaS
The beauty of DBaaS is it’s easy to set up a database and requires no additional hardware. The service provider handles most of the database administration and maintenance. Most DBaaS platforms are run on public cloud services, such as Amazon Web Services (News - Alert) (AWS), Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, and IBM Cloud, but it’s also possible to run DBaaS as part of a private or hybrid cloud infrastructure.
DBaaS solutions are attractive because they are delivered and managed in the cloud. According to a 2023 survey by Flexera, 57% of cloud users also use relational DBaaS technologies, and 44% use NoSQL database services. The DBaaS model is especially attractive to small businesses and businesses with limited IT resources. DBaaS also readily accommodates open-source databases, including NoSQL, which embraces the open-source model.
Adopting DBaaS offers several advantages over on-premise database solutions. There is no need for a physical infrastructure and there are fewer management requirements since the DBaaS supplier provides the computing platform. Eliminating hardware, software, upgrades and maintenance also reduces overhead. Using a DBaaS service also gives users more flexibility as database uses change. The DBaaS service also secures the database using encryption and identity and access controls.
Of course, DBaaS has its limitations as well. Relying on a cloud service provider can mean a lack of control over the database infrastructure. Most DBaaS service providers offer limited visibility into the database operations, making it difficult to audit database transactions for regulatory compliance. Tessell eliminates these architectural shortcomings by giving users total control over administrative transparency.
The Benefits of Tessell DBaaS
When considering a DBaaS cloud solution, Tessell offers several distinct advantages. Tessell offers a multi-cloud architecture designed to work with the leading cloud service providers, including AWS, Azure, and Google (News - Alert) Cloud. Having a multi-cloud architecture gives customers flexibility, scalability, and resilience with optimal performance and redundancy across multiple cloud environments.
Tessell also offers live migration so the transition of on-premise databases to the cloud is seamless, which means there is no downtime and business continuity is assured. Self-service onboarding makes it easy to provision databases without additional technical expertise.
Security and redundancy are also assured. Tessell creates daily backups with automated, continuous snapshotting for disaster recovery, including the ability to roll back to any transaction. Tessell also provides advanced monitoring and autoscaling so organizations can track database performance in real-time and scale resources automatically to meet changing demand.
The Tessell DBaaS Architecture
The Tessell DBaaS architecture evolved from relational databases like Oracle, Microsoft (News - Alert) SQL Server, and MySQL. With the growth in open source, it has now expanded to include NoSQL databases like MongoDB and vector databases like Milvus. Tessell can run databases anywhere on any cloud infrastructure to eliminate vendor lock-in.
The Tessell architecture is broken into two integral elements to provide maximum flexibility, scalability, and reliability with better database management:
The Control Plane
The control plane offers a microservice-based architecture that enables comprehensive database management services. The control plane’s API integrates with the users' database systems to invoke various tasks, such as database provisioning, scaling, optimization, and data integrity. Using Terraform’s infrastructure as a code tool allows Tessell to define and enforce security measures, access controls, and configurations.
A dedicated or single-tenant control plane provides a dedicated database ecosystem with exclusive microservices. This gives database users total customization as well as better performance and security since each microservice is specific to the user’s needs.
A dedicated control plane offers users several advantages, such as a dedicated API gateway to give tenants access to the account, and a dedicated set of microservices which improves Quality of Service (QoS). Having a dedicated database server instance also serves as the tenant’s metadata repository. Having a dedicated control plan also enables custom maintenance.
A shared control plane operates in a multi-tenant cloud account. Microservices are a shared pool of resources that optimizes resource utilization and scalability and reduces cost. A shared control plane offers different advantages, such as a reduced operational burden since control plane management is offloaded to the DBaaS provider. Adopting a shared control plane also minimizes setup and maintenance costs, and automatic updates and maintenance are seamless since they are part of control plane operation.
With either configuration, the control plane gives users customizable control thanks to the microservice architecture.
The Data Plane
Once the control plane is set up, it creates and manages the dedicated workspace for the database. This data plane is responsible for securely delivering data to various applications.
Different cloud service providers have different names for the data plane. For example, the data plane on Azure is a resource group, while on AWS, it is a virtual private cloud (VPC). The data plane provides a dedicated data repository where the user has absolute control. The data plane also ensures secure data availability by encrypting data at rest and in transit.
There is no one-size-fits-all approach when choosing the best open-source database deployment options. Tessell offers a wide range of deployment choices for its managed services so users can choose the suitable model for the data plane for their database workloads. Depending on deployment considerations such as workload size, features, limits, compliance, QoS, cost, and support, it may be more efficient for the customer to host the database themselves or with Tessell.
Tessel’s architecture offers maximum flexibility and creates a more robust, scalable, and secure DBaaS infrastructure. More importantly, DBaaS gives organizations greater agility. The faster a company can develop new applications and extract data insight, the greater its competitive advantage. Adopting a DBaaS strategy for open-source or any database gives organizations the control and efficiency they need to get the most from their data to unlock new business opportunities.
