ScyllaDB’s NoSQL Database-as-a-Service Now Available on Google Cloud

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Companies can now run their globally distributed workloads using Scylla Cloud on Google Cloud. As a fully managed enterprise NoSQL database as a service (DBaaS), Scylla Cloud would provide high throughput and low-latency performance while lowering data infrastructure expenses and removing administrative burdens from teams.

Photo Ritika Suri, Director, Data Management Technology Partners at Google Cloud
“We’re delighted that ScyllaDB will make its capabilities in high scalability and low latency deployable on Google Cloud’s scalable, secure and reliable infrastructure,” said Ritika Suri, Director, Data Management Technology Partners at Google Cloud.

Scylla’s shared-nothing, close-to-hardware design would enable enterprises to build and run real-time applications at a global scale against limited costs. Scylla Cloud would relieve IT organizations of database management responsibilities by offering fully managed Scylla clusters that include automatic backup, repairs, performance optimization, security hardening, and 24/7 maintenance and support.

“Data continues to be a significant driver of digital transformation for businesses of all types,” said Ritika Suri, Director, Data Management Technology Partners at Google Cloud. “We’re delighted that ScyllaDB will make its capabilities in high scalability and low latency deployable on Google Cloud’s scalable, secure and reliable infrastructure.”

Scylla Cloud on Google Cloud would provide the product’s complete set of capabilities and benefits, including:

  • Scale Up and Out – Scylla’s performance would improve linearly as the number of compute instances and cores increases. This would mean fewer nodes to provision and lower cost to use Scylla Cloud.
  • Security – Scylla Cloud a managed DBaaS provider that offers single-tenant hardened security, including encrypted data at rest, data in transit, encrypted backups, and key management. Scylla Cloud also has SOC2 Type II certification.
  • Hot Fixes – Updates are applied to a running system invisibly, ensuring that the most up-to-date features and security patches are constantly installed.
  • Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) Peering – Applications can connect securely to the Scylla Cloud environment and avoid routing traffic through the Internet by using private IPv4 or IPv6 addresses.
  • Highly Available – Scylla Cloud replicates data across numerous availability zones within a region, removing single points of failure completely. Clients can add replicas and expand clusters across data centers as needed using Scylla Cloud.
  • Automated Backups – SScylla Cloud offers Google Cloud Storage backups that are automated.
  • Automated Monitoring – The Scylla Cloud technical team additionally monitors client’s clusters 24/7/365 to verify that their database is meeting SLAs. Clients can also receive metrics in Prometheus format for consolidated monitoring.

“As companies modernize their applications, they have a critical need to run a DBaaS on their platform of choice,” said Dor Laor, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of ScyllaDB. “Many companies have adopted Google Cloud, and we’re thrilled to announce they can now get the benefits of managed Scylla running on a platform they already know and trust.”