Abstract: At the 2017 Hangzhou Yunqi Conference, Alibaba Cloud announced that the cloud database supports SQL Server 2016, and the Alibaba Cloud cloud database family added a new member, which further enriched the Alibaba Cloud cloud database product family. During the conference, we interviewed Alibaba Cloud cloud database products. Manager Shengtong, listen to him analyze the cloud database SQL Server 2016 version for us.
Why is the basic version of SQL Server 2012/2016 Web launched? The SQL Server version has been updated very quickly in recent years. As a cloud service provider, Alibaba Cloud Database provides support for the new version and serves customers on the cloud. This is the main reason for launching the basic version of 2016. The cost-effective advantage is that it is the preferred version of cloud database SQL Server, so we give priority to launching SQL Server 2012/2016 Web Basic Edition. What kind of users is SQL Server 2012/2016 Web Basic suitable for? What are the advantages?
SQL Server Web Edition provides basic database functions. It is a secure, cost-effective and highly scalable data platform for public websites. It is an ideal choice for Web applications with a lower overall cost. As a cloud service provider, Alibaba Cloud RDS for SQL Server Web Edition has genuine authorization and is based on the advantages of cloud computing cores. It is easier to use, simpler, and has a very high cost performance. What are the features of SQL Server 2012/2016 Web Fundamentals?
High cost performance: a large number of ECS server resources and large-scale data cloud disk resources bring large-scale benefits; preferential cloud database overall billing strategy. It supports general database engine functions and meets the database usage requirements of most customers. Elastic scaling: Based on the powerful ApsaraDB kernel, ApsaraDB for SQL Server 2016 Web implements strong elastic scaling resource management capabilities and provides a variety of hardware specification upgrade strategies. , the disk space can be extended up to 2T by the amount. Use according to volume, rationally arrange resources: support down-provisioning and use according to volume, customer business can reasonably arrange resource use based on this feature. In the elevator strategy, ApsaraDB for annual subscriptions and monthly subscriptions implements the functions of immediate upgrade, subscription change, and immediate downgrade. High security: The external servers that can access the database are precisely controlled according to the IP whitelist, and the fastest support takes 1 minute to take effect. At the network level, external illegal requests are isolated, and the legitimacy of customer access requests is guaranteed from the network protocol. High data reliability: Each data file has three copies by default, and the cloud disk is also located inside the user's VPC at the network level, so the security is guaranteed. High availability: When a failure occurs, the application access database link does not need to be changed. Since the data is stored in the cloud disk, the computing and storage are separated in form, so the failover does not involve re-moving the data, and the failure recovery time is greatly shortened. Standardized monitoring: Comes with a standardized monitoring system. The monitoring content includes host resource monitoring and engine monitoring. There are dozens of monitoring items. By default, customers save a lot of monitoring and construction work. At the same time, users have free permission control, and users can easily realize the database tracing function and build their own in-depth monitoring system.
Is SQL Server 2012/2016 Web easy to use? ApsaraDB for SQL Server focuses on solving "time-consuming and labor-intensive" tasks such as resource elasticity management, security assurance, reliability, and high availability in daily operation and maintenance, improves operation and maintenance efficiency, truly liberates business productivity, and makes users more concerned about their own business development , is the business goal of cloud database. At the same time, allowing traditional enterprises to fully enjoy the convenience of cloud databases is the mission of RDS for SQL Server.
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