What is the true cost of a cloud database? More than you think.

What is your cloud database really costing you? Sharded MySQL, cloud Postgres, etc. may look cheaper because of the lack of a fee to license the database software, but that's hiding massive under-the-waterline costs required to actually set up and operate these databases at scale. Dig into the real numbers based on our investigation of 7 real-world companies operating at scale.

0:00 Intro
0:29 The case of a major electronics brand
0:57 The secret costs of distributed MySQL
1:38 Real costs of cloud SQL at a smaller company
1:52 How the electronics firm reduced costs
1:59 CockroachDB vs. Cloud PostgreSQL
2:22 The risks and costs of downtime
2:39 Risks and costs of cloud vendor lock-in
2:56 Conclusion

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Interesting, but I think you had it wrong with your marketing naming. I would never use or ask a purchase department to buy a service called "cockroach" something. But i get the naming and the meaning, still not very commercial.