YugabyteDB: Distributed PostgreSQL for Modern Apps
Why YugabyteDB?
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Deployment Choices
- Data operations
- Network and security
- Server and storage
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- Data location
- Database operations
- Network and security
- Server and storage
- Data location
- Network and security
- Server and storage
- Database operations
FAQ
YugabyteDB re-uses the upper half of PostgreSQL, enabling advanced features and a seamless transition to distributed SQL. Beneath this familiar API layer, YugabyteDB’s new, distributed transactional storage layer seamlessly balances data across cluster nodes. It’s PostgreSQL for the cloud native era.
YugabyteDB is the only 100% open source, multi-cloud, multi-API, distributed SQL database. It delivers a relational database with added on-demand scaling, built-in resilience, and versatile deployments. It’s unified architecture natively distributes data and supports multiple APIs (PostgreSQL and Cassandra). It can run on any cloud and offers synchronous and asynchronous replication capabilities.
YugabyteDB is a modern transactional database for business-critical applications. Customers turn to YugabyteDB when facing scalability limitations or availability needs that PostgreSQL or other monolithic databases can’t meet. Cassandra users seeking cost reductions and efficiency improvements choose YugabyteDB to significantly lower hardware expenses associated with Cassandra and streamline their database portfolio.
YugabyteDB offers a range of deployment options to suit diverse infrastructure needs and preferences. You can deploy it as a fully managed DBaaS on your preferred cloud platform (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud). You can also deploy it as a self-managed DBaaS on public clouds, on-premises, or in a hybrid setup. Additionally, YugabyteDB can be installed on VMs, containers, or bare-metal systems.
Yes, like PostgreSQL, the YugabyteDB database is 100% open source under the Apache 2.0 license and is available for download on Github. Our commercial DBaaS solutions include support and a powerful control plane for easy deployment and scalable management.