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Google Cloud released a new database product (AlloyDB)

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So this is a thing. Google launched a new database product today at Google I/O. #GoogleAlloyDB is a new managed #PostgreSQL compatible database. Optimized for heavy workloads, it's got some significant improvements across the board, and in particular it handles heavy read workloads without affecting write performance.

The launch blog is here ↓

https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/databases/introducing-alloydb-for-postgresql

And there's a blog post about how the storage layer has been optimized for some of the performance improvements ↓

https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/databases/alloydb-for-postgresql-intelligent-scalable-storage

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Pretty interesting way of combining open source with cloud infrastructure implementations. I love how open source implementations on cloud providers are going beyond the typical I install and manage an open source package on your VM. Looking forward to the next generation of managed services like this.

Thanks! We feel pretty strongly that managed OSS is hugely valuable.

Landing page on the Google Cloud docs pages:

https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/databases/introducing...

How similar/different is it to AWS Aurora?

Similar in that they're both managed relational databases aimed at scaling for intense workloads. AlloyDB has specific optimizations around PG that means it runs more efficiently than Aurora for Postgres.

Do we have any specifics on how the perf compares to Aurora? Is the 2x mentioned on the blog based on any specific benchmark?

The 2x was based on an Online Transaction Processing (OLTP) benchmark that is based on industry standard TPC-C benchmark in our own testing.

Do you have more info on the benchmark? e.g. No. of connections, DB instance type/configuration used, scale, etc.?

Not anything I can talk about now unfortunately. Stay tuned though. :)

Can someone explain what this is to me? As far as I understand, it's faster Postgres.

It's like, faster Postgres that also handles a lot of boilerplate infrastructure set up like creating replicas, load balancing, vacuum management, etc. That's a SERIOUS TL;DR though. This blog post covers a good overview and some details:

https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/databases/introducing...

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