Infrastructure as a service (IaaS) is a form of cloud computing based on automation and orchestration technologies to on-demand provision and manage virtualized infrastructure resources such as server, storage and network over a wide area network (WAN) to the consumer.
You can benefit from IaaS in different aspects.
And now as the Cloud Computing tide strikes, the traditional database market is facing a situation of reshuffling. The rise of a group of new forces, including cloud databases, has shaken the monopoly of traditional databases, and the Cloud Native database led by cloud vendors pushes this change to the maximum.
As Jeff Bezos, the founder of AWS, said: "The real battle will be in databases". The cloud was first built from IaaS. Therefore, from virtual machines, storage, and networks, to popular intelligent applications nowadays (such as voice recognition, computer vision, and robotics), all are based on IaaS, and the database is the most critical link to connect IaaS with intelligent application SaaS. From data generation, to data storage, and to data consumption, databases are crucial at every step.
There are three architecture designs, if the Shared Storage architecture is implemented with Multiple-Write-Multiple-Read, instead of Single-Write-Multiple-Read, SharedEverything is actually implemented. The hybrid architecture that integrates the Shared Nothing and Shared Storage architecture should be an important breakthrough point in the future development of database systems.
Technically speaking, apart from architecture differences, some differences still exist in the Cloud Native era: Multi-Model, Database Intelligence + Automated Control Platform, Integrated Design of Software and Hardware and High Availability.
What's more, data security on the cloud is very important. The Alibaba Cloud ApsaraDB team has also done a lot of work in data security. First, the data is encrypted when it is stored in the disk. In addition, the Alibaba Cloud ApsaraDB supports BYOK. Users can bring their own keys to the cloud to implement disk encryption and transmission-level encryption. In the future, the Alibaba Cloud ApsaraDB will implement full-process encryption during memory processing, and trusted verification of logs.
For detailed information about the Cloud Native database technology and trends, please go to Seizing the Opportunity in the New Cloud Native Battlefield.
After over 40 years of evolution, database technology is still developing vigorously. Cloud computing vendors have reached a consensus that databases are an important component in the connection of IaaS and intelligent cloud applications. Therefore, the vendors need to improve their capabilities throughout the entire data lifecycle, including data production, storage, and consumption, enabling users to connect IaaS and intelligent applications.
In the database session of 2019 Alibaba Cloud Summit held in Beijing, Feifei Li, Vice President of Alibaba Group, Chief Database Scientist of Alibaba DAMO Academy, and Head of Database Business Group of Alibaba Cloud Intelligence, gave an insightful presentation on the next-generation cloud-native database technologies and the challenges they face.
At the Cloud Native Technology Summit of The Computing Conference 2018, experts from various industries shared their thoughts on emerging trends such as Internet of Things (IoT), containers, and serverless architecture. According to the speakers, the real challenge does not lie within the technology itself – it's the challenge of unifying all technologies for a sustainable ecosystem. Despite their differences, all the experts agreed on and emphasized the importance of bridging developer communities, roles, and technologies for maintaining a cloud native software ecosystem.
In the final session, Xiaoliang Yang, Chief Architect of Siemens IoT Cloud Platform, talked about developing an Internet of Things (IoT) system for industrial applications.
Combining Siemens' PaaS capabilities with Alibaba Cloud's IaaS services, MindSphere on Alibaba Cloud will provide a comprehensive platform that offers connectivity, data analytics and industrial knowhow. This in turn will enable enterprises in China to realize novel and data-driven business models.
SAP HANA is an in-memory, column-oriented, relational database management system developed and marketed by SAP. Its primary function as database server is to store and retrieve data as requested by the applications. In addition, SAP HANA performs high-performance analysis and real-time data processing to address customers’ rapidly growing requirements on business analysis.
This deployment guide describes how to plan and deploy the SAP HANA system on Alibaba Cloud ECS, including how to configure the ECS instances, block storage, network, and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) operating system. This guide includes the best practices from Alibaba Cloud and SAP.
And now certified IaaS platforms are updated in this document.
Elastic High Performance Computing (E-HPC) aggregates computing capabilities, and uses parallel computing to solve massive challenges of science, engineering, and business. E-HPC is applied to almost every aspect of our lives. E-HPC helps to solve problems in various fields including oil exploration, finance, emergency management, medicine, and IT. E-HPC supports Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) with high-performance CPU and heterogeneous computing GPU instances.
In this document, you can find the table list the instance configurations recommended for E-HPC.
For the second year running, Gartner has ranked Alibaba Cloud as leader in terms of market share for IaaS and Infrastructure Utility Services (IUS) in the Asia Pacific region.
Key Learnings
• Businesses increasingly rely on the cloud for databases, security and innovation, with the worldwide public cloud services market projected to total USD$214.3 billion in 2019.
• Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) is the fastest growing cloud market segment in APAC, creating a wealth of new business opportunities.
• Growing user demand for live-streaming, 5G, Internet-connected devices and artificial intelligence is driving business value and supporting uptake of the cloud.
• Comprehensive CHECKLISTs that help you stay relevant and stay edgy.
When your business is based around technology, having an efficient IT infrastructure is absolutely essential.
This whitepaper explores:
• Creating New Servers
• Backup and Recovery
• Storage
• Monitoring
• Automating Your IaaS
Make use of Alibaba Cloud's reliable and flexible cloud computing infrastructure and platform services, along with SAP's world-leading enterprise-level database and business application solutions. Enterprises can now benefit from SAP and Alibaba Cloud to simplify their IT architecture, realize greater business value, and accelerate digital transformation.
Alibaba Cloud, the cloud computing and data intelligence arm of Alibaba Group, has been named first in Asia Pacific(*) market share for IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service) and IUS (Infrastructure Utility Services) in two consecutive years as per Gartner’s latest report revealed earlier this month named Market Share: IT Services, 2018.
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Thank you for sharing your expertise and experience in such a clear and concise way.