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That all sounds sensible. As you say, deliberately committing to lock-in isn't necessarily a mistake. The Amazon Aurora managed database solution looks very im
by MaxBarraclough 6y ago
That all sounds sensible.
As you say, deliberately committing to lock-in isn't necessarily a mistake. The Amazon Aurora managed database solution looks very impressive, for instance, and I imagine it could make good sense to use it despite the lock-in. In that instance, the service is compatible with MySQL/Postgres, but I imagine it could still be a considerable challenge to move away from it (moving from one high-availability Postgres-based database solution to another).
The upsides may outweigh the downsides of lock-in, but the upside needs to be substantial.
- WrtCdEvrydy 6y agoThe real lock-in is the IAM on Cloud. Aurora to anything else is fine since you can take a snapshot and move it to another engine easily.
- MaxBarraclough 6y agoI was thinking the worst case would be something like Google Cloud Datastore, a proprietary 'managed-only' database that isn't compatible with any existing product. I think there was an attempt to make a Free and Open Source drop-in replacement, but I don't think it got far.