Open Source Databases Powering Apps & Business Critical Systems

Kangaroot provides open source database consultancy solutions in Belgium.

Today, an open source databases can compete effectively against leading proprietary database products for most enterprise workloads. And, enterprises large and small are adopting open source databases to power more of their applications and business critical systems. In fact, in Gartner’s "State of the Open-Source DBMS Market, 2018" the authors note that “by 2022, more than 70% of new in-house applications will be developed on an OSDBMS, and 50% of existing commercial RDBMS instances will have been converted or will be in process of converting.”

4 tips for choosing the right open source database

Choosing the right open source database is an important decision. Start by asking the right questions. All too often, people put the cart before the horse, making decisions before really understanding their needs.

  1. Have a goal
  2. Understand your workload
  3. Don't reinvent the wheel
  4. Start simple

MySQL? PostgreSQL?

Which Open Source Database Platform to choose? Let's talk about your preferences: how much data do you store? Which critical services? What are your goals? Together we implement & support your Open Source Database Platform

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All of the below vendors have developed richer enterprise capabilities across these products, including areas like system reliability, rich API, coverage of the SQL standard, comprehensive security, high availability, performance and scalability, and enterprise maturity, and Oracle database compatibility. However they may differ in their ability to address requirements for wide-ranging enterprise use cases.

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