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Show 18 — The Pushers Answer Your Questions

By Greg Ferro|2010-08-30T03:56:10-04:00August 30, 2010|

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Cloud Databases: Performance and Cost

Step 1 of 6

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Which best describes your level of influence when it comes to cloud database purchase and/or maintenance in your organization?(Required)

I make technical decisions about or have influence over cloud database strategy

I am responsible for cloud database management at my organization

I am responsible for building and/or implementing cloud database solutions

I am responsible for integrating cloud database solutions into our environment

Other/N/A

Which best describes how you feel about the performance of the cloud database(s) that support your organization’s critical applications?(Required)

Satisfied with performance

Satisfied with performance, but concerned about rising costs

Satisfied with performance, but concerned about current/future technical requirements

Would like to improve performance, but constrained by budget

Would like to improve performance, but constrained by technology

Would like to improve performance, but constrained by leadership

Which of the following describes the costs typically associated with your most important cloud database(s)?(Required)

Predictable but acceptable

Predictable but too high

Mostly or completely unpredictable

Slightly exceeds budget/projections

Stays within budget/projections

Comes in under budget/projections

Which factors have typically driven up your database costs?(Required)

Unexpected load

New or strict technical requirements (e.g., write heavy, indexes, consistency)

Networking bandwidth growth

Storage growth

Caching

Other

What has or have typically been the greatest limiting factor(s) to improving cloud database performance at your organization?(Required)

Budget constraints

Technology limitations

Lack of expertise or skilled personnel

Other business priorities

Internal processes

Security, compliance, or risk concerns

Which of the following has prompted, or would be likely to prompt, your organization to switch to/from cloud databases?(Required)

Significant production incident

Proactive preparation for a high usage period

Change in organizational leadership

Persistent subpar performance

Increasing overhead or maintenance required

Volatile costs

Opportunity to reduce costs by 10% or more

Other

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