Item: IBM Cloud Databases
Rating: 7
Author: Nigel Catterall

Pros and Cons

Very easy to set up
Good monitoring
Easy to scale

Monitoring was difficult to initially locate.
Understanding the choices between different database packages
Setting up a cloud foundry connection - restored to SSL certification connection

Return on Investment

Allows you to vary resources for optimum price and performance
Scale as you need, pay only for that
No maintenance required
Highly secure

Other Software Used

IBM Cloud Continuous Delivery, IBM Cloud Foundry, IBM Cloud Starter Kits

It's very well suited to trialing a database, or databases, allowing you to add subtract and build an infrastructure to suit your need and swap and change as required or desired. Also, it allows you to try different types of data storage easily and experiment with set-up configuration and resources. Web management interface management is clear, clean, and reactive.

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Overall Satisfaction with IBM Cloud Databases

Pros and Cons

Return on Investment

Other Software Used

Likelihood to Recommend

IBM Cloud Databases Feature Ratings