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Hosted postgresql/redis/rabbitmq on compose
Updated January 14, 2020

Hosted postgresql/redis/rabbitmq on compose

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with IBM Cloud Databases

We need managed MongoDB service.
  • Simplifies/eliminate the need to administer database services
  • Scalability when you need it, very easy to increase service limit/size/etc.
  • Easy out of the box backups
  • Cost for smaller deployments. Running minimal instances of redis, mongo, postgresql costs more than ordering a simple VM and installing youself.
  • Managed services sometimes lack plugins (eg custom postgresql, rabbitmq extensions for specialized tasks).
  • Allowed us to quickly setup PoC demo environment of a platform of ours
Solr was not available on Compose and had to be hosted internally
If you need fast/simple scalable and redundant setup for postgres/rabbitmq, Compose is much simpler than building a similar solution on your own.

IBM Cloud Databases Feature Ratings

Database-as-a-Service
9.5
Automatic software patching
10
Database scalability
10
Automated backups
10
Database security provisions
10
Monitoring and metrics
7
Automatic host deployment
10

Product Experience

  • Price
  • Product Features
  • Existing Relationship with the Vendor
compatibility with the rest if the IBM cloud ecosystem
  • eliminating some unsupported third party extensions
there are user interfaces allowing most of the functions to be performed
  • connecting IBM cloud deployed system
  • there aren’t really such functions

IBM Cloud Support and Implementation

we have not used support

Using IBM Cloud Databases

all parts of our organization use it
3 - 
  • previous experience with installation and configuration of postgres
  • previous experience with installation and configuration of mongodb
  • storing relational business data
  • storing non relational analytics data
  • there aren’t really unexpected ways
  • to migrate other parts if our infrastructure, e.g rabbitMQ
it is really easy to use and reliable service at good price

Evaluating IBM Cloud Databases and Competitors

Yes - internally hosted db servers
no, we are satisfied

IBM Cloud Databases Support

ProsCons
None
None
No
we have our own specialists to handle this situations
we have not used support for this product

Using IBM Cloud Databases

ProsCons
Relatively simple
Easy to use
Well integrated
Consistent
Quick to learn
Convenient
Feel confident using
Requires technical support
Lots to learn