Backup & Restore: What are the backup mechanisms, recovery point objectives (RPO), and recovery time objectives (RTO)?
Replication: Does it support data
replication for high availability and fault Once you have an email lead, the goal is to nurture them. Provide last database consistent, high-quality, and relevant content that addresses their pain points and interests. This can include blog posts, tutorials, case studies, and exclusive insights. tolerance?
Failover: How quickly and reliably can the system fail over to a secondary instance in case of a primary failure?
Multi-Region/Zone Deployment: Is geographical distribution for extreme resilience an option?
2.4. Integration & Ecosystem:
APIs & Connectors: How well does it integrate with your existing applications, making the right database investment development frameworks, and BI tools?
Query Language: Is the query language
(SQL, GraphQL, etc.) familiar to your team?
Tooling: Are there mature tools for administration, monitoring, performance tuning, and development?
Third-Party Support: Does it have a vibrant ecosystem of third-party tools, plugins, and services?
2.5. Cost of Ownership (TCO):
Licensing Fees: Are there upfront costs for licenses (perpetual, subscription)?
Infrastructure Costs: (For on-premise) Hardware, fax marketing power, cooling, network. (For cloud) Compute, storage, I/O, data transfer.
Operational Costs: Administration, maintenance, monitoring, patching, backups.
Support Costs: Vendor support contracts.
Training Costs: For your development and operations teams.
Migration Costs: If moving from an existing system.
Vendor & Community Support:
Vendor Reputation: Is the vendor stable, reliable, and committed to future development?
Support Levels: What kind of support is offered (24/7, severity-based SLAs)?
Documentation & Resources: Is there comprehensive documentation, tutorials, and knowledge bases?
Community: For open-source databases, is there an active and supportive community?
2.7. Ease of Use & Management:
Developer Experience: How easy is it for developers to interact with the database?
Administrator Experience: How complex is setup, configuration, and ongoing maintenance?
Monitoring & Observability: Are there built-in or readily available tools for monitoring performance and health?