Cloud database

A cloud database is a database that typically runs on a cloud computing platform, with access provided as a service. There are two common deployment models: users can run databases on the cloud independently, using a virtual machine image, or they can purchase access to a database service maintained by a cloud database provider. Cloud databases may use either a relational SQL or a NoSQL data model.

Database services handle scalability and high availability, while making the underlying software stack transparent to users.

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