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December 17, 2007 10:35 PM

Amazon Launches Database-as-a-Service

Amazon.com has launched a new Web service for running queries on structured data; SimpleDB. Similar to what it has successfully done with online book buying service, Amazon is hoping to achieve the same with database service.

The Amazon SimpleDB offers the same core functionality of a database such as real-time lookup and simple querying of structured data. The big difference is that it eliminates the operational complexity of how an operational database works.

The Amazon SimpleDB does not require schema and it automatically indexes data aside from providing simple API for data storage and access.

To create and store multiple datasets which enables users to query data easily, the Amazon SimpleDB offers a simple web services interface to carry out these tasks.

When users create a simpleDB, they can organize their structured data into domains and run queries across all of the data stored in particular domain. SimpleDB running on a domain can be viewed as a traditional spreadsheet database table. Domain items are the rows of data, its attributes are the column headers and the values are the data entered in each of the table cells.

Among the highlights of the SimpleDB are:

  • Simplicity of use - streamlined access to database lookup and query functions; lets users add, retrieve and edit data without the complexity of a relational database

  • Flexibility - add new attributes to simpleDB data set when needed; automatically index data, store structured data with defining a schema

  • Scalability - easily monitor data as it continues to grow, get a new domain when the current domain can no longer hold data sizes

  • Fast - storage and retrieval of data can done quickly and efficiently

  • Reliability - indexed data are stored across Amazon's multiple servers and data centers

  • Integrates with Amazon Web Services - such as Amazon EC2 and Amazon S3.

  • Affordability - users pay only for resources they use

    • posted by Arnold Zafra in Web2.0

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