App Engine: Google strengthens the persistence of data with a SQL Cloud offers, available for MySQL beta test

Google App Engine has added a range of relational database environment Cloud. ” Google Cloud SQL ”is available in Beta free, closed by invitation. This is Google after the feature most requested by application developers-oriented data on App Engine. These can now delegate the entire management of the DB component to Google that provides a complete cloud environment for popular relational database (MySQL only a beginning.) Google App Engine so far limited data persistence on the approach BigTable-key values, an owner-oriented DBMS columns, developed internally by Google. Powerful, but much less popular than SQL “ traditional . “ ” This should allow you to focus on application development and services, free of chores for the management, maintenance and administration of relational databases , “says Google lists the advantages of the tender: In addition to the zero maintenance and zero-administration, Google promises high reliability and availability. The data will be replicated synchronously on multiple data centers. ” The failures of machines, racks, data centers will be managed automatically to limit the impact on end users , “reassures Navneet Joneja, head of the new products at Google. For Java and Python (the two languages ​​of the platform), Google App Engine will support JDBC interfaces, respectively, and DB-API. Will be included in the offering features import and export between the MySQL database standard. A complete administration panel will create and manage databases. Google promises to publish the service rates Cloud SQL at least one month before the start of billing. Source: official blog of App Engine 

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