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Organizations today face increasingly complex decisions about where and how to deploy their database infrastructure. Multi-cloud database strategies, which involve distributing data systems across multiple cloud providers such as AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, have emerged as a viable approach for enterprises seeking to balance cost, performance, and flexibility. Understanding the economic implications of these deployments is essential for making informed strategic decisions that align with both technical requirements and business objectives. With that in mind, today's blog article will cover important cost analysis considerations, how to avoid vendor lock-in, and more!

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For years, Raft and Paxos have been the foundational pillars of distributed consensus in database systems. These algorithms revolutionized how distributed databases could maintain consistency across multiple nodes, providing reliable ways to agree on data values even in the face of network partitions and node failures. However, as applications have become increasingly global and data volumes have exploded, the database community has recognized that traditional consensus algorithms, while robust, can create bottlenecks in performance and scalability.

The emergence of new consensus mechanisms represents a fundamental shift in how we think about distributed databases. Modern approaches are designed from the ground up to handle the unique challenges of globally distributed systems, where network latency between distant data centers can be measured in hundreds of milliseconds rather than single-digit values. These next-generation algorithms prioritize not just correctness, but also throughput, latency reduction, and efficient resource utilization across geographically dispersed infrastructure.

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The journey of running databases in containerized environments has been a transformative one, marking a significant shift from the early days when Kubernetes was designed primarily for stateless applications. Today, containerized databases represent a mature technology stack that enables organizations to manage data workloads with the same agility and scalability they've come to expect from their application layers. This evolution has been driven by innovations in persistent storage, specialized orchestration tools, and a growing understanding of how to balance the dynamic nature of containers with the stability requirements of stateful data systems.

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For decades, databases have been firmly planted on servers and in data centers, accessible only through network calls from client applications. WebAssembly (WASM) is fundamentally changing this equation by enabling database engines to run directly in browsers, edge computing environments, and serverless platforms with performance that rivals native applications. This technological convergence opens new possibilities for developers, from offline-first applications to distributed data processing at the network edge. In this article, we'll examine some concrete examples of WASM databases both new and traditional, and learn about the tools available for managing these distributed data workloads.

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