IBM Cloud Databases

IBM Cloud offers fully managed database services covering relational, document, key-value, and time-series workloads. These services handle provisioning, scaling, patching, backups, and high availability.

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IBM Cloud Databases for PostgreSQL

PostgreSQL is the most popular open-source relational database on IBM Cloud:

Key Features

• Fully managed — automated backups, patching, and scaling
• High availability — deployed across multiple availability zones
• Encryption — data encrypted at rest and in transit
• Scaling — independently scale CPU, memory, and storage
• Extensions — support for popular PostgreSQL extensions (PostGIS, pgvector, etc.)

Backups

• Automatic daily backups retained for 30 days
• Point-in-time recovery (PITR) — restore to any point within the retention window
• On-demand backups — create manual backups at any time

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Db2 on Cloud

IBM Db2 is a relational database with decades of enterprise heritage:

Edition	Description
Db2 on Cloud	Fully managed Db2 in the cloud
Db2 Warehouse	Managed analytical data warehouse (MPP architecture)

Key Features