EDB BigAnimal: Harnessing the Power of Cloud PostgreSQL
Tags: database, postgres
Published: 2023-07-17 09:36:51

In today's data-driven world, businesses face immense pressure to handle and process vast amounts of data efficiently. This has led to the emergence of advanced database solutions that are both highly scalable and provide optimal performance. EDB BigAnimal is one such technology that offers such a solution for managing large-scale PostgreSQL databases in the cloud.

In this blog we will be exploring the different features, benefits, and capabilities of EDB BigAnimal.

## What is EDB BigAnimal?
BigAnimal is a cloud-based, fully managed, PostgreSQL database solution. It was developed by EnterpriseDB (EDB), a leading global provider of Postgres software and services.
BigAnimal allows users to migrate from Oracle and offer deep compatibility and a plethora of useful tools and features aimed at helping users avail the benefits of using PostgreSQL.

### Key Features and Functionality
Let's take a closer look at the features and functionalities EDB BigAnimal has to offer.

1. **Scalability**: BigANimal is designed to handle massive workloads and scale horizontally to effectively tackle ever increasing data demands. Organisations using BigAnimal can easily add or remove nodes, enabling their data infrastructure to remain flexible and adaptable.
2. **High Availability**: Ensuring high availability is crucial for any business. Users need to be able access any of their data, at any time and from anywhere. BigAnimal offers high availability configurations such as synchronous and asynchronous replication, automatic failover, and data redundancy to minimise downtime and prevent data loss.
3. **Disaster Recovery**: Protecting data and ensuring disaster recovery is also a crucial requirement in database management. BigAnimal provides robust disaster recovery solutions and allows organisations to enable point-in-time recovery and to minimise damage from data loss caused by unforeseen disasters.
4. **Geo-distributed Data**: BigAnimal allows users to implement Active-active architecture and deploy clusters across various regions and/or availability zones with multi-write access equipped.
5. **Performance Monitoring and Tuning**: BigAnimal offers advanced performance monitoring and tubing capabilities where users can tune up to 97% of available parameters. This provides administrators with valuable insights into database performance and resource utilisation optimization.
6. **Cross-Platform Support**: BigAnimal is specifically designed to support various operating systems and ensure compatibility with any cloud providers and on-premises deployments as well. You can deploy on any cloud, in your account or on EDB BigAnimal as well.

## Command Line Interface (CLI)
BigAnimal offers a user-friendly CLI for management and configuration activities. The CLI can be installed on Linux, MacOS, and Windows operating systems and enables system administrators and developers to script and automate BigAnimal operations.

## Oracle Compatibility
We have already discussed how BigAnimal is built to provide a smooth migration from Oracle database to PostgreSQL. But that's not all.
BigAnimal offers compatibility with Oracle SQL and PL/SQL and also allows procedures written in PL/SQL to be converted to PL/pgSQL (PostgreSQL's procedural language).

## Conclusion
EDB BigAnimal is a fairly robust and scalable PostgreSQL database management solution which empowers enterprises to meet the challenges of handling large-scale data workloads head-on. It offers high availability, disaster recovery, and performance optimization features. It also provides a powerful and reliable option for organisations seeking to utilise the full potential of PostgreSQL in the cloud.