Alibaba PolarDB

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Alibaba's cloud-native distributed relational database family with compute-storage separation, MySQL/PostgreSQL/Oracle-compatible editions, PolarDB-X for horizontal sharding, and up to 100 TB per cluster — commonly described as Alibaba's answer to Aurora

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Jurisdictional exposure

Provider HQ
CNHangzhou, China

Subject to PIPL, DSL, CSL

Region locations
APACCNEUUKUSOther26 regions across 6 jurisdictions
Sovereign option
Yes — 11 sovereign-flagged regions available
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Attributes

Max Storage
100 TB

Sub-services (4)

PolarDB for MySQL

MySQL 5.6/5.7/8.0 compatible with up to 15 read-only nodes and shared storage

PolarDB for PostgreSQL

PostgreSQL 11-14 compatible engine on the PolarDB storage layer

PolarDB for Oracle

Oracle-compatible distributed SQL for migrating legacy Oracle workloads

PolarDB-X

Horizontally sharded distributed SQL engine built on PolarDB-MySQL

Compliance & Certifications

This service is attested for the following frameworks. Always verify with the provider before relying on a specific compliance posture.

GDPRSOC 2ISO 27001PCI DSS

Where this runs

26 regions
15 countries
11sovereign
Sovereign regions (11)
  • China (Hangzhou) · HangzhouAlibaba Cloud China
  • China (Beijing) · BeijingAlibaba Cloud China
  • China (Shanghai) · ShanghaiAlibaba Cloud China
  • China (Shenzhen) · ShenzhenAlibaba Cloud China
  • China (Chengdu) · ChengduAlibaba Cloud China
  • China (Zhangjiakou) · ZhangjiakouAlibaba Cloud China
  • China (Hohhot) · HohhotAlibaba Cloud China
  • China (Qingdao) · QingdaoAlibaba Cloud China
  • China (Heyuan) · HeyuanAlibaba Cloud China
  • China (Ulanqab) · UlanqabAlibaba Cloud China
  • China (Wuhan) · WuhanAlibaba Cloud China
Commercial regions (15)

Europe (2)

  • Frankfurt
  • London

North America (2)

  • Silicon Valley
  • Virginia

Asia (9)

  • Hong Kong
  • Mumbai
  • Jakarta
  • Tokyo
  • Kuala Lumpur
  • Manila
  • Singapore
  • Seoul
  • Bangkok

Oceania (1)

  • Sydney

Middle East (1)

  • Dubai

Tags

distributed-sqlmysqlpostgresqloracle-compatcloud-nativedatabase

Equivalent services on other platforms

Amazon AuroraAWS

Cloud-native MySQL and PostgreSQL-compatible relational database with up to 5x MySQL throughput, 15 low-latency read replicas, storage auto-scaling to 128 TiB, and Global Database for sub-second cross-region replication

Azure SQL DatabaseAzure

Managed relational SQL Server database with built-in intelligence, automatic tuning, Hyperscale tier up to 100 TB, serverless auto-pause, and Always Encrypted for sensitive columns

Cloud SpannerGCP

Globally distributed, horizontally scalable relational database

Pricing

Pricing model:pay-as-you-go