Reimagining Database Cloning with Nutanix Database Service (NDB): Fast, Smart and Efficient

While database cloning is one of the most impactful and widely adopted use cases, Nutanix Database Service (NDB) goes far beyond that by simplifying and automating the full database lifecycle across engines, including:

• Provisioning - Rapidly deploy new databases and database servers from a service catalog, pre-configured with organizational best practices.
• Backup and Recovery - Protect databases with snapshot and log-based protection and recover large databases to a point in time within minutes
• Automated Patching - Apply database engine updates, cumulative updates, and service packs in bulk across hundreds of databases with minimal effort.
• Elastic Storage Scaling - Expand database storage on demand, with visibility and control over utilization across the fleet.
• High Availability & Disaster Recovery - Automate deployment of HA/DR topologies across different database engines to ensure resilience and uptime.
• Hybrid Multicloud Operations - Manage databases consistently across on-prem, private cloud, and public cloud platforms such as AWS and Azure.
• Golden Image Compliance - Ensure standardization, compliance, and governance by enforcing golden images and consistent builds across all databases.

Where can I test this capability?

Getting started with NDB is easy. Simply sign-up for a free test drive online to experience how easy it is to provision, take snapshots, create clones and restore your databases within minutes. No software to download or install.

Final Thoughts

Database cloning is critical but traditionally can be slow, storage-intensive, and complex. With NDB, you can clone multi-terabyte databases in minutes, save massive amounts of storage, streamline operations across multiple database engines, and keep clones fresh with automated refreshes and expiration policies.

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