IDG Contributor Network: Counting database costs: databases and elasticity

“Dictatorship and rigidity rarely work. Freedom and elasticity do.” –Robert Mondavi
Historically, enterprise databases and elasticity have been mutually exclusive: you could either maintain the trust and consistency you get from a database of record, or you could have the ability to adjust your database on demand in reaction to (or anticipation of) volume spikes, but you could not have both. However, in this era of digital transformation, today’s business cannot afford t