Gartner said: cloud database is developing strongly, but local database is still full of vitality

Gartner A new report from the University of California found that , The company continues to run the local database workload , But the trend towards cloud computing is strong .

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Thanks to the cloud , The database market is growing . But as Gartner analysts Merv Adrian As detailed , The local database market is still vibrant . How many lives ？2021 year , The company's spending on local database software has increased 22 Billion dollars .

As I mentioned before , The cloud market is growing very rapidly , But about 95% Of IT The market is still firmly local （ With hardware 、 Software and service expenditure measurement ）, It can be said that the cloud is fair and the future needs time .

But maybe not as much time as some people think .

The impact of cloud on database

just as Adrian What is explained , The entire database market has roughly doubled in the past five years , Cloud database accounts for about half of them (49%). There are several reasons for this shift to the cloud ： Cloud database makes data closer to consumers and creators of data , Even if they make it easier to extend the underlying infrastructure needed to power them .

This is why database workloads are migrating to the cloud . So why don't all the database workloads go there ？

The obvious answer is , The costs associated with moving to the cloud are not always offset by the benefits . For some database workloads , They work well in the data center , And there is little interest in fixing things that are thought not to have been destroyed . Raise concerns about data security in sensitive government or healthcare applications, or large legacy applications where the perception of latency in the cloud persists （ Right or wrong ）, Obviously , There is still room for the local database workload to grow . in fact ,Adrian Find out , According to historical standards , The growth rate of the local workload is consistent with that of the past few years .

The problem is that the growth of the cloud has accelerated significantly . It is not just a question of transcendence .

“ Local revenue growth … Continue to maintain a stable trend , But as some suppliers began to slide , It may be approaching a turning point ,” Adrian points out .

say concretely , He emphasized that the cloud revenue of Microsoft and other local database software suppliers grew faster . Although he didn't say so , But these vendors are likely to be motivated to push customers to the cloud （ Among other reasons , It's unlikely to be lost ）, As a result, the local income will deteriorate faster in the next few years .

in fact , Talking about other things “ Local DBMS Income decline ” Database provider for ,Adrian Warning ：“ If they are not involved in Cloud Computing , The market will ignore them —— If local incomes are falling , Cloud revenue can not keep up with the market , Trouble is still ahead .”

in other words , Yes , The need for local database software still exists . in fact , Quite a few . But there is also reason to believe , It is the vendor selling this local software that has the most incentive to help customers migrate to the cloud .

Source of the article ：https://www.techrepublic.com/article/cloud-databases-on-premises-persists/