Alexis MPMar 29, 2023
jmac

My product team at Google just released a downloadable edition of #AlloyDB, its #PostgreSQL-compatible database engine loaded with lots of neat features like an index advisor and a columnar engine and so on and suchlike.

It's in preview! You can install it on any newish RHEL or Debian-like and try it out for free.

https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/databases/run-alloydb-anywhere

I co-authored the docs, by gar.

#Postgres #databases #TechWriting

Downloadable edition of AlloyDB that runs anywhere. | Google Cloud Blog

Today, we’re excited to announce the technology preview of AlloyDB Omni, a downloadable edition of AlloyDB designed to run on premises, at the edge, across clouds, or even on developer laptops.

Google Cloud Blog
Mar 29, 2023 at 1:25pmWeb
Show threadJennifer Davis ✨👩🏻‍💻Mar 29, 2023
@jmac this is awesome!!! I can’t wait to try it out!
Show threadTaleslingerMar 29, 2023
@jmac just for the fun of it, can you explain what this is in layman's term?
Show threadjmacMar 29, 2023

@Taleslinger Two ways to look at it:

* AlloyDB is a commercial, cloud-based database service that Google runs. AlloyDB Omni is its new, streamlined, downloadable edition that you can install and run on your own computer, instead of the cloud.

* AlloyDB Omni is fully compatible with the popular free and open-source database system PostgreSQL. If you have software that uses PostgreSQL, you can configure it to try AlloyDB Omni instead.

That's about it!

Show threadAndreas ScherbaumMar 29, 2023
@jmac This is tagged as "Open Source", but it's not open source, right?
Show threadjmacMar 29, 2023
@ascherbaum Right. Not sure why or where it's tagged that way; I suppose because it's adjacent to Linux and Postgres? But AlloyDB Omni itself isn't open source software.
Show threadAndreas ScherbaumMar 29, 2023
@jmac Pity. Nevertheless will look at this, but not sure how this fits into our audit requirements if we can't verify the build.
Show threadjmacMar 29, 2023
@ascherbaum And now I see the tag you're talking about! In which case I simplify my answer to "No, AlloyDB Omni is not open source." Thank you for asking! :)