What is our primary use case?
My main use case for YugabyteDB Aeon is that it is a multi-cloud PostgreSQL database, and I work as a DBA to record data, including unstructured data, and maintain storage. For a specific example of how I use YugabyteDB Aeon in my daily work, I can say this is a database that is really useful. For instance, it enables medical-specific data to be spread globally without compromising local data residency. YugabyteDB Aeon has geo-partitioning capabilities, so we can have our DBA oversee this. By utilizing a single global table instead of a standard regional database, it works on a cluster as well.
What is most valuable?
The best features YugabyteDB Aeon offers are that it is a fully managed YugabyteDB service that allows running a YugabyteDB cluster in a multi-cloud environment.
The multi-cloud capability of YugabyteDB Aeon positively impacts my workflow, as we have different subscriptions where we have to work. YugabyteDB Aeon has positively impacted my organization by being an open-source project that helps work on open mobility as well. The main features that stand out are geo-partitioning and applications in a long capability.
What needs improvement?
I have no comments on how YugabyteDB Aeon can be improved because I have not worked as much on this database. There is no output on this question from my side. From my side, no improvement is required for YugabyteDB Aeon; all is good right now.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using YugabyteDB Aeon for only a year.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
In my experience, YugabyteDB Aeon is not as stable as the customer requires.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
YugabyteDB Aeon's scalability is dependent upon the subscription over the public cloud.
How are customer service and support?
The customer support for YugabyteDB Aeon is not very good.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I did use a different solution before YugabyteDB Aeon, but it is different from YugabyteDB Aeon.
How was the initial setup?
I find it acceptable to integrate YugabyteDB Aeon with my existing systems and applications.
YugabyteDB Aeon handles failover and disaster recovery in my experience by working for database recovery, and we perform HA, geo-partitioning, and all related functions.
What about the implementation team?
YugabyteDB Aeon is compatible with other tools or databases in my environment and has integrated well, but this information I will not share with you.
The monitoring and alerting capability of YugabyteDB Aeon meets my needs, as it has multiple built-in dashboards and tracks user structure, query performance, intelligent recommendations, and out-of-the-box integrations with third-party applications such as Hill to monitor.
The backup and restore functionality with YugabyteDB Aeon has different facilities available; mainly, there are third-party applications such as Commvault for backup.
What was our ROI?
I have not seen a return on investment from YugabyteDB Aeon; I cannot share any relevant metrics such as money saved, time saved, or fewer employees.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
I do not know about the experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing for YugabyteDB Aeon because it will be managed by the account department.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
Before choosing YugabyteDB Aeon, I evaluated other options; as such, we are not using AI options other than YugabyteDB, and after YugabyteDB Aeon, I will work on multiple AI tools such as Teradata, Cloudera, and all.
What other advice do I have?
I would rate YugabyteDB Aeon an eight out of ten.
I choose eight out of ten because YugabyteDB Aeon does not work on a large scale level database; it works better for small databases or we can say cloud databases.
Regarding YugabyteDB Aeon's AI capabilities, I think that there are no particular built-in features where we can use it for risk governance and security.
Concerning YugabyteDB Aeon's AI capabilities, for cloud-native software applications, it will be reliable, but we cannot say it will be reliable for bare-metal clusters.
In terms of latency and throughput for my workloads, YugabyteDB Aeon has different workload mechanisms to integrate, so it depends on how my workload is required.
The documentation and learning resources for YugabyteDB Aeon are useful, as the knowledge articles provided by YugabyteDB Aeon are useful but need consolidated data on what is required.
My advice for others looking into using YugabyteDB Aeon is that you can use YugabyteDB Aeon if you are using the public cloud, not on the private cloud or private infrastructure. My overall rating for YugabyteDB Aeon is eight out of ten.