Data Persistence

(DP-100) Managed Services Only

Only fully managed storage services are to be used for hosting a database in a shared environment.

Rationale:

• Managing database servers is an incredibly complex and resource-intensive endeavor. By utilizing managed services, operational overhead is greatly reduced.

Exceptions:

• None

(DP-200) Approved Database Engines

Only the following database engines are approved for projects in Labs:

Engine	Permitted Versions	Providers
Postgres	> 11.5.0	AWS RDS, Heroku Postgres
DynamoDB		AWS

All other database engines are prohibited, including:

• MongoDB, SQLite, MySQL, DB2

Rationale:

• We restrict database engine use in BloomTech Labs so that we can focus our resources on a subset of available technologies. By narrowing the field of choices, we feel that product quality will be improved through the sharing of common knowledge and reusable components.

Exceptions:

• None