Tradeoffs Appian's cloud native Database (MariaDB) x Customer Database

RE: Tradeoffs Appian's cloud native Database (MariaDB) x Customer Database

Mathieu Drouin — Mon, 22 Apr 2024 10:33:02 GMT

Another consideration could be data restoration.

In the cloud, everything is backed up at the same time (process and DB Data) by taking a instance snapshot. If you have an on-premise database, your DB backup could be slightly out of sync with the process data.

RE: Tradeoffs Appian's cloud native Database (MariaDB) x Customer Database

Daniel Abbehusen — Mon, 22 Apr 2024 01:17:15 GMT

Thanks for the help! 🙂

RE: Tradeoffs Appian's cloud native Database (MariaDB) x Customer Database

Shubham Aware — Sun, 21 Apr 2024 18:04:44 GMT

Hello Daniel Abbehusen
The choice between Appian's built-in MariaDB and your client's own database depends entirely on their security requirements and project needs.

Appian's database offers a user-friendly, secure option ideal for simpler projects where a quick setup is crucial. However, if the project involves highly sensitive data or the client has a robust existing database infrastructure, using their own database provides greater control and flexibility for complex needs.

Ultimately, the best solution depends on your client's specific priorities.

RE: Tradeoffs Appian's cloud native Database (MariaDB) x Customer Database

karthikkanjerla — Sun, 21 Apr 2024 17:35:12 GMT

As Stefan mentioned, it would be better to understand client/customer data protection policies.

Primary questions which may come up related to data encryption, Please find the below links if it helps, related to data base encryption

https://docs.appian.com/suite/help/24.1/Appian_Cloud_Database_Encryption.html

In case of data to be encrypted at a column level you can write your own plugin or their are plugins available in app market which you can make use of it.

RE: Tradeoffs Appian's cloud native Database (MariaDB) x Customer Database

Stefan Helzle — Sun, 21 Apr 2024 16:25:08 GMT

In general, the close the database system is, the lower the latency. Then I think this is a question of the data protection policies of that client and the overall IT architecture guidelines.

In my experience, with Appian, we do not use many of the countless database features and if you have no very specific requirements then just go with the included DB.

In case you want/need direct access, Appian provides a way to do that.