Database as a service in a public administration datacenter

Starting from the presence of a regional optical fiber network dedicated to the Public Administrations (the Lepida Network) and from the needs of the territory, in Emilia Romagna a regional datacenter spread over several locations has been fulfilled; this datacenter, among others also aims to deliver Platform as a Service (PaaS), and in particular cloud database services, to Local Authorities (Public Administrations — PA), with the goal of waste reduction, costs reduction, efficiency and reuse. The purpose of this paper is to illustrate the model for the delivery of Database as a Service (DBaaS) chosen by LepidaSpA, and the difficulties encountered in the deployment of this model, with particular reference to the specifics of Lepida Network and the choices made in relation to the database platforms (Oracle DBaaS, and MySQL DBaaS through Open City Platform).

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