Database migration notice

On November 14, 2024, ​Akamai​ reintroduces its managed database service in partnership with Aiven to bring customers higher performance, reliability, and flexibility. At launch, the new service is available in 20 core compute sites across the globe for distribution and low latency. More sites will be added as we move forward.

With the reintroduction of the new service, the resources currently available will be retired and you can no longer create database clusters that use the legacy service. Read this page to learn about the creation of new databases and migration of existing databases to the new infrastructure, and the pricing changes.

New database creation

Starting November 14th, 2024, you can set up new database instances through the Linode API and in Cloud Manager. These locations might be different from where your databases run currently.

Available locations:

NA:

  • Atlanta
  • Chicago
  • Dallas
  • Miami
  • Fremont
  • Newark
  • Toronto
  • Washington

EMEA:

  • Frankfurt
  • London
  • Paris
  • Amsterdam
  • Stockholm

APAC:

  • Chennai
  • Melbourne
  • Mumbai
  • Singapore
  • Sydney
  • Osaka
  • Tokyo

To learn how to create a new database, see Create a new database cluster .

Migration of existing databases

We highly recommend migrating data from the old database infrastructure as the old database infrastructure won’t receive updates anymore. ​Akamai​ will perform the migration of workloads from legacy databases infrastructure on your behalf. We plan to initiate the migration of the legacy clusters in January 2025.

You'll be offered the ability to select the final migration schedule window. We plan to provide this option till February 28, 2025. We'll send reminders as we get closer to this date. However, if you don't initiate the migration after two reminders, we will initiate the migration from the backend during off-business hours.

Important information on migration:

  • Selected databases will be migrated to a staging/UAT environment and will continue operating in that environment for 21 days. After 21 days the UAT environment will be erased.
  • During the migration, necessary upgrates will be performed.
  • There will be no extra cost for the migrated database in the staging/UAT environment. Once the migration is complete, you'll have the read-only access to your old instances for 14 days free of charge.
  • The new pricing table will apply to migrated database instances after March 31, 2025. Starting April 01, 2025 , you'll be charged based on the new pricing table regardless of the migration schedule.
  • Starting November 14, 2024, all new databases (created in the new Aiven-supported data centers) are charged as per the new pricing table from the creation date.

Additional notes

Restore works differently in the new solution. The forked database can be point in time, going back to last 14 days. It is a true synced copy of the database. When a new forked database is provisioned, the old one is not automatically deleted. You need to delete the original database after restoring the data to avoid extra billing. To learn more, see Manage backups.

Pricing

Starting November 14, 2024, we offer new, 2-node plans for dedicated databases. We'll introduce dedicated 512GB plans in the second half of 2025.

Shared Managed Database Plans

CoresRAM1-node Shared CPU Plans3-node Shared CPU Plans
1Shared 1GB, 1 node$16.00$37.00
1Shared 2GB, 1 node$32.00$74.00
2Shared 4GB, 1 node$63.00$147.00
4Shared 8GB, 1 node$126.00$294.00
6Shared 16GB, 1 node$252.00$588.00
8Shared 32GB, 1 node$504.00$1,176.00
16Shared 64GB, 1 node$1,008.00$2,352.00
20Shared 96GB, 1 node$1,512.00$3,545.00
24Shared 128GB, 1 node$2,016.00$4,726.00
32Shared 192GB, 1 node$3,025.00$7,090.00

Dedicated Managed Database Plans

CoresRAM 1-node
Dedicated CPU Plans
2-node
Dedicated CPU Plans (New)
3-node
Dedicated CPU Plans
2Dedicated 4GB $68.00 $143.00 $206.00
4Dedicated 8GB$136.00$285.00$410.00
8Dedicated 16GB$273.00$590.00$819.00
16Dedicated 32GB$546.00$1,168.00$1,638.00
32Dedicated 64GB$1,173.00$2,365.00$3,459.00
48Dedicated 96GB$1,759.00$3,632.00$5,195.00
50Dedicated 128GB$2,341.00$4,755.00$6,739.00
56Dedicated 256GB$4,684.00$9,118.00$13,553.00