MongoDB Atlas Adds Serverless Option

Installing and maintaining database software, either on your own server or on a virtual cloud server, is a pain. You need to keep software up to date, ensure proper security, and fix any of the myriad problems that could arise at any time. If your database goes down, your application goes down with it.

Atlas, a database-as-a-service offering from MongoDB (NASDAQ: MDB), largely solves these problems. With Atlas, MongoDB handles many of the details, including security, backups, and performance optimization. There are no servers to manage for an Atlas customer, just a database running on one of the big cloud platforms.

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