Basic Edition is a cost-optimized option for entry-level data warehouse workloads, POC testing, and storage-intensive scenarios where high availability is not required. Released on September 29, 2021.
Edition comparison
| Basic Edition | High-availability Edition | |
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| Architecture | Single-replica | Multi-replica |
| Storage cost | Half the cost of High-availability Edition | Standard |
| Storage type | Enhanced SSDs (ESSDs) | — |
| I/O performance | Up to 5x improvement in I/O-intensive scenarios | Standard |
| Data integrity | Maintained via ESSD even on compute node failure | — |
| Recommended for | Dev/test, POC, cost-sensitive workloads | Core production workloads |
Basic Edition uses a single-replica architecture, which eliminates the storage overhead of maintaining multiple replicas. Enhanced SSDs preserve data even when a compute node fails. For core production workloads, use High-availability Edition.
Availability
Basic Edition is available in the following regions:
China
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China (Beijing): Zone I
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China (Hangzhou): Zone J
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China (Shanghai): Zone L
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China (Shenzhen): Zone F
Asia Pacific
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Singapore: Zone C
Use cases
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Data warehouse building: POC testing and storage-intensive data warehouses
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Data exploration: Offline report analytics and interactive data analytics
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Temporal GIS data analytics: Geographic information system (GIS) data analytics
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Machine learning feature engineering: Feature engineering for machine learning workloads
What's next
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Basic Edition architecture and storage details — compare single-replica and multi-replica configurations
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Create an AnalyticDB for PostgreSQL instance — get started with a Basic Edition instance