Database Gateway is a secure, reliable, and cost-effective database access service. This article describes how Baixing.com used Database Gateway to solve its business challenges.
Baixing.com
Industry: Online classifieds provider
Company website: https://www.baixing.com/
Company Profile
Founded in 2005, Baixing.com is a leading online classifieds provider in China and a prime example of an asset-light internet business model. The platform offers a one-stop hub for local life services, including recruitment, housing, vehicle and secondhand goods trading, education, and local social networking. Baixing.com also provides comprehensive and precise marketing solutions for small and medium-sized businesses.
Challenges
The company faced the following challenges during database migration:
A cross-cloud migration required exposing its database to the public network, which posed significant security risks.
Setting up a VPN or a dedicated connection for the cross-cloud migration was too costly.
The Solution
Baixing.com used Alibaba Cloud's Data Transmission Service (DTS) and Database Gateway (DG) to enable cross-cloud migration for its databases on a private network. This solution did not require exposing the databases to the public network. Instead, the company only needed to install a DG agent. This agent uses a reverse proxy to establish a secure connection, enabling long-distance data migration with data compression and high concurrency.
Benefits
With Database Gateway, Baixing.com could perform a cross-cloud migration of its databases on a private network without exposing them to the public network. This solved the critical challenge of connecting cloud services to databases in its on-premises data center and ensured data security throughout the migration.
Database Gateway's compression and high concurrency features facilitated efficient long-distance data migration.
Data Transmission Service (DTS) provided a simple, one-click solution for migrating data to the cloud.
Customer Testimonial
"Alibaba Cloud DTS and DG provide a secure and reliable way to perform cross-cloud migration for our databases on a private network. This solution protects our merchants' and users' information and reduces our operational costs."