SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer Research Chart: Challenges in Moving Databases to Cloud

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	Company Size	Industry	Response
IT Director	Medium Enterprise	Financial Services	Security concerns, including storing mission critical data outside our own datacenters Unsure about performance of databases in the cloud and the consistency of performance Stability and consistency. Ability of cloud vendors to meet our SLAs
Database Administrator (DBA)	Medium Enterprise	Computer Software	Security concerns, including storing mission critical data outside our own datacenters Unsure about performance of databases in the cloud and the consistency of performance Stability and consistency. Ability of cloud vendors to meet our SLAs
Database Administrator (DBA)	Medium Enterprise	Transportation Services	Security concerns, including storing mission critical data outside our own datacenters
Database Administrator (DBA)	Educational Institution	Educational Institution	Unknown or hard to quantify TCO or ROI Unsure about performance of databases in the cloud and the consistency of performance
IT Manager	Medium Enterprise	Financial Services	Not enough time to experiment, test and migrate Lack of expertise. Need more time to understand how the cloud works and how to solve for our needs Security concerns, including storing mission critical data outside our own datacenters Unsure about performance of databases in the cloud and the consistency of performance Stability and consistency. Ability of cloud vendors to meet our SLAs
System Administrator	Medium Enterprise	Energy & Utilities	Not enough time to experiment, test and migrate Lack of expertise. Need more time to understand how the cloud works and how to solve for our needs Security concerns, including storing mission critical data outside our own datacenters Unknown or hard to quantify TCO or ROI Unsure about performance of databases in the cloud and the consistency of performance Stability and consistency. Ability of cloud vendors to meet our SLAs
IT Manager	Large Enterprise	Consumer Services	Security concerns, including storing mission critical data outside our own datacenters
IT/Systems Administrator	Medium Enterprise	Computer Services	Security concerns, including storing mission critical data outside our own datacenters Unsure about performance of databases in the cloud and the consistency of performance
Database Administrator (DBA)	Small Business	Consumer Products	Lack of expertise. Need more time to understand how the cloud works and how to solve for our needs Security concerns, including storing mission critical data outside our own datacenters Unknown or hard to quantify TCO or ROI Unsure about performance of databases in the cloud and the consistency of performance
IT Manager	Medium Enterprise	Energy & Utilities	Security concerns, including storing mission critical data outside our own datacenters Unsure about performance of databases in the cloud and the consistency of performance Stability and consistency. Ability of cloud vendors to meet our SLAs

Not enough time to experiment, test and migrate	27%
Lack of expertise. Need more time to understand how the cloud works and how to solve for our needs	20%
Security concerns, including storing mission critical data outside our own datacenters	74%
Unknown or hard to quantify TCO or ROI	24%
Unsure about performance of databases in the cloud and the consistency of performance	41%
Stability and consistency. Ability of cloud vendors to meet our SLAs	27%
Other	12%

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Challenges in Moving Databases to Cloud

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