FAQs about Managed MySQL Hosting | SQLClusters

General Questions about Cloud Hosting for MySQL
- What we provide is a fully managed MySQL Hosting. Our MySQL hosting environment is built on our self-developed cloud application management platform.
- It is our quick evolving hosting solution for MySQL. It takes advantage of container and Kubernetes, which is the most popular and dominant container-orchestration system.
- SQL server hosting allows you to manage your RDMS (Relational Database Management System) by means of SQL. SQL is known for being simple to use and allows you to retrieve data from databases, edit existing data, create new data, execute queries and delete data.
- Aside from general operations to manage your hosting, our control panel supports administrative functions for MySQL, including FTPS server, monitoring metrics, and Shell / SSH.
- We provide technical support 24/7 via email. Sales department is available 24/7 via live chat and email. Billing department can be approached Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m via email. If you didn't find answers in the frequently asked question list, feel free to contact us
- Our philosophy is to provide managed hosting services for MySQL with affordable prices to small and medium-sized businesses.
- Currently, we have five data centers located in Dallas, Texas; Bend, Oregon; Charlotte, North Carolina; Denver, Colorado; and Kansas, City Missouri. When you order the MySQL Hosting, you can choose the location that is closer to your target audience.
Technical Questions about Cloud Hosting for MySQL
- Currently, we support MySQL 5.7 and MySQL 8.0 on our MySQL cloud hosting platform.
- Yes. The SSL connection is enabled by default for each newly created MySQL on our cloud hosting platform for MySQL.
- Yes. Our Kubernetes platform takes backups regularly. The backup frequency varies by hosting plan.
- Yes. You can back up your MySQL via our hosting control panel and download them.
- No. We do not set limits on your access to MySQL.
- You can manage users in the control panel in our cloud MySQL hosting. For detailed steps, please refer to the documentation.
- No. Our fully managed MySQL hosting on Kubernetes is based on standalone MySQL instance.
- We currently support the private cloud from our data centers in Dallas, Bend, Charlotte, Denver, and Kansas City. We are building more data centers and will support most of the popular public cloud providers in more regions in the near future.
- We currently support InnoDB in our managed MySQL hosting.
- We support the standard MySQL tool to restore your local backup onto our Kubernetes-based platform.
- Yes. Our control panel supports real-time resource usage monitoring. Please refer to this guide article on how you can do it.
- No. We support single-instance MySQL deployment.
- The maximum connections are 1000.
- No, we do not provide a root user by default. However, clients can create super users in our client panel.
Sales Questions about Cloud Hosting for MySQL
- Yes. For each account, permitted concurrent free-trial deployments are up to 3.
- If you are not sure what plan you should start with, you can choose a primitive plan and upgrade it to a higher level when necessary. The plan upgrade can be done in one click. There is almost no downtime during the process.
- The deployment on our platform can be a matter of minutes, even seconds.
- Yes. You can test our network speed at the Data Centers page.
- Yes. We offer a 99.9% uptime guarantee for our network and all servers.
- In the free-trial period, you will be able to enjoy our paid services for free.
- If you decide to continue using the service, you need to prepay for the hosting service before the trial is over. We will send you an invoice after you complete your billing information so that you can make the payment upfront. If you need help on this, please refer to the link.
- To start a free trial, please go to the Pricing page and click the 'Free Trial' button at the end of your interested plan.
- Of course. You can upgrade to the paid subscription at any time during the free trial. Thank you.
Billing Questions about Cloud Hosting for MySQL
- Currently, we accept payment in US Dollars only.
- Currently, we accept PayPal and credit card.
- You can get it by choosing a longer billing cycle. The longer the billing cycle is, the lower the price is.
- Please refer to the guide article.
- Please log in to your control panel and navigate to 'My Applications' to update your billing cycle.