Municipal DBAs insist on installing, patching, and tuning the database engine themselves on virtual machines. Which deployment option are they choosing?
Select an answer to reveal the explanation.
Short Explanation
If the DBAs want to wrench on the engine themselves — install, patch, tune — they are keeping the keys to the garage. That is self-managed: the city owns the database software lifecycle on those VMs. Managed services and SaaS would take that wrench out of their hands.
Full Explanation
Self-managed database deployments place engine installation, patching, backup tooling, and tuning responsibility on the customer operating system and VM stack. Provider-managed database services shift those engine operations to the cloud provider. Choosing self-managed is appropriate when teams require full control, subject to the operational burden that entails.