--- title: "Databases & Analytics - Responsibility sharing" description: "Cloud Databases and Analytics allow you to focus on building and deploying cloud applications while OVHcloud takes care of the engine infrastructure and mainten" url: https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/public-cloud/data-analytics/responsibility-sharing lang: en --- > For AI agents: the complete documentation index is available at https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/llms.txt, the full documentation bundle is available at https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/llms-full.txt. # Databases & Analytics - Responsibility sharing Cloud Databases and Analytics allow you to focus on building and deploying cloud applications while OVHcloud takes care of the engine infrastructure and maintenance in operational conditions. The RACI below details shared responsibilities between OVHcloud and the customer for Cloud Databases and Analytics services. This shared model can help relieve the customer’s operational burden.   ## RACI definition | | | ------------------------------------------------------ | | **Roles** | | R: Is in charge of carrying out the process | | A: Guarantees the successful completion of the process | | C: Is consulted during the process | | I: Is informed of the results of the process | For your information, a **Service** is considered a Cloud Databases or Analytics service[\*](#go-further) such as a MySQL®, PostgreSQL®, MongoDB®, Valkey, or Kafka®.   ### 1. Before subscription #### 1.1. Specify service as needed | **Activity** | **Customer** | **OVHcloud** | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------ | ------------ | | Learn about the capabilities and limitations of the Services detailed in the OVHcloud documentation | RA | I | | Choose service location | RA | I | | Size services as needed | RA | I | | Choose options as needed | RA | I |   ### 2. Service availability #### 2.1. Install service | **Activity** | **Customer** | **OVHcloud** | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------ | ------------ | | Produce, route, deliver, and maintain physical machines, virtual machines, and hosting buildings |   | RA | | Buy and hold licenses and usage rights for software provided by OVHcloud |   | RA | | Buy and hold licenses and usage rights for backup solutions provided by OVHcloud |   | RA |   #### 2.2. Reversibility model | **Activity** | **Customer** | **OVHcloud** | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------ | ------------ | | Offer standard solutions and protocols for importing and exporting data | I | RA |   ### 3. Service usage #### 3.1. Operations ##### **3.1.1. Daily operations** | **Activity** | **Customer** | **OVHcloud** | | ------------------------------------------------------ | ------------ | ------------ | | Use all virtual machines (nodes) deployed in the IaaS |   | RA | | Decide to add/delete resources to the existing service | RA | I | | Add/delete resources to the existing service | I | RA | ##### **3.1.2. Access management** | **Activity** | **Customer** | **OVHcloud** | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------ | ------------ | | Manage access and security policy for Service users | RA | I | | Managing OVHcloud teams’ physical access to infrastructures |   | RA | | Managing OVHcloud teams’ logical access to infrastructures | I | RA | | Managing access to the OVHcloud Control Panel | RA | I | | Manage access to management interfaces specific to the Service (command line, API, etc.) | RA | I | ##### **3.1.3. Monitoring** | **Activity** | **Customer** | **OVHcloud** | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------ | ------------ | | Monitor the proper functioning of physical devices (utilities) in support of the Platform as a Service |   | RA | | Monitor the proper functioning of virtual devices (utilities) in support of Platform as a Service | I | RA | | Monitor physical and virtual resource performance | I | RA | | Monitor service performance | RA | I | | Process and pay for alarms from managed devices in the Databases or Analytics infrastructure | I | RA | | Maintain logs generated by Databases or Analytics services | RA | RA | | Keep logs of the Service hosted on Databases or Analytics | RA |   | ##### **3.1.4. Storage** | **Activity** | **Customer** | **OVHcloud** | | ----------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------ | ------------ | | Managing content hosted on Databases or Analytics services | RA | I | | Ensuring data continuity and sustainability | RA |   | | Perform storage and backup device maintenance |   | RA | | Create, modify, control, restore, and delete internal backup jobs | I | RA | ##### **3.1.5. Connectivity** | **Activity** | **Customer** | **OVHcloud** | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------ | ------------ | | Operate automatic network management systems (architecture, implementation, software, and hardware maintenance for deployed public and private networks) | I | RA | | Manage IP addressing plan | RA |   | ##### **3.1.6. Management** | **Activity** | **Customer** | **OVHcloud** | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------ | ------------ | | Ensuring the security of management infrastructures (API, Control Panel) | I | RA | | Ensure the security of the operating systems and software installed on the services | I | RA | | Managing the physical security of equipment and infrastructures hosted at OVHcloud | I | RA | | Maintain Databases or Analytics services and their extensions | C | RA | ##### **3.1.7. Business continuity** | **Activity** | **Customer** | **OVHcloud** | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------ | ------------ | | Manage automatic management systems for the infrastructure provided | I | RA | | Maintain a business continuity and disaster recovery plan for hosted services | RA | I |   #### 3.2. Event management ##### **3.2.1. Incidents** | **Activity** | **Customer** | **OVHcloud** | | -------------------------------------------------------- | ------------ | ------------ | | Intervening with Databases or Analytics managed elements |   | RA | ##### **3.2.2. Changes** | **Activity** | **Customer** | **OVHcloud** | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------ | ------------ | | Comply with the Public Cloud Enterprise Lifecycle Policy | RA |   | | Deploy patches, update software and information systems hosted in Databases or Analytics | CI | RA | | Confirm the customer's request to change the hardware or software for the Databases or Analytics service | A | R | | Deploy patches, update and configure the information system using Databases or Analytics | RA |   | | Perform preventive interventions on managed elements of the Databases or Analytics | I | RA |   ### 4. Reverting #### 4.1. Reversibility model | **Activity** | **Customer** | **OVHcloud** | | --------------------------------- | ------------ | ------------ | | Schedule reversibility operations | RA | I | | Choose fallback infrastructures | RA |   |   #### 4.2. Data recovery | **Activity** | **Customer** | **OVHcloud** | | ------------------------------- | ------------ | ------------ | | Manage reversibility operations | RA | I | | Migrate/transfer data | RA |   |   ### 5. End of service #### 5.1. Destroying configurations | **Activity** | **Customer** | **OVHcloud** | | ------------------------------------ | ------------ | ------------ | | Delete Public Cloud project services | RA | I |   ## Go further Browse all the [Databases guides](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/public-cloud/databases/landing-page-databases.md). Browse the rest of the [OVHcloud US documentation](https://docs.us.ovhcloud.com/en/index.md) for guides on our other products and services. Learn more about [Managed Databases](https://us.ovhcloud.com/public-cloud/databases/) on the OVHcloud US website. OVHcloud Managed Databases and Analytics: - Grafana® is a registered trademark of Grafana Labs and is used with the permission of Grafana Labs. OVH SAS and its subsidiaries are not affiliated with or endorsed by Grafana Labs. - Kafka® is a registered trademark of The Apache Software Foundation and has been licensed for use by OVHcloud, who has no affiliation with and is not endorsed by The Apache Software Foundation. - MongoDB® is a registered trademark of MongoDB, Inc. - MySQL® is a registered trademark of Oracle and/or its affiliates. - PostgreSQL® is a registered trademark of the PostgreSQL Community Association of Canada.