Google has announced AlloyDB Omni, a PostgreSQL-compatible database that can be deployed anywhere, including public cloud, on-premises servers, edge computing environments and even developer laptops. AlloyDB Omni promises compatibility with PostgreSQL, enhanced performance and support delivered by Google Cloud, and 2x faster performance and 100x faster analytical queries. It also features an index advisor and a columnar engine that uses machine learning to arrange data and select between columnar and row-based execution plans. AlloyDB Omni is packaged as a set of containers and requires at least two CPUs and 16GB of memory to run.
