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PlanetScale announces high-performance cloud hosting for Vitess and Postgres using locally-attached NVMe storage to deliver unlimited IOPS and horizontal scaling.

Sick of slow databases? Our locally-attached NVMe storage unlocks unlimited IOPS, bringing data center performance to the cloud while saving you money. Available for Postgres and MySQL in AWS or GCP.
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# PlanetScale - the world’s fastest and most scalable cloud hosting for Vitess and Postgres Source: [https://planetscale.com/?utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=2026_metal&utm_medium=paid_social&utm_content=p99&twclid=25ct8eoj3f1px1s8evvh9fs0br](https://planetscale.com/?utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=2026_metal&utm_medium=paid_social&utm_content=p99&twclid=25ct8eoj3f1px1s8evvh9fs0br) [Vitess](https://planetscale.com/vitess)allows MySQL databases to[scale horizontally through explicit sharding](https://planetscale.com/docs/vitess/sharding/sharding-quickstart)— enabling a shared nothing architecture distributing data across thousands of nodes, all routed through a single database connection\. Vitess was developed at YouTube by the founders of PlanetScale to scale their main MySQL database to petabytes of data on 70,000 nodes across 20 data centers\. Now maintained and managed by PlanetScale, Vitess powers the databases of some of the web's largest properties: Slack, HubSpot, Blizzard, Etsy, GitHub, Block, Bloomberg, Yelp, and more\. ``` ┌────────────────────────────────┐ │░░░░░░░░░░░░░VTGate░░░░░░░░░░░░░│ └────────────────────────────────┘ │ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ┴ ─ ─ ─ ─ ┐ │ │ ▼ ▼ ╔═══════════╗ ╔═══════════╗ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ Primary ║ ║ Primary ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ╚═══════════╝ ╚═══════════╝ │ │ ─ ─ ┴ ─ ─ ─ ─ ┴ ─ ─ │ │ │ │ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ┌───────┐ ┌───────┐ ┌───────┐ ┌───────┐ │Replica│ │Replica│ │Replica│ │Replica│ └───────┘ └───────┘ └───────┘ └───────┘ ``` ``` ┌──────────────────────────────────┐ │░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░│ │░░░░░░░░░░░░░░VTGate░░░░░░░░░░░░░░│ │░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░│ └──────────────────────────────────┘ │ ┌ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ┼ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ┐ │ │ │ ▼ ▼ ▼ ╔═══════════╗ ╔═══════════╗ ╔═══════════╗ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ Primary ║ ║ Primary ║ ║ Primary ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ╚═══════════╝ ╚═══════════╝ ╚═══════════╝ │ │ │ ─ ─ ┴ ─ ─ ─ ─ ┴ ─ ─ ─ ─ ┴ ─ ─ │ │ │ │ │ │ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ┌───────┐ ┌───────┐ ┌───────┐ ┌───────┐ ┌───────┐ ┌───────┐ │Replica│ │Replica│ │Replica│ │Replica│ │Replica│ │Replica│ └───────┘ └───────┘ └───────┘ └───────┘ └───────┘ └───────┘ ``` ``` ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░│ │░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░VTGate░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░│ │░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░│ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ │ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ┼ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ │ │ ▼ ▼ ▼ ╔═══════════════════╗ ╔═══════════════════╗ ╔═══════════════════╗ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ Primary ║ ║ Primary ║ ║ Primary ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ ╚═══════════════════╝ ╚═══════════════════╝ ╚═══════════════════╝ │ │ │ ┌ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ┐ ┌ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ┐ ┌ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ─ ┐ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ┌───────────┐ ┌───────────┐ ┌───────────┐ ┌───────────┐ ┌───────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ Replica │ │ Replica │ │ Replica │ │ Replica │ │ Replica │ │ Replica │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └───────────┘ └───────────┘ └───────────┘ └───────────┘ └───────────┘ └───────────┘ ```

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