{product} is a fully-managed, software-as-a-service (SaaS) offering embedded in {astra}.
There are multiple {product} plans. An {product} plan is associated with an {astra} organization, but {product} plans are separate from {astra} organization plans.
For more information, see {product} pricing and {astra} plans.
By default, {product} uses secure, shared {pulsar-reg} clusters. Your data and interaction with {pulsar-short} are secured over a public internet connection. If desired, you can opt in to Streaming Capacity Units.
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If you prefer not to use shared clusters, you can opt for Streaming Capacity Units.
With Streaming Capacity Units, you have your own private {pulsar-short} cluster with all the benefits of {product} as a managed service. You sign in to {astra} and use {product} in the same way that you would on shared clusters. When you create a tenant, you have the option to deploy to your private cluster. This means that you can use both shared clusters and Streaming Capacity Units, depending on your tenants' use cases.
Streaming Capacity Units are an addition to your base {product} plan, and billing for Streaming Capacity Units is unique to each customer.
Like shared clusters, all connections for Streaming Capacity Units in {product} are guarded by authentication, authorization, and secure (TLS) communications. By default, these connections are over the public internet. Additionally, Streaming Capacity Units support private connectivity.
Regardless of your plan or cluster type, additional customizations can impact your {product} billed charges. These include, but are not limited to, the following:
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Message retention duration
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Maximum message retention storage
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Number of tenants
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Region of tenant
Regardless of your plan or cluster type, {product} applies guardrails and limits on resource creation to ensure best practices, foster availability, and promote optimal configurations for your databases.
Streaming Capacity Units have fewer limits than shared clusters.
With shared clusters, you can create tenants in any of the supported regions.
Streaming Capacity Units are open to almost any public cloud region. For this reason, Streaming Capacity Units offer more flexibility for georeplication. If your preferred region isn’t already available, you can contact your {company} account representative or {support-url}[IBM Support] to request it.