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Create a database

Last updated: March 3, 2026

  1. Log in to the American Cloud control panel.
  2. In the left navigation, select Databases.
  3. Click + Create Database.
  4. Configure the following options:

Region

Choose the region closest to your application workload.

RegionIdentifier
US Centralus-central-0
US West (Zone 0)us-west-0
US West (Zone 1)us-west-1

Database engine

Select the engine your application requires.

  • PostgreSQL — relational database for structured data and complex queries
  • MySQL — widely compatible relational database
  • Redis — in-memory key-value store for caching and session management

Availability type

TypeDescriptionBest for
DevelopmentSingle-node deployment. No data redundancy. Most cost-effective.Testing and development
Data redundancyMulti-node cluster. Full data redundancy. Automatic failover.Production workloads

Select a plan

Development plans (PostgreSQL)

PlanCPUMemoryStorageReplication factor
postgres-small5 cores4.0 GB25 GB1
postgres-medium6 cores5.2 GB100 GB1
postgres-large8 cores12.1 GB500 GB1
postgres-xlarge13 cores21.3 GB1000 GB1

Data redundancy plans (PostgreSQL)

PlanCPUMemoryStorageReplication factor
postgres-small6 cores10.0 GB75 GB3
postgres-medium12 cores16.9 GB300 GB3
postgres-large18 cores58.3 GB1500 GB3
postgres-xlarge30 cores113.5 GB3000 GB3
  1. Click Create Database. Deployment typically completes in 2–3 minutes.