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We have a dedicated server that hosts several of our sites along with our databases. Its a typical LAMP setup running on Ubuntu/Debian 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope. Its security patches and repositories are no longer supported, so we need to do a massive upgrade.

We are looking to setup a failsafe version of the site to temporarily point to or maybe even completely move into the cloud.

Main Question: Is there any other good alternatives to Amazon RDS (for the database). I've found a few, but I want to see what everyone might have as suggestions. My goal is to have a remote database that will remain permanent, but we can either be running on our dedicated or we can point to a VPS or a Cloud version of the site, but all data resides in the same spot. Any input would be great.

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What is/are your question(s)? Do you want to know wether to use cloud services at all or if there are alternative cloud providers? – Nils Nov 25 '11 at 21:35
I am aware of Amazon RDS and Xeround which seem to be fairly similar. Are there any other well known alternatives? There doesn't seem to be many alternatives. – Chris Nov 25 '11 at 21:40
Everyone has a "cloud" offering now. MediaTemple, Rackspace, and many other hosts have them. – ceejayoz Nov 25 '11 at 22:20
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