Innovating DigitalOcean Managed Databases: Our H1 Progress and Improvements

Innovating DigitalOcean Managed Databases: Our H1 Progress and Improvements Managed PostgreSQL support for v17 [February] Managed MongoDB support for v8 [March] Support for up to 20TB for Managed MySQL and 30TB for PostgreSQL [March] Introducing DigitalOcean Managed Caching for Valkey [April] Introducing Role-Based Access Control to DigitalOcean Managed MonogDB with Predefined Roles [May] Database Observability, Monitoring, and Hardening Advancements [June] Support for Kafka Schema Registry [July] Want to see what we’re working on for H2? About the author Try DigitalOcean for free Related Articles Announcing OpenAI gpt-oss Models on the DigitalOcean Gradient™ AI Platform Build smarter AI agents: new tools now available for the DigitalOcean Gradient™ AI Platform Introducing GPU Droplets accelerated by NVIDIA HGX H200 By Nicole Ghalwash Published: July 29, 2025 4 min read Databases are the cornerstone of modern applications, and at DigitalOcean, we’re committed to providing you with powerful, scalable, and easy-to-use managed database solutions. The first half of 2025 has been a busy and exciting time for our Managed Databases team, as we’ve rolled out a series of significant new features and engines designed to enhance your development experience. From expanding support for popular database versions to introducing advanced observability tools, we’ve been focused on delivering the innovations you need to build and scale with confidence. In chronological order, let’s take a look at some of the key launches and improvements we’ve made within the first half of the 2025 fiscal year [H1]. Launched February 11, support for PostgreSQL 17 offers improved performance, expanded developer tools, enhanced high availability and replication, and advanced security and monitoring capabilities. To read more about all of the new features, such as indexing improvements and expanding monitoring and analysis tools, check out our blog post from this past February. Continuing the theme of database upgrades, as of March 13, DigitalOcean Managed MongoDB supports MongoDB v8 (8.0.12). This latest release brings significant improvements in performance, scalability, and security, including faster replication through improved concurrent writes, optimized time-series data handling, and enhanced client-side encryption with support for range queries. Developers also gain greater control over performance with features like persistent query settings and default maximum execution times. To learn more about this release and our Managed MongoDB service, check out our blog or visit the MongoDB homepage. Both Managed MySQL and PostgreSQL have doubled the amount of storage they support, with MySQL now supporting up to 20TB and PostgreSQL supporting up to 30TB. As of March 19, these expanded storage options are currently available in Singapore (SGP1), San Francisco (SFO2), Toronto (TOR1), New York City (NYC2, NYC3), and Frankfurt (FRA1), with more regions to come.