Systems and methods for managing distributed database deployments

A computer implemented method for managing a distributed database on cloud resources, the method comprising:

• executing a database subsystem on at least one cloud based resource having memory and processor, wherein the database subsystem comprises at least one replica set including a primary node hosting a primary database instance, and at least two secondary nodes that host copies of data of the primary database instance;
• executing, by the database subsystem, write operations at the primary database instance and replicating the write operations to the at least two secondary nodes;
• managing, by the database subsystem, authentication of client systems based on connection strings communicated from the client systems connecting to the at least one cloud resource and accepting database operations including write and read commands from client systems connected to the database subsystem;
• communicating, by the database subsystem, a result to the client from the database stored in the at least one replica set responsive to the client communicated operations (e.g., default operation is configured to read and write from the primary node, client commands are executed by the replica set to resolve data operations against secondary nodes when specified);
• communicating, by a monitoring component executed on the at least one cloud based resource, performance metrics for cloud resource utilization by the distributed database (e.g., utilization of the cloud resources to a central management server;
• communicating, by the monitoring component, performance metrics for database operation;
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• accepting, by the database subsystem, optimization information from the central management server based on analysis of the performance metrics for cloud resource utilization and the performance metrics for database operation by the central management server.