If you are thinking of running your applications in the cloud.either a public cloud like EC2, or an internal data center cloud.Genero db is the right database choice.

It.s linear scalability gives you clear guidance for provisioning hardware. Unlike other DBMS whose performance degrades rapidly with load, Genero db delivers reliable high end throughput. Its efficient use of the modern hardware found in clouds keeps the provisioning costs down and ensures effective use of cloud resources.

Genero db is available as a preintegrated image on SuSe Linux enabling you to just drop it into the cloud. You can deliver your Genero business applications from the cloud, or use the powerful development stack made up of Ruby on Rails, Genero db, Apache, Subversion, and Toad, running SuSe Linux.