Is it recommended to setup JIRA and Confluence database on same DB cluster in GCP?

[Javish Kathuria]

We are migrating JIRA and Confluence to GCP. Both JIRA and Confluence applications will be running on separate Google cloud compute engine VM instances.

Also, we are planning to use Cloud SQL managed instance for MySQL with HA

Question:

Is it recommended to setup only one HA cluster in cloud SQL and use it for both JIRA and Confluence DB?

i.e. A Cloud SQL cluster running MySQL (Containing two 2 VM instances in cluster)

Two Database schemas:

JIRA Database

Confluence Database

Thanks.

[Joshua Sneed Contegix · Accepted solution]

Hi Javish,

Either option is acceptable. Best practices indicate that separate database servers are better because there is far less chance that one compromised app/database will affect the other app/database, but some organizations are willing to accept that risk in lieu of less administrative overhead. A single DB server could also cause problems in the future when an app upgrade requires a database upgrade, but the app that is not being upgraded does not support the new DB version required by the first application. Cheers!

[Javish Kathuria]

Thanks Joshua! I agree with your reasoning and risk involved.