What do I need?
An environment is your dedicated MinusOneDB instance. It includes the core infrastructure needed to run your data operations: compute, networking, and orchestration. Every project starts with at least one environment. For development, a single Base environment is sufficient. For production workloads, we recommend a Pro environment which adds redundancy and higher throughput. Enterprise customers can have multiple environments across regions with custom configurations.
Data processing servers handle ingestion, transformation, and query execution. They scale independently from your storage layer, so you can add processing power without changing your data architecture. MinusOneDB automatically manages server allocation within your environment, but you can configure the number of processing servers based on your workload. More servers means faster parallel processing for large-scale ingestion and complex queries.
Data stores are where your indexed data lives. MinusOneDB supports multiple store types for different access patterns: standard stores for general-purpose indexing and search, and specialized stores optimized for time-series, graph, or document workloads. You pay per terabyte indexed, which means your cost scales with the volume of data you store, not with the number of queries you run. Stores can be sharded across multiple nodes and replicated for high availability.
Session stores provide low-latency, ephemeral storage for active user sessions, caching, and real-time state management. They are ideal for applications that need sub-millisecond reads for frequently accessed data. Session stores are included with Pro and Enterprise environments and can be scaled independently. They complement your persistent data stores by offloading hot-path queries that would otherwise consume processing server resources.
