Dynatrace

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

When customers utilize the services of a specific cloud provider, such as Microsoft Azure, users within the organization eventually become experts in working with, administering, and managing the cloud resources of that provider. To establish the necessary monitoring, the observability team typically must be granted new setup permissions.

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SQL Shack

OCTOBER 26, 2021

This article will explore automatic index advisor (CREATE_INDEX, DROP_INDEX) for Azure SQL Database. Introduction Azure SQL Database enables its users to focus on database objects, tuning queries without managing the underlying infrastructure resources. These indexes help the query […].

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Azure Database Tuning Infrastructure 103

Dynatrace

APRIL 5, 2021

What is Azure Functions? Similar to AWS Lambda , Azure Functions is a serverless compute service by Microsoft that can run code in response to predetermined events or conditions (triggers), such as an order arriving on an IoT system, or a specific queue receiving a new message. The growth of Azure cloud computing.

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Azure Serverless IoT Lambda 137

Scalegrid

JULY 8, 2019

Are you looking to get started with the world’s most popular open-source database, and wondering how you should setup your MySQL hosting ? So many default to Amazon RDS, when MySQL performs exceptionally well on Azure Cloud. The Best Way to Host MySQL on Azure Cloud Click To Tweet. MySQL DBaaS vs. Self-Managed MySQL.

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Azure Cloud Virtualization Database 219

SQL Shack

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

Azure SQL Database is a popular choice for migrating your database from on-premises to cloud infrastructure. Azure SQL Databases has two pricing models – DTUs and vCores. DTUs based purchasing model The Database Transaction Unit (DTU) […].

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Azure Database Infrastructure Cloud 90

Scalegrid

MARCH 30, 2021

March 30, 2021 – ScaleGrid, a leading Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) provider, has just announced support for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) through their fully managed database hosting plans. PALO ALTO, Calif., Oracle […].

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Scalegrid

MAY 13, 2020

Greenplum Database is a massively parallel processing (MPP) SQL database that is built and based on PostgreSQL. Greenplum Database is an open-source , hardware-agnostic MPP database for analytics, based on PostgreSQL and developed by Pivotal who was later acquired by VMware. What is an MPP Database?

Big Data 321

Big Data Database Artificial Intelligence Open Source 321

SQL Performance

APRIL 15, 2020

SQL Server has always provided the ability to capture actual queries in an easily-consumable rowset format – first with legacy SQL Server Profiler, later via Extended Events, and now with a combination of those two concepts in Azure SQL Database. Unfortunately, my excitement was short lived for a couple of reasons.

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Azure Database Tuning Network 96

Dynatrace

APRIL 21, 2022

As organizations adopt microservices architecture with cloud-native technologies such as Microsoft Azure , many quickly notice an increase in operational complexity. To guide organizations through their cloud migrations, Microsoft developed the Azure Well-Architected Framework. What is the Azure Well-Architected Framework?

Azure 187

Azure Monitoring Virtualization Metrics 187

Scalegrid

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The choice of self-managed cloud databases vs DBaaS is a common debate among those who are looking for the best option that will cater to their particular needs. Database as a Service (DBaaS) and managed databases offer distinct advantages along with certain challenges.

Database 130

Database Cloud Hardware Storage 130

Scalegrid

OCTOBER 14, 2020

October 14, 2020 – ScaleGrid, a leading Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) provider, has just announced the launch of Google Cloud Platform (GCP) hosting through their fully managed DBaaS plans. In addition to their AWS, Azure and DigitalOcean hosting solutions, ScaleGrid will now offer GCP hosting for MySQL, PostgreSQL and Redis™.

Google 246

Google Database Cloud Open Source 246

Dynatrace

JULY 6, 2020

As adoption rates for Microsoft Azure continue to skyrocket, Dynatrace is developing a deeper integration with the platform to provide even more value to organizations that run their businesses on Azure or use it as a part of their multi-cloud strategy. Azure Batch. Azure DB for MariaDB. Azure DB for MySQL.

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Azure Cloud Big Data Virtualization 147

SQL Performance

APRIL 27, 2020

Azure SQL Database is Microsoft's database-as-a-service offering that provides a tremendous amount of flexibility. Microsoft is continually working on improving their products and Azure SQL Database is no different. HyperScale Database. Hyperscale databases are provisioned using vCores.

Azure 55

Azure Database Serverless Hardware 55

Scalegrid

JULY 17, 2019

July 17, 2019 – ScaleGrid, a leader in the Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) space, has just announced support for PostgreSQL hosting in the cloud. Fully Managed #PostgreSQL Hosting on AWS and Azure Launches in Time For Legacy Migrations Click To Tweet. PALO ALTO, Calif.,

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Azure AWS Open Source Database 182

Scalegrid

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

ScyllaDB is an open-source distributed NoSQL data store, reimplemented from the popular Apache Cassandra database. We’ve heard a lot about this rising database from the DBA community and our users, and decided to become a sponsor for this years Scylla Summit to learn more about the deployment trends from its users.

Big Data 187

Big Data Database Open Source Azure 187

DZone

JULY 6, 2023

Azure Cosmos DB is a highly scalable and globally distributed NoSQL database service offered by Microsoft. In this blog post, we will explore best practices and tips for optimizing performance in Azure Cosmos DB. In this blog post, we will explore best practices and tips for optimizing performance in Azure Cosmos DB.

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Azure Performance Best Practices Strategy 258

Scalegrid

MARCH 2, 2021

When considering a new cloud provider, the big names come to mind - AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud. If you’re a developer, you might even be considering a dev-friendly cloud like DigitalOcean or Linode. But, did you know there’s a (relatively) new player in the cloud game? Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is a cloud computing […].

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Cloud Database Azure Games 246

Dynatrace

APRIL 1, 2021

Versatile, feature-rich cloud computing environments such as AWS, Microsoft Azure, and GCP have been a game-changer. Cloud computing environments like AWS, Azure, and GCP offer a wide array of computing capabilities and capacity. In two clicks, he added Azure App Services Plan. Apps need to work on the same data sets.

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Azure AWS DevOps Cloud 171

Dynatrace

AUGUST 28, 2020

This is the second part of our blog series announcing the massive expansion of our Azure services support. Part 1 of this blog series looks at some of the key benefits of Azure DB for PostgreSQL, Azure SQL Managed Instance, and Azure HDInsight. Fully automated observability into your Azure multi-cloud environment.

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Azure Cloud Tuning Monitoring 155

SQL Shack

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

This article explores auto-update SQL Server Statistics asynchronous configuration for Azure SQL Database and On-premises SQL instance. Introduction Statistics plays a vital role in the query optimizer task to build a cost-effective and optimized query execution plan.

Azure 65

Azure Database Servers Performance 65

SQL Shack

JULY 14, 2020

In this article, I am going to explain how we can automate the index and statistics maintenance of Azure SQL Database using an Elastic Job Agent. The Microsoft SQL Server Agent component is used to automate the various tasks including database maintenance.

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Azure Database Servers Availability 64

Scalegrid

OCTOBER 2, 2019

October 2, 2019 – ScaleGrid, a rapidly growing leader in the Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) space, has just launched their new fully managed Hosting on Azure for Redis™ service. PALO ALTO, Calif., Cloud reliability has never been so important,” says Dharshan Rangegowda, Founder and CEO of ScaleGrid.

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Azure Availability Open Source Virtualization 100

Scalegrid

APRIL 16, 2020

Where you decide to host your cloud databases is a huge decision. But, if you’re considering leveraging a managed databases provider, you have another decision to make – are you able to host in your own cloud account or are you required to host through your managed service provider? AWS , Azure. AWS , Azure.

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The Polyglot Developer

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

So you’re building serverless applications with Microsoft Azure Functions, but you need to persist data to a database. What do you do about controlling the number of concurrent connections to your database from the function? The post Getting Started with MongoDB Atlas and Azure Functions using Node.js

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Azure Serverless Database Design 64

SQL Shack

JULY 15, 2019

In this article, we will review how to set up Geo-Replication on Azure SQL databases. Geo-Replication is an Azure SQL database feature that allows you to create a readable secondary database in the same region or cross-region.

Azure 43

Azure Database Availability 43

Scalegrid

JULY 29, 2019

MySQL is a free open source relational database management system that is leveraged across a majority of WordPress sites, and allows you to query your data such as posts, pages, images, user profiles, and more. Managing a database is hard, as it needs continuous updating, tuning, and monitoring to ensure the performance of your website.

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Database Cloud Website Azure 166

The Polyglot Developer

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

This is a perfect scenario for a serverless function, like those built with Azure Functions. However, what happens when you need to include a database in the mix? In this tutorial we’ll explore how to create a serverless function with Azure Functions and the.NET runtime to interact with MongoDB Atlas.

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Azure C++ Serverless Database 59

InfoQ

JUNE 26, 2023

Microsoft has recently unveiled several new features for Azure Cosmos DB to enhance cost efficiency, boost performance, and increase elasticity. These features are burst capacity, hierarchical partition keys, serverless container storage of 1 TB, and priority-based execution. By Steef-Jan Wiggers

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Azure Serverless Performance Storage 85

Scalegrid

APRIL 2, 2019

PostgreSQL is an open source relational database system that has soared in popularity over the past 30 years from its active, loyal, and growing community. For the 2nd year in a row, PostgreSQL has kept the title of #1 fastest growing database in the world according to the DBMS of the Year report by the experts at DB-Engines.

Database 185

Database Cloud Open Source Azure 185

Scalegrid

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

In fact, it is the number one key value store and eighth most popular database in the world. Redis is an advanced key-value store. It has high throughput and runs from memory, but also has the ability to persist data on disk. Redis is a great caching solution for highly demanding applications, and there are […].

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Cache Azure Benchmarking Performance 130

InfoQ

MARCH 24, 2021

Recently Microsoft announced Azure Monitor SQL Insights for Azure SQL in public preview. With the preview, customers will get a flexible canvas for telemetry collection, analysis, and rich custom visualization. By Steef-Jan Wiggers.

Azure 74

Azure Monitoring Design Servers 74

DZone

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

Cosmos DB is a multimodal database in Azure that supports schema-less storage. Cosmos DB can be a good candidate for a key-value store. By default, Cosmos DB containers tend to index all the fields of a document uploaded. We can limit the index properties only to id and partitionkey to make the container a pure key-value store.

Azure 243

Azure Storage C++ Performance Testing 243

Dynatrace

MARCH 27, 2024

As teams and their structure and metadata are often maintained in a dedicated database, such as Microsoft Entra ID (formerly Azure Active Directory) or ServiceNow. A dedicated workflow allows automatic synchronization of the database information with Dynatrace and keeps the ownership team information up-to-date.

Best Practices 199

Best Practices Azure Database Code 199

SQL Performance

DECEMBER 17, 2019

One initial, easy step to moving your SQL Server on-premises workloads to the cloud is using Azure VMs to run your SQL Server workloads in an infrastructure as a service (IaaS) scenario. You will still have to maintain your operating system, SQL Server and databases just like you would in an on-premises scenario.

Azure 72

Azure Virtualization Servers Storage 72

High Scalability

JUNE 27, 2019

Ready to transition from a commercial database to open source, and want to know which databases are most popular in 2019? Wondering whether an on-premise vs. public cloud vs. hybrid cloud infrastructure is best for your database strategy?

Open Source 196

Open Source Database Cloud Strategy 196

SQL Shack

APRIL 24, 2020

This article gives an overview of viewing execution plans in the Azure Data Studio. Introduction Database administrators use a query execution plan for troubleshooting query performance issues. Suppose one day a user calls you and says my query is running slow.

Azure 82

Azure Database Performance Monitoring 82

SQL Shack

JULY 18, 2019

In this article, we will review how to set up auto-failover groups in Azure SQL Server and how failover group is different from active geo-replication in Azure. Auto-failover group is an Azure SQL database feature that replicates one or a group of databases to the secondary Azure SQL server in the cross-region.

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Azure Servers Database Availability 60