Scalegrid

APRIL 28, 2020

If you’re hosting your databases in the cloud, choosing the right cloud service provider is a significant decision to make for your long-term hosting costs. Comparing Cloud Instance Costs. So, which cloud provider provides the most cost-effective solution for database hosting? EC2 instances. VM instances. DigitalOcean.

Azure 344

Azure AWS Database Latency 344

Dynatrace

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Prometheus is an open-source monitoring and alerting toolkit for services and applications that run in containers. Prometheus components include client libraries for application code instrumentation, special-purpose exporters for popular services, and the optional Prometheus server for orchestrating service discovery and data storage.

Technology 211

Technology Technology Monitoring AWS 211

Dynatrace

DECEMBER 15, 2022

While many organizations have embraced cloud observability to better manage their cloud environments, they may still struggle with the volume of entities that observability platforms monitor. Typically, these are streamed to a central syslog server. Syslog is a popular standard for transporting and Ingesting log messages.

Strategy 180

Strategy AWS Open Source Transportation 180

The Polyglot Developer

APRIL 6, 2017

When building a mobile application, there are often scenarios where you need to storage files remotely and when I say files, I don’t mean database data. For example, maybe you want to develop an image manager or photo storage solution like what Facebook and Instagram offer?

Storage 59

Storage Cloud Open Source Mobile 59

Percona

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Percona is a leading provider of unbiased, performance-first, open source database solutions that allow organizations to easily, securely, and affordably maintain business agility, minimize risks, and stay competitive, free from vendor lock-in. Find more information in the Telemetry on Percona Server for MySQL document.

Open Source 79

Open Source Azure Servers Programming 79

Percona

APRIL 24, 2023

Percona is a leading provider of unbiased, performance-first, open source database solutions that allow organizations to easily, securely, and affordably maintain business agility, minimize risks, and stay competitive, free from vendor lock-in. Percona XtraDB Cluster is based on Percona Server for MySQL.

Open Source 77

Open Source Storage Servers Database 77

Dynatrace

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Nevertheless, there are related components and processes, for example, virtualization infrastructure and storage systems (see image below), that can lead to problems in your Kubernetes infrastructure. After applying the first manifests (which are likely copied and pasted from a how-to tutorial ), a web server is up and running within minutes.

Virtualization 161

Virtualization Infrastructure Monitoring Cloud 161

Dynatrace

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Since December 10, days after a critical vulnerability known as Log4Shell was discovered in servers supporting the game Minecraft, millions of exploit attempts have been made of the Log4j 2 Java library, according to one team tracking the impact, with potential threat to millions more applications and devices across the globe. Dynatrace news.

Internet 261

Internet Internet Games Java 261

Percona

JANUARY 24, 2023

We see the growing adoption of our Percona Kubernetes Operators and the demand to migrate workloads to the cloud-native platform. Our Operators provide built-in backup and restore capabilities, but some users are still looking for old-fashioned ways, like storage-level snapshots (i.e., AWS EBS Snapshots).

Database 66

Database Storage Open Source AWS 66

Percona

MAY 9, 2023

Many MongoDB clusters use storage-level snapshots to provide fast and reliable backups. Background story I recently worked with a company running a large four-shard MongoDB Enterprise Server database cluster on VMs on premises that decided to migrate to the Google Cloud Platform. Set spec.image to a specific image version.

Storage 104

Storage Cloud Servers Google 104

Brendan Gregg

JULY 4, 2021

It's an exciting time for developments in computer performance, not just for the BPF technology (which I often [write about]) but also for processors with 3D stacking and cloud vendor CPUs (e.g., This was a chance to talk about other things I've been working on, such as the present and future of hardware performance. Ford, et al., “TCP

Performance 140

Performance Latency Hardware Storage 140

Percona

AUGUST 17, 2023

PostgreSQL is open source relational database management software. It has evolved steadily, however, during 25 years as an open source project. Another reason for PostgreSQL popularity (perhaps the biggest): It’s open source and free to use, distribute, and modify. What is PostgreSQL used for?

Open Source 78

Open Source Healthcare Social Media Database 78

Percona

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Xbcloud is a tool part of Percona XtraBackup and allows you to upload and download backups to Amazon S3 storage. Percona XtraBackup is a free, open source, complete online backup solution for all versions of Percona Server for MySQL and MySQL.

Storage 92

Storage Open Source AWS Servers 92

Percona

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Migrating a proprietary database to open source is a major decision that can significantly affect your organization. Advantages of migrating to open source For many reasons mentioned earlier, organizations are increasingly shifting towards open source databases for their data management needs.

Open Source 91

Open Source Database Hardware Strategy 91

The Morning Paper

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Local-first software: you own your data, in spite of the cloud Kleppmann et al., On the one-hand we have ‘cloud apps’ which make it easy to access our work from multiple devices and to collaborate online with others (e.g. The primary issue with cloud apps (the SaaS model) is ownership of the data. I’m all in :).

Cloud 83

Cloud Software Software Internet 83

Brendan Gregg

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

My personal opinion is that I don't see a widespread need for more capacity given horizontal scaling and servers that can already exceed 1 Tbyte of DRAM; bandwidth is also helpful, but I'd be concerned about the increased latency for adding a hop to more memory. Ford, et al., “TCP

Performance 110

Performance Latency Cache Virtualization 110

Percona

AUGUST 18, 2023

on the cloud for specific RDS features. 2023-05-12T08:10:39.374389Z 1 [ERROR] [MY-011013] [Server] Failed to initialize DD Storage Engine. Note that MariaDB 10.4 is not the latest version and has had new releases since 10.4. The client requirement was to move to MySQL 8.0 to MySQL 8.0, to MySQL 8.x

Open Source 66

Open Source Database Storage Engineering 66

HammerDB

APRIL 19, 2023

Regardless of whether the computing platform to be evaluated is on-prem, containerized, virtualized, or in the cloud, it is crucial to consider several essential factors. There are many times we get asked why some cloud instance performed poorly for their database application and almost always turned out to be some configuration error.

Performance 54

Performance Benchmarking Cache Storage 54

Dynatrace

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Kubernetes (k8s) provides basic monitoring through the Kubernetes API and you can find instructions like Top 9 Open Source Tools for Monitoring Kubernetes as a “do it yourself guide”. PostgreSQL & Elastic for data storage. MaaSS for Cloud Architects: Deployment and Architecture Validations. Full-stack observability.

AWS 127

AWS Monitoring Ecommerce Lambda 127

Brendan Gregg

JULY 4, 2021

It's an exciting time for developments in computer performance, not just for the BPF technology (which I often [write about]) but also for processors with 3D stacking and cloud vendor CPUs (e.g., Ford, et al., “TCP on Upcoming Sapphire Rapids CPUs,” [link] Oct 2020 - [Liu 20] Linda Liu, “Samsung QVO vs EVO vs PRO: What’s the Difference?

Performance 52

Performance Latency Hardware Storage 52

Brendan Gregg

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

My personal opinion is that I don't see a widespread need for more capacity given horizontal scaling and servers that can already exceed 1 Tbyte of DRAM; bandwidth is also helpful, but I'd be concerned about the increased latency for adding a hop to more memory. Ford, et al., “TCP

Performance 52

Performance Latency Cache Virtualization 52

Smashing Magazine

OCTOBER 26, 2021

We will go through how to set up an Nx server, how to add a plugin to an existing server, and the concept of a monorepo with a practical visualization. Cloud storage. Nx also provides cloud storage and GitHub integration, so that you can share links with team members to review project logs. What Is Nx?

Cache 110

Cache Servers Code Storage 110

Abhishek Tiwari

JULY 22, 2023

For instance, Sentinel policies can enforce rules such as "All AWS S3 buckets must have server-side encryption enabled" or "Only specific IAM roles can access certain resources." " Open Policy Agent (OPA) : OPA is an open-source policy as code framework that provides a general-purpose policy engine.

AWS 52

AWS Best Practices Infrastructure Traffic 52

Scalegrid

MARCH 28, 2024

can enhance Redis by handling management tasks, backups, and scalability, facilitating global reach and easy cloud integration for global businesses. Introduction Caching serves a dual purpose in web development – speeding up client requests and reducing server load. Managed DBaaS solutions like ScaleGrid.io

Cache 130

Cache Storage Scalability Architecture 130

Percona

DECEMBER 20, 2018

With the Percona Database Performance Blog, Percona staff and leadership work hard to provide the open source community with insights, technical support, predictions and metrics around multiple open source database software technologies. So I started a couple of instances to test Percona Server for MySQL under this CPU.

Database 40

Database Tuning Performance AWS 40

Percona

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

If you’re using PostgreSQL in the cloud, there’s a good chance you’re spending more than you need in order to get the results you need for your business. Usage reduction: What to look for to reduce PostgreSQL cloud costs The first step in cost reduction is to use what you need and not more. Don’t pay for capacity you don’t use or need.

Cloud 118

Cloud Serverless AWS Storage 118

Abhishek Tiwari

DECEMBER 22, 2017

Cheap storage and on-demand compute in the cloud coupled with the emergence of new big data frameworks and tools are forcing us to rethink the whole ETL and data warehousing architecture. You can also use cloud and SaaS services such as Google BigQuery, Amazon Redshift Spectrum, Amazon Athena, Qubole to implement ELT approach.

Big Data 40

Big Data Retail Storage Google 40

Scalegrid

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

MySQL is a popular open-source relational database management system for online applications and data warehousing. The biggest drawbacks are that a full backup can be time-consuming, and they require a significant amount of storage space. Therefore, it’s not the ideal choice if there are time or storage limitations.

Best Practices 130

Best Practices Storage Strategy Database 130

HammerDB

DECEMBER 5, 2020

Additionally both commercial and open source tools based on the specifications also continued to use TPC-C and TPC-H to describe these workloads. Even with superior I/O performance today the I/O configuration required on-premise or in the cloud remains costly. Instead all of the client servers are connecting to the TP monitor.

C++ 40

C++ Benchmarking Virtualization Open Source 40

Scalegrid

MAY 13, 2020

It can scale towards a multi-petabyte level data workload without a single issue, and it allows access to a cluster of powerful servers that will work together within a single SQL interface where you can view all of the data. High performance, query optimization, open source and polymorphic data storage are the major Greenplum advantages.

Big Data 321

Big Data Database Artificial Intelligence Open Source 321

Scalegrid

OCTOBER 7, 2019

As this open source database continues to pull new users from expensive commercial database management systems like Oracle, DB2 and SQL Server, organizations are adopting new approaches and evolving their own to maintain the exceptional performance of their SQL deployments. Most Popular Cloud Providers for PostgreSQL Hosting.

Strategy 182

Strategy Cloud Java Open Source 182

Scalegrid

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

PostgreSQL graphical user interface (GUI) tools help these open source database users to manage, manipulate, and visualize their data. You can remotely access and navigate another database server. It supports all PostgreSQL operations and features while being free and open-source. pgAdmin Cost: Free (open source).

Open Source 262

Open Source Database Azure Cloud 262

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.

Azure 219

Azure Cloud Virtualization Database 219

Percona

AUGUST 30, 2023

An incremental backup, which is faster and requires less storage than a full backup, captures changes made since the previous backup. Failover testing: If you have a high availability setup or a secondary data center, test to ensure the failover process switches over to the backup database server. The software is truly open source.

Database 87

Database Hardware Open Source Strategy 87

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. Host MySQL on AWS , or MySQL on Azure with configurable instance sizes through the top two cloud providers in the world.

Database 166

Database Cloud Website Azure 166

Particular Software

MAY 28, 2018

Getting approval for more servers can be a bit dicey. We see stories all the time about performance improvements being contributed to.NET Core through the power of open source. Our broad suite of tests also detected poor performance with Azure Storage Queues when sending messages when using.NET Core 2.0. So are we done?

Azure 49

Azure Open Source DevOps Storage 49

High Scalability

OCTOBER 24, 2022

There's a move to regulate cloud providers by vertically separating the services they offer. Like railroads of yore, who were not allowed to provide freight services on top of their base services, cloud providers would not be allowed to provide services on top of their base platform services. The job of a cloud is to run workloads.

Cloud 187

Cloud Hardware Infrastructure Innovation 187