The Netflix TechBlog

JUNE 12, 2023

Netflix has open-sourced Escrow Buddy, which helps Security and IT teams ensure they have valid FileVault recovery keys for all their Macs in MDM. To be a client systems engineer is to take joy in small endpoint automations that make your fellow employees’ day a little better. We call this new tool Escrow Buddy.

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Open Source Database Servers Storage 194

Percona

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Percona is dedicated to open source software. But recently, open source software has come under attack. Once open source software is being locked away by changing licenses and code that you depended on. Before open source was available, there was little to no interoperability between computer systems.

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Open Source Software Software Hardware 118

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?

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Big Data Database Artificial Intelligence Open Source 321

Dynatrace

OCTOBER 15, 2021

These are just a few of the open-source technologies you may encounter as you research observability solutions for managing complex multicloud IT environments and the services that run on them. Of these open-source observability tools, one stands out. Dynatrace news. OpenCensus, OpenTracing, and OpenTelemetry.

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Open Source Metrics Cloud Transportation 219

Percona

JUNE 2, 2023

While not the first open source content management system (CMS), WordPress caught on like nothing before and helped spread open source to millions. It was simple, easy to deploy, and easy to use, and WordPress had the added benefit of being open source. And MySQL was the only option.

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Open Source Traffic Tuning Database 101

Percona

APRIL 12, 2023

We’re equally convinced on both counts, but in this blog article, we’re focusing on why MongoDB is not open source. Let’s start with this: MongoDB is accurately referred to as source-available software. To be clear, we are rock-solid in our stance that MongoDB is not open source.

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Open Source Programming Database Servers 85

DZone

JUNE 11, 2020

It's challenging to troubleshoot issues in a distributed database because the information about the system is scattered in different machines. TiDB is an open-source, distributed SQL database that supports Hybrid Transactional/Analytical Processing (HTAP) workloads. Before version 4.0,

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Database Open Source Analytics Architecture 246

Dynatrace

JANUARY 13, 2021

Dynatrace’s OneAgent automatically captures PurePaths and analyzes transactions end-to-end across every tier of your application technology stack with no code changes, from the browser all the way down to the code and database level. They allow us to easily create a primary key of a configuration that is unique in the system.

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Open Source Code Monitoring Azure 139

Percona

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

To maintain competitiveness and operational efficiency — not to mention ensure security and compliance when your database version reaches End of Life (EOL) – it’s crucial to upgrade your database systems from time to time. One of the most compelling reasons to choose a professional service is the reduced risk.

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Database Open Source Best Practices Strategy 98

Percona

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Sure, database migration is complex, particularly when you’re looking to migrate from a proprietary database to an open source one. Database migration is almost always time-consuming, tedious, and full of potential pitfalls. Database migration is complex Let’s start here.

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Database Open Source Benchmarking Strategy 88

Percona

JUNE 22, 2023

To make data count and to ensure cloud computing is unabated, companies and organizations must have highly available databases. A basic high availability database system provides failover (preferably automatic) from a primary database node to redundant nodes within a cluster. More in the following sub-section.)

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Availability Database Open Source Hardware 112

Dynatrace

JANUARY 16, 2023

As Kubernetes adoption increases and it continues to advance technologically, Kubernetes has emerged as the “operating system” of the cloud. Kubernetes is emerging as the “operating system” of the cloud. The strongest Kubernetes growth areas are security, databases, and CI/CD technologies. Kubernetes moved to the cloud in 2022.

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Open Source Java Operating System Programming 343

Percona

MARCH 23, 2023

When it comes to enterprise-level databases, there are several options available in the market, but PostgreSQL stands out as one of the most popular and reliable choices. PostgreSQL is a free and open source object-relational database management system (ORDBMS) that has existed since the mid-1990s.

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Database Open Source Traffic Small Business 120

Percona

AUGUST 30, 2023

Data powers everything, and unlike coal and coal combustion, data and databases aren’t going away. In this blog, we’ll focus on the elements of database backup and disaster recovery, and we’ll introduce proven solutions for maintaining business continuity, even amid otherwise dire circumstances.

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Database Hardware Open Source Strategy 93

Scalegrid

JULY 13, 2020

Oracle Database is a commercial, proprietary multi-model database management system produced by Oracle Corporation, and the largest relational database management system (RDBMS) in the world. While Oracle remains the #1 database on the market, its popularity has steadily declined by over 18% since 2013.

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Open Source Tuning C++ Database 244

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. We found the answers at the Postgres Conference in March where we surveyed PostgreSQL users, contributors, and SQL and NoSQL database administrators alike.

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Database Cloud Open Source Azure 185

High Scalability

APRIL 3, 2019

PostgreSQL is an open source object-relational database system that has soared in popularity over the past 30 years from its active, loyal, and growing community. We found the answers at the Postgres Conference in March where we surveyed PostgreSQL users, contributors, and SQL and NoSQL database administrators alike.

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Database Cloud Open Source Systems 177

Scalegrid

JUNE 11, 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? 2019 Top Databases Used. So, which databases are most popular in 2019?

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Open Source Database Cloud Infrastructure 55

Percona

JANUARY 30, 2023

As Ibrar Ahmed noted in his blog post on Transparent Database Encryption (TDE). PostgreSQL is a surprising outlier when it comes to offering Transparent Database Encryption. If database files are copied or otherwise exposed in their raw form, exposure does not happen. Does PostgreSQL Need TDE (Transparent Data Encryption)?

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Database Storage Government Open Source 128

Percona

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Now it is time to get your databases ready for the rest of the year. Second, peruse the accounts on your system to trim away those staff who are no longer with your organization. Check the versions of database connectors, programming languages, and proceed all the way down to the operating system. Welcome to 2023!

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Database Open Source Hardware Operating System 95

Dynatrace

MARCH 20, 2024

In this article, we’ll explore these challenges in detail and introduce Keptn, an open source project that addresses these issues, enhancing Kubernetes observability for smoother and more efficient deployments. External dependencies Many applications rely on external services, such as databases, APIs, or third-party services.

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Open Source Hardware DevOps Infrastructure 267

Percona Community

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

In this blog, we will explore databases on containers. We will use Docker as a container engine tool and Percona Server for MySQL as a database administration tool. Both are open source tools. MySQL is a relational database management system that stores data on disk.

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Database Servers Open Source Engineering 89

Percona

MAY 2, 2023

The common use cases involve sharing pt-mysql-summary, pt-stalk, and other OS-related details to assist Support Engineers or any other third-party team troubleshoot database-related issues. 6032: connect: connection refused" source="exporter.go:169" shell> sudo wget [link] shell> sudo yum install percona-toolkit-3.5.2-2.el7.x86_64.rpm

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Database Systems Open Source Engineering 98

Scalegrid

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

PostgreSQL graphical user interface (GUI) tools help these open source database users to manage, manipulate, and visualize their data. PostgreSQL is the fourth most popular database management system in the world, and heavily used in all sizes of applications from small to large. Why Use a GUI Tool?

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Open Source Database Azure Cloud 262

Percona

DECEMBER 14, 2023

I played a bit with ChatGPT in February to see how it would respond to random database-related inquiries, and I found it pretty impressive and annoying at the same time. significantly enhanced downgrade compatibility by introducing changes that make it easier for downgraded databases to interoperate with older MongoDB versions.

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Database Artificial Intelligence Servers Operating System 91

Scalegrid

MARCH 10, 2022

PostgreSQL Features and Use Cases PostgreSQL is an open-source Object-relational Database Management System (DBMS). It’s an advanced database management and analysis system that’s mainly used for eCommerce platforms, payment transactions, and various data warehousing solutions.

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Ecommerce Open Source Database Systems 246

Adrian Cockcroft

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

We’re excited to let you know that we have an Open Source track at re:Invent this year! AWS Developer Relations on how the shift from Robot Operating System (ROS) 1 to ROS 2 will change the landscape for all robot lovers. Brendan Gregg tours BPF tracing, with open source tools & examples for EC2 instance analysis.

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Open Source AWS Lambda Serverless 40

Adrian Cockcroft

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

We’re excited to let you know that we have an Open Source track at re:Invent this year! AWS Developer Relations on how the shift from Robot Operating System (ROS) 1 to ROS 2 will change the landscape for all robot lovers. Brendan Gregg tours BPF tracing, with open source tools & examples for EC2 instance analysis.

Open Source 40

Open Source AWS Lambda Serverless 40

Dynatrace

MARCH 22, 2023

Vulnerable and outdated components This is another broad category that covers libraries, frameworks, and open source components with known vulnerabilities that may not have been patched. Identification and authentication failures Unauthorized users can access a system because of weak security or session management functions.

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Open Source Artificial Intelligence Internet Internet 198

Percona

OCTOBER 19, 2023

In this guide, we will demonstrate how to establish a Citus database spanning multiple nodes by using Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL. This setup empowers your database to efficiently manage increased data volumes, enhance performance, and maintain availability. 1ubuntu1~20.04.1) 1ubuntu1~20.04.1)

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Scalability Database Open Source Traffic 90

Percona

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Without going further into the reasons for such a need, I wanted to refresh this subject in terms of overhead related to running the command on production systems. A lot has changed since then, but many production systems alive today still run with affected versions. Let’s recap how the situation has evolved over the years.

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Servers Database Cache C++ 102

Percona

JULY 31, 2023

Open source database architects usually do not implement business logic in their databases. This is in stark contrast to many commercial databases where this is a common practice. In the first case, all the heuristics are kept at the application layer, and the database has little or no effect on the data quality.

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Database Open Source Servers Code 78

Percona

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Rather than listing the concepts, function calls, etc, available in Citus, which frankly is a bit boring, I’m going to explore scaling out a database system starting with a single host. I won’t cover all the features but show just enough that you’ll want to see more of what you can learn to accomplish for yourself.

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Database Benchmarking Latency C++ 109

Percona

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Database security is crucial to protecting sensitive information stored in a database. A critical aspect is authentication, which refers to verifying the identity of a user trying to access the database. PostgreSQL server authentication refers to verifying the identity of a user trying to connect to the PostgreSQL server.

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Database Servers Testing Programming 127

Percona

JANUARY 25, 2023

Database administrators often need to identify inactive databases and users to save resources. This can be done using various methods to determine which databases and users are frequently accessed. We can save disk space and other resources by purging inactive databases and users.

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Database C++ Servers Open Source 102

Percona

MARCH 27, 2024

Database monitoring tools play a crucial role in ensuring the smooth operation and performance optimization of database systems, and Percona Monitoring and Management (PMM) has been a go-to choice for many organizations seeking robust monitoring solutions for their open source databases.

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Monitoring Open Source Database Systems 87

Percona

AUGUST 2, 2023

Restoring a MySQL database backup is a crucial task that can sometimes be time-consuming, especially for large databases. Linux native Input/Output (I/O) statistics Pipe viewer utility By following these approaches, we can effectively monitor the restoration process and manage your MySQL database restoration efficiently.

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Database Monitoring C++ Speed 86