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The Ultimate Guide to Open Source Databases

Percona

The use of open source databases has increased steadily in recent years. Past trepidation — about perceived vulnerabilities and performance issues — has faded as decision makers realize what an “open source database” really is and what it offers. What is an open source database?

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MariaDB vs MySQL: Key Differences and Use Cases

Percona

Before we dive into the differences between MariaDB and MySQL, we will provide a thorough examination of each relational database management system (RDBMS). While originally designed to be a drop-in replacement for MySQL, it evolved into its own distinct database management system and is now maintained and supported by the MariaDB Foundation.

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Job Openings in AWS - Senior Leader in Database Services - All.

All Things Distributed

Werner Vogels weblog on building scalable and robust distributed systems. Job Openings in AWS - Senior Leader in Database Services. This week it is an opening for senior leaders with AWS Database Services. This week it is an opening for senior leaders with AWS Database Services. All Things Distributed. Comments ().

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Should You Use ClickHouse as a Main Operational Database?

Percona

What if we use ClickHouse (which is a columnar analytical database) as our main datastore? Well, typically, an analytical database is not a replacement for a transactional or key/value datastore. However, ClickHouse is super efficient for timeseries and provides “sharding” out of the box (scalability beyond one node).

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Expanding the Cloud - Introducing Amazon ElastiCache - All Things.

All Things Distributed

Werner Vogels weblog on building scalable and robust distributed systems. There are many success stories about the effectiveness of caching in many different scenarios; next to helping applications achieving fast and predictable performance, it often protects databases from requests bursts and brownouts under overload conditions.

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DROAM - Dreaming about Cheap Data Roaming - All Things.

All Things Distributed

Werner Vogels weblog on building scalable and robust distributed systems. I received one of these devices and tested it for the last three months of 2010 when I was almost continuously on the road. a Fast and Scalable NoSQL Database Service Designed for Internet Scale Applications. All Things Distributed.

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No Server Required - Jekyll & Amazon S3 - All Things Distributed

All Things Distributed

Werner Vogels weblog on building scalable and robust distributed systems. If you have a largely static site you can rely on the enormous power of S3 to make serving your content highly scalable and storing it extremely durable. It is simple and elegant, as you would expect from someone who has won several design awards.

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