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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. This information can be a mix of analytical (OLAP) queries (i.e. Inserts are efficient for bulk inserts only.

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What is Azure Functions?

Dynatrace

Azure is a large and growing cloud computing ecosystem that empowers its users to access databases, launch virtual servers, create websites or mobile applications, run a Kubernetes cluster, and train machine learning models, to name a few examples. The growth of Azure cloud computing.

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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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Using Parallel Query with Amazon Aurora for MySQL

Percona

In this article, we will look at how this can improve the reporting/analytical query performance in MySQL. I’m using the “Airlines On-Time Performance” database from [link] (You can find the scripts I used here: [link] ). AWS Aurora (based on MySQL 5.6) I will compare AWS Aurora with MySQL (Percona Server) 5.6 MySQL on ec2.

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The AWS GovCloud (US) Region - All Things Distributed

All Things Distributed

The move to the cloud is projected by 2015 see a reduction of 30% in IT infrastructure costs, which amounts to $7.2 One particular early use case for AWS GovCloud (US) will be massive data processing and analytics. a Fast and Scalable NoSQL Database Service Designed for Internet Scale Applications. Government and Big Data.

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Fostering a Web Performance Culture

Jos

You will work hard on implementing features, collaborating with other teams (eg adding scripts for analytics, ads, retargeting, A/B test), setting up CI/CD, ensuring security, and making sure the project is usable and pleasant to the eye. How would you architecture a non-trivial size web project (client, server, databases, caching layer)?

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Futzing and moseying: interviews with professional data analysts on exploration practices

The Morning Paper

The only caveat to the results is that the interviews were conducted in 2015, and this is a fast-moving space. About half (18) used programming as their primary means of exploring data, and the remainder used visual analytics tools or a mix of tools and programming. SQL databases and spreadsheets (of course!!) What is EDA?