SQL Performance

APRIL 17, 2020

Depending on the type of change and the configuration of the database, an ALTER COLUMN command will need to perform one of the following actions: Change metadata in system tables only. Improvements in SQL Server 2016. The subject of this post is the additional changes that are enabled for metadata-only from SQL Server 2016 onward.

Servers 63

Servers Database Testing Efficiency 63

All Things Distributed

MAY 19, 2017

In many, high-throughput, OLTP style applications the database plays a crucial role to achieve scale, reliability, high-performance and cost efficiency. For a long time, these requirements were almost exclusively served by commercial, proprietary databases.

Database 120

Database Design Cloud Storage 120

Scalegrid

JULY 17, 2020

Why should a relational database even care about unstructured data? JSON database in 9.2 It is useful to validate incoming JSON and store in the database. JSONB supports indexing the JSON data, and is very efficient at parsing and querying the JSON data. JSONB storage results in a larger storage footprint.

Storage 321

Storage Database Efficiency Processing 321

Scalegrid

JANUARY 19, 2024

Data-bearing members face a higher risk of encountering issues caused by rollbacks, compared to others who utilize different storage methods. For example, memory-resident databases without persistent disks, such as Redis cluster setups or Apache Spark installations, rely on stand-alone machines.

Database 130

Database Network Servers Monitoring 130

Percona

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

This type of backup is suitable for large, important databases that need to be recovered quickly when problems occur. Physical backups are the backups that consist of raw copies of the directories and files that store database contents. Copyright (c) 2016, 2023, Oracle and/or its affiliates. Type 'help' or '?'

C++ 101

C++ Servers Storage Speed 101

Percona

JANUARY 24, 2023

Some of the built-in features ( wal_compression ) have been there since 2016, and almost all backup tools do the WAL compression before taking it to the backup repository. Such “torn pages” are corruptions from the database point of view. This is generally referred to as “ partial page writes ” or “ torn pages.”

Database 114

Database Benchmarking Open Source Latency 114

Percona

JUNE 4, 2023

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.

Open Source 52

Open Source Servers Storage Scalability 52