article thumbnail

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?

article thumbnail

Database Server Lifecycle for MySQL and MariaDB

Percona

in 2017; after that, major releases came every one to two years, with MariaDB 10.6 The MariaDB 11 series did not yet have any long-term supported (LTS) releases, which are the releases most would consider for running mission-critical databases in production. (It is worth noting that MariaDB 5.2 and MariaDB 5.3 MariaDB 10.1

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

PostgreSQL vs. Oracle: Difference in Costs, Ease of Use & Functionality

Scalegrid

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. Not available.

article thumbnail

What Is PostgreSQL Used For?

Percona

PostgreSQL is open source relational database management software. StackOverflow statistics show that 26% of developers preferred it in 2017, 34% in 2019, and 40% in 2021. In another survey, using multiple metrics for overall popularity, PostgreSQL ranks as the fourth most popular database management system ( DB-Engines, March 2023 ).

article thumbnail

MariaDB vs MySQL: Key Differences and Use Cases

Percona

This blog post was originally published in November 2017 and was updated in June 2023. Before we dive into the differences between MariaDB and MySQL, we will provide a thorough examination of each relational database management system (RDBMS). What is MariaDB? Elevate your MariaDB environment with Percona Support for MariaDB.

article thumbnail

Building Netflix’s Distributed Tracing Infrastructure

The Netflix TechBlog

By 2017, open source projects like Open-Tracing and Open-Zipkin were mature enough for use in polyglot runtime environments at Netflix. An additional implication of a lenient sampling policy is the need for scalable stream processing and storage infrastructure fleets to handle increased data volume. Storage: don’t break the bank!

article thumbnail

Expanding the AWS Cloud: Introducing the AWS US East (Ohio) Region

All Things Distributed

In the remainder of 2016 and inq 2017, we will launch another four AWS regions in Canada, China, the United Kingdom, and France, adding another nine AZs to our global infrastructure footprint. The Ohio Region launches with three AZs so that customers can create high-availability environments and architect for fault tolerance and scalability.

AWS 127