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

Scalegrid

Compare ease of use across compatibility, extensions, tuning, operating systems, languages and support providers. PostgreSQL is an open source object-relational database system with over 30 years of active development. Supported Operating Systems. SolarisUnix. Supported Languages. So Which Is Best?

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Firecracker: lightweight virtualization for serverless applications

The Morning Paper

Firecracker is the virtual machine monitor (VMM) that powers AWS Lambda and AWS Fargate, and has been used in production at AWS since 2018. Firecracker (and Cloud Hypervisor) is limited to around 13,000 IOPS (52 MB/s at 4kB), whereas the same hardware is capable of over 340,000 read IOPS (1GB/s at 4kB).

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Stuff The Internet Says On Scalability For September 14th, 2018

High Scalability

Thus, despite both quoting 11 nines of durability against hardware failures, S3 is durable against failures that B2 is not, and is thus better. IBM still dominates mainframes and Microsoft still dominates PC operating systems and productivity software. noahsussman : Complex systems are intrinsically hazardous systems.

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PostgreSQL Performance Tuning: Optimizing Database Parameters for Maximum Efficiency

Percona

This blog was originally published in August 2018 and was updated in May 2023. Key areas include: Configuration parameter tuning : This tuning involves altering variables such as memory allocation, disk I/O settings, and concurrent connections based on specific hardware and requirements.

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Aurora vs RDS: How to Choose the Right AWS Database Solution

Percona

This post was originally published in July 2018 and was updated in July 2023. Understanding DBaaS DBaaS cloud services allow users to use databases without configuring physical hardware and infrastructure or installing software. As of Aug 2018, Aurora provides another option that does not require provisioned capacity.

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Error Tracking - Top Suggestions and Tools

KeyCDN

Let’s take a look at some of the best error monitoring tools and strategies for 2018. Monitoring errors on the front-end requires a bit more work because front-end performance is highly dependant on the user’s hardware, software and connection. What is Error Tracking?

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iOS Performance Tricks To Make Your App Feel More Performant

Smashing Magazine

Although modern iOS hardware is powerful enough to handle many intensive and complex tasks, the device could still feel unresponsive if you are not careful about how your app performs. A Suite of Delicious iOS Eye Candy ,” Tim Oliver, Tokyo iOS Meetup 2018 (Video). iOS Performance Tricks To Make Your App Feel More Performant.