Remove 2019 Remove Benchmarking Remove Servers Remove Tuning
article thumbnail

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. Recognized as the fastest growing database by popularity, PostgreSQL was named the DBMS of the year in both 2018 and 2017 by DB-Engines, and continues to grow in popularity in 2019. Compare Ease of Use.

article thumbnail

Percona Database Performance Blog 2018 Year in Review: Top Blog Posts

Percona

We look forward to providing you with even better articles, news and information in 2019. As 2018 moves into 2019, let’s take a quick look back at some of the most popular posts on the blog this year. Linux OS Tuning for MySQL Database Performance. Tuning PostgreSQL Database Parameters to Optimize Performance.

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

The Speed of Time

Brendan Gregg

This server is spending about a third of its CPU cycles just checking the time! I love short benchmarks like this as I can disassemble the resulting binary and ensure that the compiled instructions match my expectations, and the compiler hasen't messed with it. ## 6. 30.14% in the middle of the flame graph. include <sys/time.h>

Speed 126
article thumbnail

The Speed of Time

Brendan Gregg

This server is spending about a third of its CPU cycles just checking the time! I love short benchmarks like this as I can disassemble the resulting binary and ensure that the compiled instructions match my expectations, and the compiler hasen't messed with it. ## 7. 30.14% in the middle of the flame graph. include <sys/time.h>

Speed 40
article thumbnail

HammerDB MySQL and MariaDB Best Practice for Performance and Scalability

HammerDB

For anyone benchmarking MySQL with HammerDB it is important to understand the differences from sysbench workloads as HammerDB is targeted at a testing a different usage model from sysbench. Download and install HammerDB on a test client system, Like PostgreSQL another 2 socket server is ideal. HammerDB difference from Sysbench.

article thumbnail

Real-Real-World Programming with ChatGPT

O'Reilly

For instance, if I’m reading a paper from 2019, a popular song from that year could start playing. Similarly, it taught me that “Background scripts are ideal for handling long-term or ongoing tasks, managing state, maintaining databases, and communicating with remote servers.