Percona

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Modern servers operate with terabytes of RAM, and by default, processors work with virtual memory address translation for each 4KB page. Please check out the Why Linux HugePages are Super Important for Database Servers: A Case with PostgreSQL blog post for more information. It’s easy with anydbver and k3d.

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C++ Virtualization Benchmarking Database 102

Percona

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Percona Toolkit is a collection of advanced open source command-line tools, developed and used by the Percona technical staff, that are engineered to perform a variety of MySQL, MariaDB, MongoDB, and PostgreSQL server and system tasks that are too difficult or complex to perform manually. And did I mention they are open source?!

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Cache Database Virtualization Servers 103

SQL Server According to Bob

JANUARY 31, 2017

Scatter/gather capabilities allow more efficient memory to disk transfers reducing redundant memory copies, sorting and other activities applications may require to gain improved I/O performance. If my memory serves me correctly SQL Server started using the ReadFileScatter and WriteFileGather APIs in SQL Server 6.5

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Percona

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Encrypting data at rest in a database management system (DBMS) refers to securing data by encrypting it when it is not being used or accessed. TDE can be applied at various levels, such as at the database, column, or cell level, depending on the organization’s specific security needs. Database-level encryption.

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Percona

AUGUST 21, 2023

While trying to be as complete yet succinct as possible, I’m detailing how to enable TLS between a PostgreSQL and the OpenLDAP server. Username accounts, but not passwords, are created on the Postgres server. Both username accounts and passwords are configured on the LDAP server. 0 ldap ldapserver=127.0.0.1

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Percona

AUGUST 29, 2018

For optimum performance, a PostgreSQL database depends on the operating system parameters being defined correctly. Poorly configured OS kernel parameters can cause degradation in database server performance. This results in improved performance. SHMMAX / SHMALL. Until version 9.2,

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Tuning Database Servers Processing 58

HammerDB

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Introducing the PostgreSQL performance metrics viewer. HammerDB included a graphical performance metrics view for the Oracle database only. HammerDB includes the same functionality for PostgreSQL enabling the user to drill down on database metrics in real time. include/server -I/opt/postgresql-14.1/include/internal

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