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Percona Toolkit – A Quick Introduction to Summary

Percona

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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Transparent Data Encryption (TDE)

Percona

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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SQL Server on Linux: Scatter/Gather == Vectored I/O

SQL Server According to Bob

If my memory serves me correctly SQL Server started using the ReadFileScatter and WriteFileGather APIs in SQL Server 6.5 On Linux the capabilities are called “ Vectored I/O.” – Example writev SQL Server on Linux takes full advantage of vectored I/O, retaining the performance and design benefits.

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Configuring PostgreSQL and LDAP Using StartTLS

Percona

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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Tune Linux Kernel Parameters For PostgreSQL Optimization

Percona

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. Therefore, it is imperative that these parameters are configured according to the database server and its workload.

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SQL Server I/O Basics Chapter #2

SQL Server According to Bob

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