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Using Huge Pages with PostgreSQL Running Inside Kubernetes

Percona

Please check out the Why Linux HugePages are Super Important for Database Servers: A Case with PostgreSQL blog post for more information. OS maintains a huge list of allocated and free pages to make slow but reliable address translation from virtual to physical. Unfortunately, the performance in benchmarks is almost the same as for 4KB pages.

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Percona Toolkit – A Quick Introduction to Summary

Percona

You can get summaries of your database servers, or you verify replication lag on MySQL and PostgreSQL servers. You get thirty-eight scripts that can do any manner of actions, and you will find them very valuable in your regular database work. Installation is easy with the software comes in popular package formats.

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HammerDB v4.3 New Features Pt1: Graphical Metrics for PostgreSQL

HammerDB

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. start the database and then login and create the extensions as follows. Prior to version 4.3, PostgreSQL Metrics Options.

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

SQL Server According to Bob

On Linux the total number of buffers that can be read or written, in a single ABI request, is capped at 2048. There are a few locations (zero file, column store, …) in SQL Server which attempt to read or write more then 1024 database pages in a single request. Bob Dorr – Principal Software Engineer SQL Server.

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SQL Server I/O Basics Chapter #2

SQL Server According to Bob

KB sectors run on smaller sectors   14 System and sample databases   15 Determining the formatted sector size of database   15 What sector sizes does SQL Server support? SQL Server 2005 introduces the snapshot database feature for point-in-time databases ​​ and online DBCC operations.

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