Percona

AUGUST 22, 2023

Estimates vary, but most reports put the average cost of unplanned database downtime at approximately $300,000 to $500,000 per hour, or $5,000 to $8,000 per minute. With so much at stake, database high availability and fault tolerance have become must-have items, but many companies just aren’t certain which one they must have.

Availability 82

Availability Hardware Open Source Database 82

Dynatrace

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

This unified approach enables Grail to vault past the limitations of traditional databases. And without the encumbrances of traditional databases, Grail performs fast. “In In most cases, especially with more complex queries, Grail gives you answers at five to 100 times more speed than any other database you can use right now.”

Analytics 186

Analytics Innovation Metrics Database 186

Dynatrace

JANUARY 11, 2023

Database monitoring. This ensures the database queries are performant, while also identifying host problems. For example, uptime detection can identify database instability and help to improve mean time to restoration. Website monitoring examines a cloud-hosted website’s processes, traffic, availability, and resource use.

Cloud 223

Cloud Monitoring Best Practices Infrastructure 223

Dynatrace

JANUARY 23, 2023

Here’s the update: Improve architectural design to eliminate SSO bottleneck risk [In progress] Security and access are critical aspects of our architecture, and as such, there are many areas we’re looking to improve. Hopefully never.) This has been completed.

Social Media 130

Social Media Cache Traffic Media 130

All Things Distributed

MAY 19, 2017

In many, high-throughput, OLTP style applications the database plays a crucial role to achieve scale, reliability, high-performance and cost efficiency. For a long time, these requirements were almost exclusively served by commercial, proprietary databases.

Database 117

Database Design Cloud Storage 117

Percona

DECEMBER 21, 2023

The integration of those projects, plus the years of Percona expertise in the database space, makes PMM one of the best database monitoring solutions on the market. Percona Monitoring and Management is a best-of-breed open source database monitoring solution. PMM will remain to be a black box.

Availability 103

Availability Monitoring Open Source Traffic 103

SQL Performance

APRIL 15, 2020

SQL Server has always provided the ability to capture actual queries in an easily-consumable rowset format – first with legacy SQL Server Profiler, later via Extended Events, and now with a combination of those two concepts in Azure SQL Database. ALTER EVENT SESSION [ ADS_Standard_Azure ] ON DATABASE. DROP EVENT sqlserver.

Azure 96

Azure Database Tuning Network 96

Dynatrace

AUGUST 30, 2019

Infrastructure Optimization: 100% improvement in Database Connectivity. Think of a user login which requires your back-end systems to validate user credentials and query required user profile information from the backend databases. Too much data requested from a database, e.g. Request all and filter in memory.

Cache 198

Cache Database Architecture Government 198

Dynatrace

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

In case of a spike in traffic, you can automatically spin up more resources, often in a matter of seconds. Likewise, you can scale down when your application experiences decreased traffic. For example, as traffic increases, costs will too. Analyze your resource consumption and traffic patterns. Inconsistent performance.

Cloud 165

Cloud Traffic Best Practices Strategy 165

Percona

JULY 1, 2023

Now that Database-as-a-service (DBaaS) is in high demand, there are multiple questions regarding AWS services that cannot always be answered easily: When should I use Aurora and when should I use RDS MySQL ? What we should really compare is the MySQL and Aurora database engines provided by Amazon RDS. How do I choose which one to use?

AWS 52

AWS Database Serverless Storage 52

Scalegrid

JANUARY 8, 2024

AI-driven cloud solutions like ScaleGrid offer a diverse range of database hosting options, robust infrastructure optimized for scalability and security, and enable significant cost reductions, supporting businesses in efficient growth and improved ROI. These services are tailored to meet various business requirements.

Artificial Intelligence 147

Artificial Intelligence Cloud Scalability Analytics 147

Scalegrid

JANUARY 5, 2024

If you’re considering a database management system, understanding these benefits is crucial. DBMS enhances data security with encryption, implements various access controls, and enables improved data sharing and concurrent access, thus facilitating quick response to changes and maintaining consistent database accuracy.

Efficiency 147

Efficiency Storage Database Scalability 147

Scalegrid

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

At its core, a distributed storage system comprises three main components: a controller for managing the system’s operations, an internal datastore where information is held, and databases geared towards ensuring scalability, partitioning capabilities, and high availability for all types of data.

Storage 130

Storage Systems Big Data Azure 130

KeyCDN

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

With cloud-based infrastructure, organizations can easily scale their web applications to handle increased traffic or demand without the need for expensive hardware upgrades. Each of these platforms offers a wide range of services and tools for web application development and deployment, including storage, databases, and serverless computing.

Artificial Intelligence 111

Artificial Intelligence Development Serverless Website 111

The Netflix TechBlog

JUNE 13, 2023

Migrating Critical Traffic At Scale with No Downtime — Part 2 Shyam Gala , Javier Fernandez-Ivern , Anup Rokkam Pratap , Devang Shah Picture yourself enthralled by the latest episode of your beloved Netflix series, delighting in an uninterrupted, high-definition streaming experience. This is where large-scale system migrations come into play.

Traffic 279

Traffic Metrics Systems Strategy 279

Percona

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Database architects working with MongoDB encounter specific challenges related to database systems and system growth. Scalability is a significant concern, as databases must handle growing data volumes and user demands while maintaining peak performance. mongos --configdb <configReplSetName>/<cfg1.example.net:27019>,<cfg2.example.net:27019>,<cfg3.example.net:27019>

Best Practices 75

Best Practices Traffic Database Servers 75

Percona

JULY 7, 2023

Unfortunately, using certain open source database software as part of an HA architecture can present significant challenges. This blog highlights considerations for keeping your own PostgreSQL databases highly available and healthy. The same changes made in the primary database are made in the replicas.

Availability 87

Availability Open Source Architecture Database 87

Percona

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

If you have any experience working with database software, you have undoubtedly heard the term Kubernetes a lot. Applications can be horizontally scaled with Kubernetes by adding or deleting containers based on resource allocation and incoming traffic demands. have adopted Kubernetes.

Efficiency 105

Efficiency Cloud Healthcare Open Source 105

Dynatrace

JULY 6, 2020

In addition to providing visibility for core Azure services like virtual machines, load balancers, databases, and application services, we’re happy to announce support for the following 10 new Azure services, with many more to come soon: Virtual Machines (classic ones). Azure Traffic Manager. Azure Batch. Azure DB for PostgreSQL.

Azure 147

Azure Cloud Big Data Virtualization 147

Software Architecture

AUGUST 24, 2017

Redis is like a database that resides in memory. Memcached is very good at handling high traffic websites. Redis can not handle heavy traffic on read/write. Redis vs Memcached was originally published in Software Architecture on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

Software Architecture 100

Software Architecture Traffic Efficiency Website 100

Dynatrace

MAY 8, 2023

The process involves monitoring various components of the software delivery pipeline, including applications, infrastructure, networks, and databases. Network monitoring Network monitoring analyzes network traffic logs to look for anomalies such as high bandwidth usage, packet flow, and atypical patterns that might indicate a cyberattack.

DevOps 220

DevOps Efficiency Monitoring Infrastructure 220

Percona

MAY 15, 2023

The main reason behind this is that MySQL is a relational database system (RDBMS), and any data that is going to be written in it must respect the RDBMS rules. Normally this solution requires a full code redesign and could be quite difficult to achieve when it is injected after the initial code architecture definition.

Traffic 127

Traffic Scalability Database Servers 127

The Netflix TechBlog

AUGUST 30, 2021

System Setup Architecture The following diagram summarizes the architecture description: Figure 1: Event-sourcing architecture of the Device Management Platform. As such, we can see that the traffic load on the Device Management Platform’s control plane is very dynamic over time.

Latency 213

Latency Traffic Transportation Hardware 213

InfoQ

JULY 3, 2023

LinkedIn introduced Couchbase as a centralized caching tier for scaling member profile reads to handle increasing traffic that has outgrown their existing database cluster. The new solution achieved over 99% hit rate, helped reduce tail latencies by more than 60% and costs by 10% annually. By Rafal Gancarz

Cache 82

Cache Latency Traffic Database 82

Percona

MARCH 20, 2023

When designing an architecture, many components need to be considered before deciding on the best solution. In short, each cluster is, in reality, a single database with high availability and other functionalities built in. Anyhow, we are here to talk about Proxies.

Games 124

Games Latency Traffic Cache 124

Scalegrid

JANUARY 8, 2024

For example, an application could use on-premises databases while also having access to ‘cloud bursting’ capabilities during times of high demand. Like ScaleGrid’s offerings for multi-cloud architecture compatibility, its solutions are well-suited for use within a single cloud provider or a hybrid cloud setup as well.

Strategy 147

Strategy Cloud Scalability Artificial Intelligence 147

IO River

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

In technical terms, network-level firewalls regulate access by blocking or permitting traffic based on predefined rules. ‍At its core, WAF operates by adhering to a rulebook—a comprehensive list of conditions that dictate how to handle incoming web traffic. You've put new rules in place. Let's dive deep into these challenges.‍1.

Traffic 52

Traffic Network Logistics Architecture 52

IO River

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

It is particularly beneficial during high-traffic periods or when serving content to a large audience.All of these benefits apply to modern applications that process user thumbnails. This increased server load can strain server resources, especially during high-traffic periods. How Can You Boost Website Performance?

Cache 52

Cache Social Media Website Performance Website 52

CSS Wizardry

JULY 23, 2023

All Core Web Vitals data used to rank you is taken from actual Chrome-based traffic to your site. The CrUX database gathers information about URLs whether or not the URL is part of a Search Console property. How SPA architectures affect Core Web Vitals Core Web Vitals data is captured for every page load, or navigation.

Engineering 246

Engineering Google Speed Mobile 246

Adrian Cockcroft

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

The layers of platforms start at the bottom with hardware choices such as which CPU architectures and vendors you want to use. You probably need an in-house Developer Experience Platform Team that knows the languages, supports the libraries, and manages the web service and database vendors.

Engineering 137

Engineering Serverless Lambda AWS 137

Percona

AUGUST 15, 2023

MySQL replication is a process in which data from a primary MySQL database is copied and sent to one or more secondary databases, known as replicas. Setting Up MySQL Replication – Step by Step: Backup Data: Before starting, create a backup of your primary database to prevent data loss during setup.

Servers 52

Servers Database Availability Traffic 52

Percona

AUGUST 1, 2023

Source: “Meowing” attack completely destroyed more than 1000 databases These are the words of Bob Diachenko, one of the most respected cybersecurity researchers in relation to a “Meowing” attack, which destroyed between 1000-4000 databases around the world. MongoDB databases commonly exceed a terabyte of data.

Best Practices 41

Best Practices Transportation Open Source Traffic 41

ScaleOut Software

JULY 19, 2021

Today’s streaming analytics architectures are not equipped to make sense of this rapidly changing information and react to it as it arrives. Incoming data is saved into data storage (historian database or log store) for query by operational managers who must attempt to find the highest priority issues that require their attention.

IoT 78

IoT Analytics Big Data Architecture 78

IO River

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

In technical terms, network-level firewalls regulate access by blocking or permitting traffic based on predefined rules. At its core, WAF operates by adhering to a rulebook—a comprehensive list of conditions that dictate how to handle incoming web traffic. You've put new rules in place. Let's dive deep into these challenges.‍1.

Traffic 40

Traffic Network Logistics Architecture 40

IO River

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

It is particularly beneficial during high-traffic periods or when serving content to a large audience.All of these benefits apply to modern applications that process user thumbnails. This increased server load can strain server resources, especially during high-traffic periods.

Cache 52

Cache Social Media Website Performance Website 52

Abhishek Tiwari

JULY 8, 2023

The term "synthetic" is used because it does not rely on traffic generated by real clients and end-users. Canaries emulate customer behavior by following the same paths and executing the same actions, enabling continuous verification of the customer experience even when there is no actual customer traffic on the applications.

Monitoring 52

Monitoring Testing Artificial Intelligence Traffic 52

Dynatrace

APRIL 16, 2019

Are they receiving traffic? #3: Are all services connecting to the correct backend services or databases? It shows us how transactions are flowing through the different architectural components. Dynatrace’s Hotspot Analysis highlights code execution, database or service interaction hotspots.

AWS 126

AWS Best Practices Database Traffic 126