Percona

JULY 7, 2023

With the average cost of unplanned downtime running from $300,000 to $500,000 per hour , businesses are increasingly using high availability (HA) technologies to maximize application uptime. Unfortunately, using certain open source database software as part of an HA architecture can present significant challenges.

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Dynatrace

MAY 5, 2020

We’re therefore excited to announce that Dynatrace has received the Amazon RDS Service Ready designation. Achieving this designation differentiates Dynatrace as an AWS Advanced Technology Partner with a product that is integrated with Amazon RDS and is generally available and fully supported.

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Design AWS Education Innovation 143

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.

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Availability Hardware Open Source Database 77

Percona

MARCH 23, 2023

When it comes to enterprise-level databases, there are several options available in the market, but PostgreSQL stands out as one of the most popular and reliable choices. PostgreSQL is a free and open source object-relational database management system (ORDBMS) that has existed since the mid-1990s.

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Database Open Source Traffic Small Business 114

Percona

APRIL 28, 2023

Let’s start with a simple introductory comparison: With proprietary (closed source) database software, the public does not have access to the source code; only the company that owns it and those given access can modify it. Myth #2: Proprietary databases are better and therefore more suitable for large enterprises.

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InfoQ

DECEMBER 8, 2023

AWS recently announced the preview of Amazon Aurora Limitless Database, a new capability supporting automated horizontal scaling to process millions of write transactions per second and manage petabytes of data in a single Aurora database. By Steef-Jan Wiggers

Database 95

Database AWS Processing Availability 95

DZone

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

The circuit breaker is a design pattern that prevents cascading failures and improves the overall availability and performance of a system. A circuit breaker is a component that monitors the health of a dependency, such as a remote service, an external API, or a database. What Is a Circuit Breaker?

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Latency Network Database Monitoring 258

Percona

MARCH 30, 2023

The use of open source databases has increased steadily in recent years. Past trepidation — about perceived vulnerabilities and performance issues — has faded as decision makers realize what an “open source database” really is and what it offers. What is an open source database?

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Open Source Database Storage Scalability 74

Percona

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Rather than listing the concepts, function calls, etc, available in Citus, which frankly is a bit boring, I’m going to explore scaling out a database system starting with a single host. I won’t cover all the features but show just enough that you’ll want to see more of what you can learn to accomplish for yourself.

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Database Benchmarking Latency C++ 104

Percona

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Migrating a proprietary database to open source is a major decision that can significantly affect your organization. Today, we’ll be taking a deep dive into the intricacies of database migration, along with specific solutions to help make the process easier.

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Open Source Database Hardware Strategy 91

Percona

AUGUST 30, 2023

Data powers everything, and unlike coal and coal combustion, data and databases aren’t going away. In this blog, we’ll focus on the elements of database backup and disaster recovery, and we’ll introduce proven solutions for maintaining business continuity, even amid otherwise dire circumstances.

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Database Hardware Open Source Strategy 86

Percona

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Database security is crucial to protecting sensitive information stored in a database. A critical aspect is authentication, which refers to verifying the identity of a user trying to access the database. PostgreSQL server authentication refers to verifying the identity of a user trying to connect to the PostgreSQL server.

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Database Servers Testing Programming 122

The Morning Paper

MARCH 3, 2020

Millions of tiny databases , Brooker et al., It takes you through the thinking processes and engineering practices behind the design of a key part of the control plane for AWS Elastic Block Storage (EBS): the Physalia database that stores configuration information. NSDI’20. This paper is a real joy to read. Requirements.

Database 106

Database AWS Network Design 106

Percona

AUGUST 2, 2023

Restoring a MySQL database backup is a crucial task that can sometimes be time-consuming, especially for large databases. Linux native Input/Output (I/O) statistics Pipe viewer utility By following these approaches, we can effectively monitor the restoration process and manage your MySQL database restoration efficiently.

Database 80

Database Monitoring C++ Speed 80

Scalegrid

MARCH 28, 2024

Redis Data Types and Structures The design of Redis’s data structures emphasizes versatility. It is designed to cache plain text values, offering fast read and write access to frequently accessed data. Advanced Redis Features Showdown Big data center concept, cloud database, server power station of the future.

Cache 130

Cache Storage Scalability Architecture 130

Percona

JULY 24, 2023

To make sure that Percona Backup for MongoDB answers the pains of our customers, we took the common denominator of the pains that anyone using snapshot capabilities faces when performing backups and restores and positioned PBM as the open source, freely available answer to those pains. I am happy to announce that with PBM 2.2.0,

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Availability Open Source Strategy Storage 74

Scalegrid

APRIL 2, 2019

PostgreSQL is an open source relational database system that has soared in popularity over the past 30 years from its active, loyal, and growing community. For the 2nd year in a row, PostgreSQL has kept the title of #1 fastest growing database in the world according to the DBMS of the Year report by the experts at DB-Engines.

Database 185

Database Cloud Open Source Azure 185

Scalegrid

MARCH 8, 2024

With MySQL point-in-time recovery , you can restore your database to the moment before the problem occurs. Preparation for PITR is crucial and involves enabling binary logging and creating a full database backup. Three distinct modes are available within MySQL when setting up your binary logs’ format.

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Database Strategy Servers Best Practices 162

Percona

APRIL 17, 2023

Note that the intent of tuning the settings is not exclusively about improving performance but also enhancing the high availability and resilience of the MongoDB database. The Linux default is usually 60 , which is not ideal for database usage. There is an issue with this, which causes the OS to swap even with memory available.

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Best Practices Design Tuning Database 52

Dynatrace

JANUARY 31, 2024

The RAG process begins by summarizing and converting user prompts into queries that are sent to a search platform that uses semantic similarities to find relevant data in vector databases, semantic caches, or other online data sources. Observing AI models Running AI models at scale can be resource-intensive.

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Cache Azure Infrastructure Monitoring 208

Scalegrid

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Key Takeaways Distributed storage systems benefit organizations by enhancing data availability, fault tolerance, and system scalability, leading to cost savings from reduced hardware needs, energy consumption, and personnel. Variations within these storage systems are called distributed file systems.

Storage 130

Storage Systems Big Data Azure 130

Percona

OCTOBER 19, 2023

In this guide, we will demonstrate how to establish a Citus database spanning multiple nodes by using Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL. This setup empowers your database to efficiently manage increased data volumes, enhance performance, and maintain availability. 1ubuntu1~20.04.1) 1ubuntu1~20.04.1)

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Scalability Database Open Source Traffic 84

Dynatrace

MARCH 6, 2024

IBM i is designed to integrate seamlessly with legacy and modern applications, allowing businesses to run critical workloads and applications. It also includes various built-in software components for database management, security, and application development. How does the extension work?

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Monitoring Infrastructure Metrics Analytics 239

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 ? These may be performance, high availability, operational cost, management, capacity planning, scalability, security, monitoring, etc.

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AWS Database Serverless Storage 52

Percona

MAY 1, 2023

It has default settings for all of the database parameters. It is primarily the responsibility of the database administrator or developer to tune PostgreSQL according to their system’s workload. The performance of a PostgreSQL database has a significant impact on the overall effectiveness of an application.

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Tuning Efficiency Database Performance 52

HammerDB

OCTOBER 23, 2023

HammerDB uses stored procedures to achieve maximum throughput when benchmarking your database. HammerDB has always used stored procedures as a design decision because the original benchmark was implemented as close as possible to the example workload in the TPC-C specification that uses stored procedures. What is a stored procedure?

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Benchmarking Database Network C++ 62

Percona

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

MySQL performance tuning offers several significant advantages for effective database management and optimization. Enhanced Database Efficiency By adjusting configuration settings, you can markedly enhance the overall efficiency of your MySQL database. Experiencing database performance issues?

Tuning 52

Tuning Database Performance Hardware 52

Scalegrid

JANUARY 8, 2019

In Part I , we introduced a High Availability (HA) framework for MySQL hosting and discussed various components and their functionality. Semisynchronous replication, which is natively available in MySQL, helps the HA framework to ensure data consistency and redundancy for committed transactions. rpl_semi_sync_master_timeout.

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Availability Tuning Speed Network 113

Percona

MAY 2, 2023

That’s why it’s essential to implement the best practices and strategies for MongoDB database backups. Why are MongoDB database backups important? Regular database backups are essential to protect against data loss caused by system failures, human errors, natural disasters, or cyber-attacks.

Best Practices 52

Best Practices Database Storage Servers 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.

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Artificial Intelligence Cloud Scalability Analytics 147

Strategic Tech

JULY 21, 2020

Before jumping into either of those scenarios, have a look at what Strategic Domain-Driven Design can offer you. remember, it’s not a waterfall project Tools and Techniques There are plentiful tools and techniques available to you in your modernisation initiative. Architecture modernisation caveats?—?remember, You can do either first.

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Architecture Design Software Architecture Strategy 98

HammerDB

JULY 5, 2022

Python is a popular programming language, especially for beginners, and consequently we see it occurring in places where it just shouldn’t be used, such as database benchmarking. We use stored procedures because, as the introductory post shows, using single SQL statements turns our database benchmark into a network test).

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Benchmarking Database C++ Virtualization 98

Highly Scalable

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

These developments gradually highlight a system of relevant database building blocks with proven practical efficiency. In this article I’m trying to provide more or less systematic description of techniques related to distributed operations in NoSQL databases. Data Placement. System Coordination. Read/Write latency. Fault-tolerance.

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Database Latency C++ Scalability 213

Scalegrid

MARCH 22, 2024

This process thoroughly assesses factors like cost-effectiveness, security measures, control levels, scalability options, customization possibilities, performance standards, and availability expectations. Ready to take your database management to the next level with ScaleGrid’s cutting-edge solutions?

Strategy 130

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Scalegrid

JANUARY 12, 2024

Simply put, it’s the set of computational tasks that cloud systems perform, such as hosting databases, enabling collaboration tools, or running compute-intensive algorithms. All rely heavily on utilizing allocated portions from existing pools made available through specific providers as part of their service offerings.

Cloud 130

Cloud Virtualization Storage Efficiency 130

Scalegrid

JANUARY 25, 2024

Redis® is an in-memory database that provides blazingly fast performance. This makes it a compelling alternative to disk-based databases when performance is a concern. Redis returns a big list of database metrics when you run the info command on the Redis shell. This blog post lists the important database metrics to monitor.

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Metrics Monitoring Latency Cache 130

Scalegrid

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, the way we manage databases is undergoing a transformative shift. The rise of Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) is not just a trend but a strategic response to the growing complexities of data management. However, using a database as a service is not without its set of challenges.

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