Scalegrid

JANUARY 11, 2024

This article strips away the complexities, walking you through best practices, top tools, and strategies you’ll need for a well-defended cloud infrastructure. Native tools, such as CloudWatch from AWS, have more extensive integrations and provide comprehensive protection for data in the cloud compared to their third-party counterparts.

Best Practices 130

Best Practices Cloud Monitoring Strategy 130

Dynatrace

AUGUST 9, 2023

Install Falco in AWS EKS to gather security-relevant events from all the happenings in Unguard. For the demonstration in this blog post, we want to deploy Unguard in AWS EKS and hunt for attacks within that environment. Deploy Falco and falcosidekick in AWS EKS You can  install Falco  in various ways. htaccess", "/.ssh",

Analytics 192

Analytics AWS Strategy Infrastructure 192

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

All Things Distributed

AUGUST 19, 2011

Job Openings in AWS - Senior Leader in Database Services. This week it is an opening for senior leaders with AWS Database Services. AWS Database Services is responsible for setting the database strategy and delivering distributed structured storage services to our AWS customers.

AWS 75

AWS Database Storage Scalability 75

Scalegrid

MARCH 14, 2024

Mastering Hybrid Cloud Strategy Are you looking to leverage the best private and public cloud worlds to propel your business forward? A hybrid cloud strategy could be your answer. Understanding Hybrid Cloud Strategy A hybrid cloud merges the capabilities of public and private clouds into a singular, coherent system.

Strategy 130

Strategy Cloud Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure 130

Dynatrace

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Cloud services platforms like AWS, Azure, and GCP are reshaping how organizations deliver value to their customers, making cloud migration an increasingly attractive option for running applications. A cloud migration strategy, however, provides technical optimization that’s also firmly rooted in the business value chain.

Cloud 163

Cloud Traffic Best Practices Strategy 163

All Things Distributed

AUGUST 19, 2011

This week it is an opening for senior leaders with AWS Database Services. AWS Database Services is responsible for setting the database strategy and delivering distributed structured storage services to our AWS customers. I will try to highlight some of those in coming weeks.

AWS 60

AWS Database Storage Strategy 60

Scalegrid

JANUARY 8, 2024

Confused about multi-cloud vs hybrid cloud and which is the right strategy for your organization? Real-world examples like Spotify’s multi-cloud strategy for cost reduction and performance, and Netflix’s hybrid cloud setup for efficient content streaming and creation, illustrate the practical applications of each model.

Strategy 147

Strategy Cloud Scalability Artificial Intelligence 147

All Things Distributed

AUGUST 16, 2011

Expanding the Cloud - The AWS GovCloud (US) Region. Today AWS announced the launch of the AWS GovCloud (US) Region. The concept of regions gives AWS customers control over the placement of their resources and services. The US Federal Cloud Computing Strategy lays out a â??Cloud All Things Distributed. Comments ().

AWS 111

AWS Government Big Data Cloud 111

All Things Distributed

JUNE 29, 2011

Driving Bandwidth Cost Down for AWS Customers. Any work we can do to improve over these dimensions generates long term benefits for AWS customers. Often customers are surprised about our strategy to help them drive their costs down. Driving Storage Costs Down for AWS Customers. Countdown to What is Next in AWS.

AWS 104

AWS Retail Innovation Strategy 104

Percona

JULY 24, 2023

While AWS EBS snapshots were mentioned the most, the likes of persistent disk snapshots on GCP, Azure-managed disk snapshots, or local storage, as well as k8s snapshot capabilities, were also playing a crucial part in the backup strategies. I am happy to announce that with PBM 2.2.0, Now why Technical Preview, you may ask?

Availability 77

Availability Open Source Strategy Storage 77

The Netflix TechBlog

OCTOBER 19, 2020

In pursuit of this goal, we outlined following storage optimization strategies: Use cheaper Elastic Block Store (EBS) volumes instead of SSD instance stores in EC2. This implies that the cost of storing traces grows linearly to the amount of data being stored. Employ better compression technique to reduce trace data size.

Infrastructure 233

Infrastructure Transportation Storage Open Source 233

Dynatrace

APRIL 11, 2023

Log4Shell highlights the need for secure digital transformation with observability, vulnerability management – blog The Log4Shell vulnerability highlighted the importance of developing a secure digital transformation strategy. Learn more with the 2022 InfoSec guide. He recaps the Shift-Left journey they have taken with Dynatrace.

Cloud 183

Cloud DevOps Open Source Retail 183

Strategic Tech

JULY 21, 2020

It’s got a selection of free tools you can use for defining your technology strategy, shaping your architectural boundaries, and organising your teams. I also recommend the Value Proposition Canvas for going deep into user needs and the Product Strategy Canvas for moving towards measurable business outcomes. no shared databases).

Architecture 98

Architecture Design Software Architecture Strategy 98

Percona

DECEMBER 11, 2023

A quick configuration change may do the trick in improving the performance of your AWS RDS for MySQL instance. Here, we will discuss a notable new feature in Amazon RDS, the Dedicated Log Volume (DLV), that has been introduced to boost database performance. and later v10 versions MySQL: 8.0.28 and later v8 versions PostgreSQL: 13.10

AWS 99

AWS Benchmarking Performance Traffic 99

Scalegrid

OCTOBER 7, 2019

As this open source database continues to pull new users from expensive commercial database management systems like Oracle, DB2 and SQL Server, organizations are adopting new approaches and evolving their own to maintain the exceptional performance of their SQL deployments. PostgreSQL popularity is skyrocketing in the enterprise space.

Strategy 182

Strategy Cloud Java Open Source 182

Dynatrace

MAY 9, 2022

For IT teams seeking agility, cost savings, and a faster on-ramp to innovation, a cloud migration strategy is critical. Define the strategy, assess the environment, and perform migration-readiness assessments and workshops. The seven Rs of a cloud migration strategy with Dynatrace. Dynatrace news. Mobilize and plan.

Strategy 195

Strategy Cloud Infrastructure Metrics 195

Abhishek Tiwari

JULY 8, 2023

Canary AWS refers to these synthetic monitors as "canaries" (like "canary in the coal mine"). It can monitor not only the application itself but also the underlying infrastructure, APIs, databases, and external services. A canary is a script that can be customized and is typically coded in JavaScript or Python.

Monitoring 52

Monitoring Testing Artificial Intelligence Traffic 52

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.

AWS 52

AWS Database Serverless Storage 52

All Things Distributed

JULY 3, 2011

Next to customer visits I will take part in a number of events organized by AWS and by our partners. This week in Japan there are three public events planned: July 4 - AWS HPC Night at Fuji Soft Hall in Akihabara. I will give a keynote on enterprise migration strategies. Driving Storage Costs Down for AWS Customers.

AWS 67

AWS Storage Big Data Cloud 67

Dynatrace

APRIL 1, 2021

Versatile, feature-rich cloud computing environments such as AWS, Microsoft Azure, and GCP have been a game-changer. Keeping track of performance, response time, and efficiency can be cumbersome, especially when teams use a multicloud strategy that spans cloud environments and on-premises systems.

Azure 170

Azure AWS DevOps Cloud 170

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

Percona

DECEMBER 11, 2023

There are a wealth of options on how you can approach storage configuration in Percona Operator for PostgreSQL , and in this blog post, we review various storage strategies — from basics to more sophisticated use cases. Regional disks Regional disks are available at Azure and Google Cloud but not yet at AWS.

Storage 106

Storage Strategy Cloud Azure 106

All Things Distributed

JULY 11, 2011

By shifting the unit of capacity we are pricing against, customers bidding strategy will directly determine whether or not they are fulfilled. To get started using Spot or for more details visit the Amazon EC2 Spot Instance web page, the AWS developer blog , and the EC2 Release Notes. Driving Storage Costs Down for AWS Customers.

AWS 85

AWS Storage Cloud Big Data 85

Percona

JULY 2, 2023

In this post, we cover the methods used to achieve an enterprise-grade backup strategy for the PostgreSQL cluster. The size of the database and your database environment—if it is on colo or cloud—matters. They also ensure that backup strategies adhere to industry and legal compliance requirements.

Strategy 52

Strategy Database Storage Open Source 52

Scalegrid

DECEMBER 16, 2019

MongoDB is the #3 open source database and the #1 NoSQL database in the world. It’s a cross-platform document-oriented database that uses JSON-like documents with schema, and is leveraged broadly across startup apps up to enterprise-level businesses developing modern apps. DigitalOcean Advantages for MongoDB.

Azure 187

Azure AWS Latency Database 187

Dynatrace

APRIL 8, 2021

AWS Lambda is enormously popular amongst our customers and while it was once perceived as just a new toy for startups who wanted to be at the cutting edge of technology, we’ve seen that many enterprise customers are now adding Lambda functions to their stacks. Enterprise-grade observability and root-cause detection for AWS Lambda functions.

Lambda 218

Lambda AWS Serverless Monitoring 218

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

Dynatrace

APRIL 8, 2021

AWS Lambda is enormously popular amongst our customers and while it was once perceived as just a new toy for startups who wanted to be at the cutting edge of technology, we’ve seen that many enterprise customers are now adding Lambda functions to their stacks. Enterprise-grade observability and root-cause detection for AWS Lambda functions.

Lambda 179

Lambda AWS Serverless Monitoring 179

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.

Database 106

Database AWS Network Design 106

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. What is workload in cloud computing?

Cloud 130

Cloud Virtualization Storage Efficiency 130

Percona

MAY 9, 2023

To determine whether that perception is warranted in the database software industry — and if so, how to avoid vendor lock-in pitfalls — let’s dig deeper. Vendor lock-in related to database software also conjures up perceptions of financial losses brought on by escalating licensing fees. Ask about data portability.

Open Source 92

Open Source Database Innovation Cloud 92

Percona

DECEMBER 5, 2023

It was a fascinating read, shedding light on leveraging AWS snapshots’ capabilities to avoid initial data copy within the RDS environment. Inspired by David’s insights, I embarked on a journey to explore logical replication from a different perspective – within the realm of on-premises server databases.

Database 78

Database Traffic C++ Servers 78

Percona

JULY 26, 2023

MongoDB is a non-relational document database that provides support for JSON-like storage. First released in 2009, it is the most used NoSQL database and has been downloaded more than 325 million times. The bigger the database, the bigger the damage from a leak. This can leave your database instances exposed and vulnerable.

Database 81

Database Servers Storage Strategy 81

The Netflix TechBlog

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Andreas Andreakis , Ioannis Papapanagiotou Overview Change-Data-Capture (CDC) allows capturing committed changes from a database in real-time and propagating those changes to downstream consumers [1][2]. In databases like MySQL and PostgreSQL, transaction logs are the source of CDC events. Designed with High Availability in mind.

Database 212

Database Traffic Transportation Open Source 212

The Netflix TechBlog

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Andreas Andreakis , Ioannis Papapanagiotou Overview Change-Data-Capture (CDC) allows capturing committed changes from a database in real-time and propagating those changes to downstream consumers [1][2]. In databases like MySQL and PostgreSQL, transaction logs are the source of CDC events. Designed with High Availability in mind.

Database 197

Database Traffic Transportation Open Source 197

HammerDB

JANUARY 5, 2019

Some opinions claim that “Benchmarks are meaningless”, “benchmarks are irrelevant” or “benchmarks are nothing like your real applications” However for others “Benchmarks matter,” as they “account for the processing architecture and speed, memory, storage subsystems and the database engine.”

Benchmarking 40

Benchmarking Database Social Media Scalability 40