Scalegrid

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The choice of self-managed cloud databases vs DBaaS is a common debate among those who are looking for the best option that will cater to their particular needs. Database as a Service (DBaaS) and managed databases offer distinct advantages along with certain challenges.

Database 130

Database Cloud Hardware Storage 130

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. Unfortunately, my excitement was short lived for a couple of reasons.

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SQL Performance

APRIL 27, 2020

Azure SQL Database is Microsoft's database-as-a-service offering that provides a tremendous amount of flexibility. Microsoft is continually working on improving their products and Azure SQL Database is no different. The basic tier provides up to 5 DTUs with standard storage. HyperScale Database.

Azure 55

Azure Database Serverless Hardware 55

DZone

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

Cosmos DB is a multimodal database in Azure that supports schema-less storage. For key object storage, RU tends to be less, but it still depends on the payload size. Cosmos DB can be a good candidate for a key-value store. By default, Cosmos DB containers tend to index all the fields of a document uploaded.

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Azure Storage C++ Performance Testing 243

Dynatrace

AUGUST 28, 2020

This is the second part of our blog series announcing the massive expansion of our Azure services support. Part 1 of this blog series looks at some of the key benefits of Azure DB for PostgreSQL, Azure SQL Managed Instance, and Azure HDInsight. Fully automated observability into your Azure multi-cloud environment.

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InfoQ

JUNE 26, 2023

Microsoft has recently unveiled several new features for Azure Cosmos DB to enhance cost efficiency, boost performance, and increase elasticity. These features are burst capacity, hierarchical partition keys, serverless container storage of 1 TB, and priority-based execution. By Steef-Jan Wiggers

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Azure Serverless Performance Storage 87

Scalegrid

JULY 29, 2019

MySQL is a free open source relational database management system that is leveraged across a majority of WordPress sites, and allows you to query your data such as posts, pages, images, user profiles, and more. Managing a database is hard, as it needs continuous updating, tuning, and monitoring to ensure the performance of your website.

Database 166

Database Cloud Website Azure 166

SQL Performance

DECEMBER 17, 2019

One initial, easy step to moving your SQL Server on-premises workloads to the cloud is using Azure VMs to run your SQL Server workloads in an infrastructure as a service (IaaS) scenario. You will still have to maintain your operating system, SQL Server and databases just like you would in an on-premises scenario.

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Azure Virtualization Servers Storage 72

High Scalability

JANUARY 11, 2022

We will use a graph database such as Neo4j to store the information. Additionally, we can use columnar databases like Cassandra to store information like user feeds, activities, and counters. After that, the post gets added to the feed of all the followers in the columnar data storage. Sample Queries supported by Graph Database.

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Design Media Storage Logistics 334

Percona

JANUARY 24, 2023

Databases on Kubernetes continue their rising trend. Our Operators provide built-in backup and restore capabilities, but some users are still looking for old-fashioned ways, like storage-level snapshots (i.e., Both your storage and Container Storage Interface (CSI) must support snapshots. AWS EBS Snapshots).

Database 65

Database Storage Open Source AWS 65

Dynatrace

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Cloud vendors such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft, and Google provide a wide spectrum of serverless services for compute and event-driven workloads, databases, storage, messaging, and other purposes. 3 End-to-end distributed trace including Azure Functions. Dynatrace news. New to Dynatrace?

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Serverless Azure Lambda AWS 187

SQL Performance

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Azure SQL Database Managed Instance became generally available in late 2018. General Purpose provides up to 8 TB of high-performance Azure Blob storage, while Business Critical provides up to 4 TB of super-fast local SSD storage. Memory is allocated at approximately 5.1 GB per vCore. With only having 5.1

Azure 63

Azure Performance Storage Latency 63

SQL Performance

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Migrating an on-premises SQL Server instance to an Azure Virtual Machine (VM) is a common method to migrate to Azure. IT professionals are familiar with scoping the size of VMs with regards to vCPU, memory, and storage capacity. You'll see the types referenced as Family in the Azure Portal when sizing a VM. Generation.

Azure 76

Azure Benchmarking Storage Virtualization 76

Scalegrid

JUNE 9, 2020

June 9, 2020 – ScaleGrid, a leading Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) provider, has just announced support for their MySQL , PostgreSQL and Redis™ solutions on DigitalOcean. This launch is in addition to their current DigitalOcean offering for MongoDB® database , the only DBaaS to support this database on DigitalOcean.

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ScaleOut Software

JULY 14, 2021

The Microsoft Azure IoT ecosystem offers a rich set of capabilities for processing IoT telemetry, from its arrival in the cloud through its storage in databases and data lakes. Acting as a switchboard for incoming and outgoing messages, Azure IoT Hub forms the core of these capabilities.

IoT 52

IoT Azure Analytics Serverless 52

Dynatrace

JANUARY 16, 2023

The strongest Kubernetes growth areas are security, databases, and CI/CD technologies. Most Kubernetes clusters in the cloud (73%) are built on top of managed distributions from the hyperscalers like AWS Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS), Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), or Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE). Java, Go, and Node.js

Open Source 342

Open Source Java Operating System Programming 342

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. Storage is a critical aspect to consider when working with cloud workloads. What is workload in cloud computing?

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Cloud Virtualization Storage Efficiency 130

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

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

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

SQL Performance

APRIL 8, 2019

Back on December 5, 2017, Microsoft announced that they were using AMD EPYC 7551 processors in their storage-optimized Lv2-Series virtual machines. These VMs are not available in all regions, so you will want to check the availability in the Azure region that you are interested in using. Azure Lsv2 Details. Memory (GiB).

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Azure Virtualization Storage Benchmarking 42

Dynatrace

APRIL 21, 2022

Configuration API for AWS and Azure supporting services. You can now get a list of all AWS and Azure supporting services on your cluster, by current version, using the AWS credentials API and Azure credentials API respectively. Improved error handling for unexpected storage issues. (APM-360014). see Settings API.

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Azure Metrics AWS Monitoring 215

Scalegrid

MARCH 14, 2024

Public Cloud Infrastructure Third-party providers run public cloud services, delivering a broad array of offerings like computing power, storage solutions, and network capabilities that enhance the functionality of a hybrid cloud architecture. We will examine each of these elements in more detail.

Strategy 130

Strategy Cloud Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure 130

Percona

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

In the Home Dashboard of PMM, a low CPU utilization on any of the database services that are being monitored could mean that the server is inactive or over-provisioned. From AWS documentation , Amazon EBS is an easy-to-use, scalable, high-performance block-storage service designed for Amazon EC2.

Cloud 118

Cloud Serverless AWS Storage 118

Scalegrid

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

PostgreSQL graphical user interface (GUI) tools help these open source database users to manage, manipulate, and visualize their data. PostgreSQL is the fourth most popular database management system in the world, and heavily used in all sizes of applications from small to large. Why Use a GUI Tool? pgAdmin Cost: Free (open source).

Open Source 262

Open Source Database Azure Cloud 262

Dynatrace

JANUARY 20, 2022

Azure supporting services (Synapse Analytics). DL/I segment name for DL/I databases. RUM linking timeouts adjusted in transaction storage. (APM-341299). The trace list now correctly supports sorting on the number of database calls. (APM-340223). Masking v1. Masking v2. See Available metrics. Improved host settings UI.

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Lambda AWS Metrics Azure 180

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

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

Percona

APRIL 26, 2023

When you do a database restore, you want to have it done as soon as possible. And the database is unusable until the restore is done. Our tests showed physical database restores up to 5x faster than the logical ones. The speed of the physical restoration comes down to how fast we can copy (download) data from the remote storage.

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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. This article will focus on the technology behind ScaleGrid’s Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) solutions and how they align with multi-cloud and hybrid cloud structures.

Strategy 147

Strategy Cloud Scalability Artificial Intelligence 147

Percona

MARCH 28, 2023

To briefly explain pgBackRest, it is an open source backup tool that takes FULL Backup, Incremental Backup, and Differential Backup for PostgreSQL databases. This attribute helps take the redundant copies of the databases at multiple locations remotely on different servers or locally on the same server.

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Dynatrace

JUNE 7, 2023

” In recent years, cloud service providers such as Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, IBM, and Google began offering Kubernetes as part of their managed services. Without having to worry about underlying infrastructure concerns, such as storage, security, and lifecycle management, developers can focus on writing code.

Open Source 206

Open Source Social Media Infrastructure Operating System 206

Percona

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Percona is a leading provider of unbiased, performance-first, open source database solutions that allow organizations to easily, securely, and affordably maintain business agility, minimize risks, and stay competitive, free from vendor lock-in. Download Percona Distribution for MySQL (PS- based variant) 8.1.0 Percona Server for MySQL 8.1.0-1

Open Source 79

Open Source Azure Servers Programming 79

Particular Software

AUGUST 16, 2021

which provides saga and outbox storage for NServiceBus endpoints that is transactionally consistent with the business data you store in Cosmos DB. How do I move from Azure Tables to Cosmos DB? ?? Cosmos DB is the primary database service provided by Azure. But what does it mean for a NoSQL database to have an SQL API?

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Azure Serverless Storage Database 52

Dynatrace

OCTOBER 11, 2021

In a time when modern microservices are easier to deploy, GCF, like its counterparts AWS Lambda and Microsoft Azure Functions , gives development teams an agility boost for delivering value to their customers quickly with low overhead costs. These functions can connect with supported cloud databases, such as Cloud SQL and Bigtable.

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Google Cloud Serverless Azure 221

Percona

JUNE 30, 2023

Percona, a leading provider of open-source database software and services, announced the general availability of Percona Operator for PostgreSQL version 2. Kubernetes provides many benefits, such as automation and scalability, but it also introduces new complexities when it comes to managing databases. In version 1.x,

Availability 93

Availability Open Source Azure Hardware 93

Percona

JULY 24, 2023

PBM) introduced a GA version of incremental physical backups , which can greatly impact both the recovery time and the cost of backup (considering storage and data transfer cost). In the previous minor release, Percona Backup for MongoDB 2.1.0 (PBM)

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Availability Open Source Strategy Storage 74