Scalegrid

JULY 13, 2020

Compare ease of use across compatibility, extensions, tuning, operating systems, languages and support providers. PostgreSQL is an open source object-relational database system with over 30 years of active development. Data encryption can be achieved with advanced security plugins like pgcrypto which are available for free.

Open Source 244

Open Source Tuning C++ Database 244

HammerDB

APRIL 19, 2023

GHz 4th Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors (code-named Sapphire Rapids) Up to 20% higher compute performance than z1d instances Up to 50 Gbps of networking speed Up to 40 Gbps of bandwidth to the Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) We can also verify these capabilities by running some simple benchmarks on the different subsystems.

Performance 54

Performance Benchmarking Cache Storage 54

Percona

MAY 1, 2023

Key areas include: Configuration parameter tuning : This tuning involves altering variables such as memory allocation, disk I/O settings, and concurrent connections based on specific hardware and requirements. Slow queries and data retrieval can lead to frustrating delays that impact the user experience. Nobody has time for that!

Tuning 52

Tuning Efficiency Database Performance 52

HammerDB

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

HammerDB is a load testing and benchmarking application for relational databases. This helps to minimise locking allowing multiple sessions to access the same data at the same time. On high-performance multi-core systems all the supported databases can return performance in the many millions of transactions per minute.

Programming 67

Programming Benchmarking Virtualization C++ 67

The Morning Paper

MAY 23, 2019

Existing cache and main memory compression techniques compress data in small fixed-size blocks, typically cache lines. Looking across a set of eight Java benchmarks, we find that only two of them are array dominated, the rest having between 40% to 75% of the heap footprint allocated to objects, the vast majority of which are small.

Cache 61

Cache Benchmarking Hardware Java 61

The Morning Paper

MAY 27, 2019

Last week we saw the benefits of rethinking memory and pointer models at the hardware level when it came to object storage and compression ( Zippads ). The protections are hardware implemented and cannot be forged in software. And this all has to work for whole-system executions, not just the C-language portion of user processes.

C++ 61

C++ Hardware Virtualization Benchmarking 61

Percona

AUGUST 30, 2018

Because recognizing if the workload is read intensive or write intensive will impact your hardware choices, database configuration as well as what techniques you can apply for performance optimization and scalability. Let’s examine the TPC-C Benchmark from this point of view, or more specifically its implementation in Sysbench.

Benchmarking 47

Benchmarking Database Operating System Architecture 47

Adrian Cockcroft

JUNE 21, 2022

I became the Sun UK local specialist in performance and hardware, and as Sun transitioned from a desktop workstation company to sell high end multiprocessor servers I was helping customers find and fix scalability problems. We had specializations in hardware, operating systems, databases, graphics, etc.

Tuning 52

Tuning Benchmarking Engineering C++ 52

Percona

JULY 1, 2023

Understanding DBaaS DBaaS cloud services allow users to use databases without configuring physical hardware and infrastructure or installing software. These may be performance, high availability, operational cost, management, capacity planning, scalability, security, monitoring, etc.

AWS 52

AWS Database Serverless Storage 52

SQL Server According to Bob

JANUARY 11, 2020

To ensure data integrity for our customers who are running SQL Server, it is important that I/O environments provide appropriate functionality. Atomicity A transaction must be an atomic unit of work; either all of its data modifications are performed or none of them are performed.

Servers 40

Servers Cache Media Hardware 40

SQL Server According to Bob

AUGUST 23, 2021

The decision is performance driven. ​​ A memory node represents the memory associated with a group of CPUs from the physical hardware. MANUAL affinity provides the best, top end performance​​ (for benchmarks by utilizing L1 caches)​​ but is susceptible to noisy, CPU neighbors.

Servers 40

Servers Azure Operating System Database 40

SQL Server According to Bob

JANUARY 11, 2020

Subsystem / Path The ​​ I/O subsystem or path ​​ includes ​​ those ​​ components ​​ that are ​​ used to support an I/O operation. In ​​ other words, ​​ a formula is applied ​​ to a given set of bytes.

Servers 40

Servers Cache Database Media 40

High Scalability

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

There are a couple of downsides though in case you are looking to use it to support tens of thousands of users working on hundreds of millions of files simultaneously containing petabytes of data. Our only option was to roll up our sleeves and build basic cloud file system components such as object store ourselves. Document store.

Architecture 52

Architecture Cache Azure Storage 52