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PostgreSQL Performance Tuning: Optimizing Database Parameters for Maximum Efficiency

Percona

It is primarily the responsibility of the database administrator or developer to tune PostgreSQL according to their system’s workload. Hardware optimization : You need to ensure that the CPU, memory, and storage components meet the performance requirements of the database workload.

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What Adrian Did Next?—?Part 2?—?Sun Microsystems

Adrian Cockcroft

Another big jump, but now it was my job to run benchmarks in the lab, and write white papers that explained the new products to the world, as they were launched. I was mostly coding in C, tuning FORTRAN, and when I needed to do a lot of data analysis of benchmark results used the S-PLUS statistics language, that is the predecessor to R.

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What Is a Workload in Cloud Computing

Scalegrid

Storage is a critical aspect to consider when working with cloud workloads. High availability storage options within the context of cloud computing involve highly adaptable storage solutions specifically designed for storing vast amounts of data while providing easy access to it.

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HammerDB for Managers

HammerDB

HammerDB is a software application for database benchmarking. HammerDB has graphical and command line interfaces for the Windows and Linux operating systems. Why HammerDB was developed. Databases are highly sophisticated software, and to design and run a fair benchmark workload is a complex undertaking.

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The top 5 reasons to run your own database benchmarks

HammerDB

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.”

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Aurora vs RDS: How to Choose the Right AWS Database Solution

Percona

Download our eBook, “ Enterprise Guide to Cloud Databases ” to help you make more informed decisions and avoid costly mistakes as you develop and execute your cloud strategy. Amazon Aurora is a proprietary, cloud-native, fully managed relational database service developed by Amazon Web Services (AWS).

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Is It a Read Intensive or a Write Intensive Workload?

Percona

Let’s examine the TPC-C Benchmark from this point of view, or more specifically its implementation in Sysbench. The illustrations below are taken from Percona Monitoring and Management (PMM) while running this benchmark. Let’s now look at the operating system level. Analyzing read/write workload by counts.