Benchmarking Hardware Servers Storage 
Scalegrid
JANUARY 25, 2024
You will need to know which monitoring metrics for Redis to watch and a tool to monitor these critical server metrics to ensure its health. Connected_slaves provides information about replication status while Used_memory tracks utilized amount of server’s total capacity. You can pick a smart selection of relevant metrics from these.
Percona
JUNE 22, 2023
As a MySQL database administrator, keeping a close eye on the performance of your MySQL server is crucial to ensure optimal database operations. However, simply deploying a monitoring tool is not enough; you need to know which Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to monitor to gain insights into your MySQL server’s health and performance.
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HammerDB
APRIL 19, 2023
As database performance is heavily influenced by the performance of storage, network, memory, and processors, we must understand the upper limit of these key components. For storage, FIO is generally used. Benchmarking the target Two of the more popular database benchmarks for MySQL are HammerDB and sysbench. 0.42 %sys 9.52
Percona
SEPTEMBER 1, 2023
This results in expedited query execution, reduced resource utilization, and more efficient exploitation of the available hardware resources. Reduced Resource Usage Optimizing resource-intensive queries and configurations can lead to a reduced burden on your server. Indexing is another powerful technique for query optimization.
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. This not only results in cost savings by minimizing hardware requirements but also has the potential to decrease cloud expenses.
Percona
JANUARY 19, 2023
It can help us to save costs on storage and backup times. While MySQL can handle large data sets, it is always recommended to keep only the used data in the databases, as this will make data access more efficient, and also will help to save costs on storage and backups. MyRocks is shipped in Percona Server for MySQL.
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.
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