Percona

APRIL 12, 2023

We’re equally convinced on both counts, but in this blog article, we’re focusing on why MongoDB is not open source. Let’s start with this: MongoDB is accurately referred to as source-available software. To be clear, we are rock-solid in our stance that MongoDB is not open source.

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Open Source Programming Database Servers 79

High Scalability

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

MySQL is the number one open source database that’s commonly hosted through Azure instances. While Microsoft offers their own Azure Database product, there are other alternatives available that may be able to help you improve your MySQL performance. We measure latency in ms 95th percentile latency.

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Azure Database Benchmarking Performance 137

Scalegrid

JUNE 22, 2020

MySQL is the all-time number one open source database in the world, and a staple in RDBMS space. MySQL DigitalOcean Performance Benchmark. In this benchmark, we compare equivalent plan sizes between ScaleGrid MySQL on DigitalOcean and DigitalOcean Managed Databases for MySQL. Read-Intensive Throughput Benchmark.

Database 217

Database Benchmarking Latency Performance 217

Alex Podelko

APRIL 18, 2021

MongoDB has the most advanced continuous performance testing I know about. MongoDB shared a lot of information on how we do performance testing and even open sourced some parts of it. MongoDB shared a lot of information on how we do performance testing and even open sourced some parts of it.

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Performance Testing Performance Testing Education 182

DZone

MARCH 6, 2020

For the number of years I’ve been programming using Julia, I’ve never really been concerned with performance. Which is to say, I’ve appreciated that other people are interested in performance and have proven that Julia can be as fast as any other performance language out there.

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Benchmarking Analytics Programming Code 274

Scalegrid

JUNE 4, 2020

In this post, we are going to compare the performance and pricing of DigitalOcean PostgreSQL vs. ScaleGrid PostgreSQL to help you determine the best PostgreSQL hosting service on DigitalOcean. PostgreSQL DigitalOcean Performance Test. Now, let’s take a look at the throughput and latency performance of our comparison. Throughput.

Database 230

Database Latency Benchmarking Performance 230

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. 2xlarge c5.2xlarge MySQL 8.0.31 2xlarge c5.2xlarge MySQL 8.0.31

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AWS Benchmarking Performance Traffic 95

The Morning Paper

MAY 12, 2019

An open-source benchmark suite for microservices and their hardware-software implications for cloud & edge systems Gan et al., A typical architecture diagram for one of these services looks like this: Suitably armed with a set of benchmark microservices applications, the investigation can begin! ASPLOS’19.

Open Source 61

Open Source Hardware Benchmarking Systems 61

Scalegrid

JUNE 9, 2020

MySQL and PostgreSQL are the top two open source relational databases in the world, and Redis is the top key-value database. The open source model is not only popular with the developer market, but also enterprise companies looking to modernize their infrastructure and reduce spend.

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Availability Open Source Benchmarking Database 227

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. A monitoring tool like Percona Monitoring and Management (PMM) is a popular choice among open source options for effectively monitoring MySQL performance.

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Performance Monitoring Traffic Database 103

Dynatrace

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Application developers commonly leverage open-source software when building containerized applications. In fact, the market research firm Forrester says that the average container image is comprised of 70% open-source software.[1] 1] And unfortunately, open-source software is often fraught with security vulnerabilities.

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Open Source Benchmarking Best Practices Network 250

HammerDB

OCTOBER 18, 2019

HammerDB doesn’t publish competitive database benchmarks, instead we always encourage people to be better informed by running their own. So over at Phoronix some database benchmarks were published showing PostgreSQL 12 Performance With AMD EPYC 7742 vs. Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 Benchmarks . 3834 2696 .

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Benchmarking Performance Hardware C++ 63

HammerDB

APRIL 19, 2023

Predicting application performance is a difficult art, but an important one when choosing the target deployment environment. In this blog, we aim to call out some key considerations when trying to assess MySQL performance for your application. We will not concern ourselves with the raw throughput of workload.

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Performance Benchmarking Cache Storage 54

Scalegrid

OCTOBER 24, 2019

AWS is the #1 cloud provider for open-source database hosting, and the go-to cloud for MySQL deployments. As organizations continue to migrate to the cloud, it’s important to get in front of performance issues, such as high latency, low throughput, and replication lag with higher distances between your users and cloud infrastructure.

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AWS Latency Performance Benchmarking 183

Scalegrid

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

ScyllaDB is an open-source distributed NoSQL data store, reimplemented from the popular Apache Cassandra database. In fact, according to ScyllaDB’s performance benchmark report, their 99.9 So this type of performance has to come at a cost, right? It does, but they claim in this report that it’s a 2.5X

Big Data 187

Big Data Database Open Source Azure 187

Dynatrace

OCTOBER 2, 2023

However, it’s common that teams need to refactor an application to help with performance after the lift-and-shift operation. Components that are already loosely coupled and have few dependencies will be easier to migrate, with less chance of impacting application performance.

Architecture 231

Architecture Artificial Intelligence Cloud Open Source 231

Percona

MARCH 23, 2023

This blog is in reference to our previous ones for ‘Innodb Performance Optimizations Basics’ 2007 and 2013. Although there have been many blogs about adjusting MySQL variables for better performance since then, I think this topic deserves a blog update since the last update was a decade ago, and MySQL 5.7

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Performance Hardware Tuning Storage 123

Percona

DECEMBER 26, 2023

pg_stat_monitor About pg_stat_monitor is a Query Performance Monitoring tool for PostgreSQL. It collects various statistics data such as query statistics, query plan, SQL comments, and other performance insights. This allows a user to drill down into the performance of queries.

Benchmarking 120

Benchmarking Metrics C++ Database 120

The Morning Paper

MARCH 10, 2020

Characterizing, modeling, and benchmarking RocksDB key-value workloads at Facebook , Cao et al., Or in the case of key-value stores, what you benchmark. So if you want to design a system that will offer good real-world performance, it’s really useful to have benchmarks that accurately represent real-world workloads.

Benchmarking 59

Benchmarking Storage Cache Open Source 59

Percona

APRIL 6, 2023

PostgreSQL is a popular open source relational database management system many organizations use to store and manage their data. One of the key benefits of using PostgreSQL is its reliability, scalability, and performance. Two benchmarks from users can be found here: [1] [2] 4.

Cache 112

Cache Open Source Benchmarking Database 112

HammerDB

OCTOBER 18, 2018

An essential part of database performance testing is viewing the statistics generated by the database during the test and in 2009 HammerDB introduced automatic AWR snapshot generation for Oracle for the TPC-C test. With this feature Oracle generates a wealth of performance data that can be reviewed once the test is complete.

Benchmarking 40

Benchmarking Monitoring Performance C++ 40

Dynatrace

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Developed using guidance from the Sustainable Digital Infrastructure Alliance (SDIA) and expanding on formulas from the open source project Cloud Carbon Footprint , Carbon Impact measures and reports the IT carbon footprint of all Dynatrace-monitored hosts across an organization’s entire hybrid and multicloud environment in a single interface.

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Energy Cloud Airlines Strategy 233

Percona

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Leveraging pgbench , which is a benchmarking utility that comes bundled with PostgreSQL, I will put the cluster through its paces by executing a series of DML operations. And now, execute the benchmark: -- execute the following on the coordinator node pgbench -c 20 -j 3 -T 60 -P 3 pgbench The results are not pretty.

Database 103

Database Benchmarking Latency C++ 103

Scalegrid

MARCH 28, 2024

In this comparison of Redis vs Memcached, we strip away the complexity, focusing on each in-memory data store’s performance, scalability, and unique features. Redis and Memcached both provide high performance with sub-millisecond response times. Choosing between Redis and Memcached hinges on specific application requirements.

Cache 130

Cache Storage Scalability Architecture 130

HammerDB

JUNE 27, 2022

HammerDB is a software application for database benchmarking. It enables the user to measure database performance and make comparative judgements about database hardware and software. Databases are highly sophisticated software, and to design and run a fair benchmark workload is a complex undertaking. Adoption by the TPC.

Benchmarking 62

Benchmarking Open Source C++ Cache 62

Speed Curve

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Performance budgets are one of those ideas that everyone gets behind conceptually, but then are challenged to put into practice – and for very good reason. If you're just getting started with performance budgets – or if you've been using them for a while and want to validate your work – this post is for you.

Performance 135

Performance Metrics Benchmarking Google 135

Scalegrid

JULY 13, 2020

The unstoppable rise of open source databases. One database in particular is causing a huge dent in Oracle’s market share – open source PostgreSQL. See how open source PostgreSQL Community version costs compare to Oracle Standard Edition and Oracle Enterprise Edition. What’s causing this massive shift?

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Open Source Tuning C++ Database 244

The Netflix TechBlog

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

December 2 1pm-2pm CMP 326-R Capacity Management Made Easy with Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling Vadim Filanovsky , Senior Performance Engineer & Anoop Kapoor, AWS Abstract :Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling offers a hands-free capacity management experience to help customers maintain a healthy fleet, improve application availability, and reduce costs.

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AWS Entertainment Open Source Benchmarking 100

The Netflix TechBlog

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

December 2 1pm-2pm CMP 326-R Capacity Management Made Easy with Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling Vadim Filanovsky , Senior Performance Engineer & Anoop Kapoor, AWS Abstract :Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling offers a hands-free capacity management experience to help customers maintain a healthy fleet, improve application availability, and reduce costs.

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AWS Entertainment Open Source Benchmarking 100

Percona

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Sure, database migration is complex, particularly when you’re looking to migrate from a proprietary database to an open source one. This is particularly true when you’re migrating to an open source database that those on your staff may or may not be intimately familiar with.

Database 81

Database Open Source Benchmarking Strategy 81

Scalegrid

MARCH 22, 2024

It focuses on aligning organizational needs with cloud services, balancing performance and cost, and ensuring compliance, security, and effective cost management. Pick combinations that are not just affordable but also high-performing. Find that sweet spot where the costs and performance balance out just right.

Strategy 130

Strategy Cloud Government Innovation 130

Speed Curve

MAY 1, 2023

If you've invested countless hours in speeding up your pages, but you're not using performance budgets to prevent regressions, you could be at risk of wasting all your efforts. Background: How performance budgets work 1. What is a performance budget? What should a performance budget look like? Let's get started!

Performance 98

Performance Metrics Media Google 98

High Scalability

OCTOBER 29, 2019

AWS is the #1 cloud provider for open-source database hosting, and the go-to cloud for MySQL deployments. ScaleGrid offers a compelling alternative to hosting MySQL on AWS that offers better performance, more control, and no cloud vendor lock-in and the same price as Amazon RDS.

AWS 133

AWS Latency Performance Open Source 133

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.”

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Benchmarking Database Social Media Scalability 40

Percona

MAY 1, 2023

In this blog post, we will delve into the world of PostgreSQL performance tuning and establish some basic guidelines for setting database parameters to enhance the performance of your PostgreSQL database, based on the workload. What is PostgreSQL performance tuning? Why is PostgreSQL performance tuning important?

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Tuning Efficiency Database Performance 52

Dynatrace

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

In its pursuit, IT teams hover over system performance dashboards hoping their preparations will deliver five nines—or even four nines—availability. Five-nines availability: The ultimate benchmark of system availability. SLOs define the performance margins you need to achieve, such as five-nines uptime.

Infrastructure 182

Infrastructure Availability Systems Retail 182

Percona

JUNE 22, 2023

With MongoDB, you can set read-only privileges in which users can query data but cannot perform write operations. This helps prevent the possibility of a single point of failure, which could cause downtime or slow performance. How does high availability work? This flexibility can be crucial in designing a scalable architecture.

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Availability Database Open Source Hardware 105