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PostgreSQL Performance Tuning: Optimizing Database Parameters for Maximum Efficiency

Percona

Out of the box, the default PostgreSQL configuration is not tuned for any particular workload. It is primarily the responsibility of the database administrator or developer to tune PostgreSQL according to their system’s workload. What is PostgreSQL performance tuning? Why is PostgreSQL performance tuning important?

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MySQL Performance Tuning 101: Key Tips to Improve MySQL Database Performance

Percona

While there is no magic bullet for MySQL performance tuning, there are a few areas that can be focused on upfront that can dramatically improve the performance of your MySQL installation. What are the Benefits of MySQL Performance Tuning? A finely tuned database processes queries more efficiently, leading to swifter results.

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How to maximize CPU performance for PostgreSQL 12.0 benchmarks on Linux

HammerDB

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 .

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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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PostgreSQL vs. Oracle: Difference in Costs, Ease of Use & Functionality

Scalegrid

Compare ease of use across compatibility, extensions, tuning, operating systems, languages and support providers. Scalability. PostgreSQL offers free scalability, and can scale up to millions of transactions per seconds. Oracle Enterprise is recommended for high workloads which are highly scalable, but costly. PostgreSQL.

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How to Assess MySQL Performance

HammerDB

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.

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10 tips for migrating from monolith to microservices

Dynatrace

Because they’re separate, they allow for faster release cycles, greater scalability, and the flexibility to test new methodologies and technologies. Use SLAs, SLOs, and SLIs as performance benchmarks for newly migrated microservices. Keeping track of the migration stages, phases, and environments is not always easy.