Percona

MARCH 17, 2023

PMM2 uses VictoriaMetrics (VM) as its metrics storage engine. Please note that the focus of these tests was around standard metrics gathering and display, we’ll use a future blog post to benchmark some of the more intensive query analytics (QAN) performance numbers.

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Percona

JUNE 22, 2023

Indexing efficiency Monitoring indexing efficiency in MySQL involves analyzing query performance, using EXPLAIN statements, utilizing performance monitoring tools, reviewing error logs, performing regular index maintenance, and benchmarking/testing. This KPI is also directly related to Query Performance and helps improve it.

Performance 102

Performance Monitoring Traffic Database 102

Percona

JULY 25, 2023

After the “data dictionary” (DD) engine and DD cache are initialized on a server, the Storage Engines can ask for a table definition. Benchmarks xtrabackup –prepare on backup directory of other sizes like 10K, 50K, 100K, and 250K tables. This search tuple (key) is used to find the record to perform the undo operation.

Cache 83

Cache Benchmarking Servers Design 83

HammerDB

DECEMBER 5, 2020

A full understanding of why this is important requires some knowledge of the evolution of database hardware and software. The HammerDB TPROC-C workload by design intended as CPU and memory intensive workload derived from TPC-C – so that we get to benchmark at maximum CPU performance at a much smaller database footprint.

C++ 40

C++ Benchmarking Virtualization Open Source 40

Abhishek Tiwari

DECEMBER 27, 2017

Over last few years, we have seen several attempts to run data workload in the containers especially distributed big data frameworks like Apache Hadoop, Apache Storm [3] , and Apache Spark [4] [5] without any software modifications. faster access to external storage and data locality (I/O, bandwidth). Storage provisioning.

Big Data 63

Big Data Storage Benchmarking Hardware 63

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. 1 mysql mysql 704M Dec 30 02:28 employees.ibd -rw-r --.

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Open Source Storage Database Big Data 85

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. For a macro-benchmark PostgreSQL’s initdb tool was used. slower to 9.8% faster for system calls).

C++ 61

C++ Hardware Virtualization Benchmarking 61

Percona

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Inadequate CPU, memory, or storage can lead to bottlenecks and performance degradation, so remedying these issues involves upgrading hardware or optimizing resource utilization through query and server configuration adjustments. Avoid over-indexing, which can bloat storage and slow writes. This does not apply to read (SELECT) traffic.

Tuning 52

Tuning Database Performance Hardware 52

The Netflix TechBlog

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

4:45pm-5:45pm NFX 209 File system as a service at Netflix Kishore Kasi , Senior Software Engineer Abstract : As Netflix grows in original content creation, its need for storage is also increasing at a rapid pace. In order to maintain performance, benchmarking is a vital part of our system’s lifecycle. Wednesday?—?December

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AWS Entertainment Open Source Benchmarking 37

The Netflix TechBlog

MAY 21, 2019

Netflix engineers run a series of tests and benchmarks to validate the device across multiple dimensions including compatibility of the device with the Netflix SDK, device performance, audio-video playback quality, license handling, encryption and security. We use Spinnaker to deploy instances and host the API containers on Titus ?—?which

Testing 163

Testing AWS Lambda Network 163

Percona

DECEMBER 20, 2018

With the Percona Database Performance Blog, Percona staff and leadership work hard to provide the open source community with insights, technical support, predictions and metrics around multiple open source database software technologies. Fsync Performance on Storage Devices. A Look at MyRocks Performance. Interested?

Database 40

Database Tuning Performance AWS 40

Smashing Magazine

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

On your first try, you can use it as a benchmark for optimizations later. Developing software is becoming easier as frameworks like React, Vue, or Angular become the go-to solution for creating even the simplest applications. Caching partially stores your data and is not used as permanent storage.

Cache 125

Cache Performance Servers Social Media 125

Percona

DECEMBER 11, 2023

A Dedicated Log Volume (DLV) is a specialized storage volume designed to house database transaction logs separately from the volume containing the database tables. DLVs are particularly advantageous for databases with large allocated storage, high I/O per second (IOPS) requirements, or latency-sensitive workloads.

AWS 93

AWS Benchmarking Performance Traffic 93

Brendan Gregg

JUNE 30, 2018

These have inspired me to summarize another performance activity: evaluating benchmark accuracy. Accurate benchmarking rewards engineering investment that actually improves performance, but, unfortunately, inaccurate benchmarking is more common. If the benchmark reported 20k ops/sec, you should ask: why not 40k ops/sec?

Benchmarking 54

Benchmarking Latency Cache Network 54

Scalegrid

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Traditional self-managed ones give organizations full control over their database infrastructure, such as picking the software and scaling it up. These databases require significant time commitment along with necessary technical skills plus hardware & software costs, all of which are without dedicated team assistance.

Database 130

Database Cloud Hardware Storage 130

Percona

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Querying the data While it is reasonable to create panels showing real-time load in order to explore better the types of queries that can be run against pg_stat_monitor, it is more practical to copy and query the data into tables after the benchmarking has completed its run. A script executing a benchmarking run: #!/bin/bash

Benchmarking 119

Benchmarking Metrics C++ Database 119

Dynatrace

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Dynatrace OneAgent deployment and life-cycle management are already widely considered to be industry benchmarks for reliability and efficiency. Easier rollout thanks to log storage best practices. Easier rollout thanks to log storage best practices. Dynatrace news. Advanced customization of OneAgent deployments made easy.

Best Practices 199

Best Practices Storage Java Benchmarking 199

Brendan Gregg

JUNE 29, 2018

These have inspired me to summarize another performance activity: evaluating benchmark accuracy. Accurate benchmarking rewards engineering investment that actually improves performance, but, unfortunately, inaccurate benchmarking is more common. If the benchmark reported 20k ops/sec, you should ask: why not 40k ops/sec?

Benchmarking 40

Benchmarking Latency Cache Network 40

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.

Benchmarking 62

Benchmarking Open Source C++ Cache 62

Scalegrid

JANUARY 12, 2024

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. What is an example of a workload?

Cloud 130

Cloud Virtualization Storage Efficiency 130

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.”

Benchmarking 40

Benchmarking Database Social Media Scalability 40

Percona

JULY 1, 2023

Understanding DBaaS DBaaS cloud services allow users to use databases without configuring physical hardware and infrastructure or installing software. It also supports auto-scaling of compute and storage resources, dynamically adjusting capacity based on chosen utilization thresholds to optimize performance and costs.

AWS 52

AWS Database Serverless Storage 52

The Netflix TechBlog

MARCH 14, 2023

In summary, this model was a tightly-coupled application-to-data architecture, where machine learning algos were mixed with the backend and UI/UX software code stack. This service leverages Cassandra and Elasticsearch for data storage and retrieval. It can store and retrieve temporal (timestamp) as well as spatial (coordinates) data.

Media 291

Media Innovation Energy Architecture 291

The Netflix TechBlog

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

This difference has substantial technological implications, from the classification of what’s interesting to transport to cost-effective storage (keep an eye out for later Netflix Tech Blog posts addressing these topics). As you can imagine, this comes with very real storage costs. Is this an anomaly or are we dealing with a pattern?

Latency 296

Latency Transportation Engineering Traffic 296

Percona

JANUARY 24, 2023

This is not a problem for PostgreSQL alone; every database software needs to deal with this problem. Configured checkpoint frequency, the chance of checkpoints triggered by WAL generation, storage performance, acceptable CPU overhead, type of CPU architecture, and many other factors.

Database 114

Database Benchmarking Open Source Latency 114

Particular Software

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Why RPC is “faster” It’s tempting to simply write a micro-benchmark test where we issue 1000 requests to a server over HTTP and then repeat the same test with asynchronous messages. If you did such a benchmark, here’s an incomplete picture you might end up with: Graph of microbenchmark showing RPC is faster than messaging.

Benchmarking 97

Benchmarking Latency Servers Systems 97

O'Reilly

JULY 25, 2023

I really wanted to go beyond these quick gut reactions that I’ve seen so much of online, so I tried using ChatGPT for a few weeks to help me implement a hobby software project and took notes on what I found interesting. That’s because once the software environment has been set up (e.g., using “22” for the year 2022). and chrono-node.

Programming 98

Programming Code Design Benchmarking 98

Particular Software

OCTOBER 26, 2020

If you are already using Cosmos DB to store your business data, you no longer need to use a different storage technology to store your NServiceBus saga data. How does this compare with Azure Storage Persistence? For a scenario of 1,000 sagas, we’ve seen a 30% performance increase using Cosmos DB over Table Storage.

Azure 52

Azure Storage Benchmarking Latency 52

Percona

JUNE 22, 2023

Defining high availability In general terms, high availability refers to the continuous operation of a system with little to no interruption to end users in the event of hardware or software failures, power outages, or other disruptions. If a primary server fails, a backup server can take over and continue to serve requests.

Availability 104

Availability Database Open Source Hardware 104

Alex Russell

APRIL 29, 2021

As an engineer on a browser team, I'm privy to the blow-by-blow of various performance projects, benchmark fire drills, and the ways performance marketing (deeply) impacts engineering priorities. With each team, benchmarks lost are understood as bugs. Chrome has missed several APIs for 3+ years: Storage Access API. Web Serial.

Media 145

Media Games Education Engineering 145

Percona

AUGUST 22, 2023

Topology management — This is the software management related specifically to the database and managing its ability to stay consistent in the event of a failure. Connection management — This is the software management related specifically to the networking and connectivity aspect of the database. What is fault tolerance?

Availability 77

Availability Hardware Open Source Database 77

Percona

AUGUST 30, 2018

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. Analyzing read/write workload by counts.

Benchmarking 46

Benchmarking Database Operating System Architecture 46

HammerDB

OCTOBER 12, 2018

As is also the case this limitation is at the database level (especially the storage engine) rather than the hardware level. InnoDB is the storage engine that will deliver the best OLTP throughput and should be chosen for this test. . CPUs which need to have their frequency coordinated by software: 0 .

Best Practices 40

Best Practices Scalability Performance C++ 40

ScaleOut Software

MAY 15, 2014

We have spent a great deal of time at ScaleOut Software re-architecting our in-memory data grid (IMDG)’s code base to make best use of many cores and large memory. For example, the IMDG must be able to efficiently create millions of objects in each server to make use of its huge storage capacity. Testing Scale-Up Performance.

Cache 40

Cache Servers Network Design 40

SQL Server According to Bob

JANUARY 11, 2020

Stable Media Stable media is often confused with physical storage. SQL Server defines stable media as storage that can survive system restart or common failure. Stable media is commonly physical disk storage, but other devices and certain caching facilities qualify as well. See the article for more details. SQL Server 7.0

Servers 40

Servers Cache Media Hardware 40

SQL Server According to Bob

JANUARY 11, 2020

​​ The storage ​​ space that is required ​​ for the sparse file is only that of the actual bytes written to the file and not the ​​ maximum ​​ file ​​ size.

Servers 40

Servers Cache Database Media 40

Scalegrid

JULY 13, 2020

Software Update License & Support (annual). $0. Oracle also offers many tools, but they are all available as add-on solutions with additional processor license and software update license costs and support fees. pg_repack – reorganizes tables online to reclaim storage. Oracle Enterprise Edition. Not available.

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Open Source Tuning C++ Database 244