The Netflix TechBlog

MARCH 5, 2019

All these micro-services are currently operated in AWS cloud infrastructure. Finally, provisioning our infrastructure itself is also becoming an increasingly complex task, so our data teams contribute to tools for diagnosis and automation of our cloud capacity management.

Infrastructure 182

Infrastructure Cloud Scalability AWS 182

Percona

MAY 1, 2023

It has default settings for all of the database parameters. It is primarily the responsibility of the database administrator or developer to tune PostgreSQL according to their system’s workload. The performance of a PostgreSQL database has a significant impact on the overall effectiveness of an application.

Tuning 52

Tuning Efficiency Database Performance 52

Dynatrace

MAY 19, 2022

To ensure their global service levels, they fully embraced the best practices outlined in Google’s SRE handbook , called the “Four Golden Signals,” to standardize what they show on their SRE dashboards. This refers to the load on your network and servers. For example, one dashboard is broken down by cloud hosting provider.

Automotive 263

Automotive Latency Architecture Azure 263

Dynatrace

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

After applying the first manifests (which are likely copied and pasted from a how-to tutorial ), a web server is up and running within minutes. Traces represent causally related distributed events on a distributed system, showing, for example, how a request flows from the user to the database. Cloud provider/infrastructure layer.

Virtualization 159

Virtualization Infrastructure Monitoring Cloud 159

Percona

MAY 2, 2023

That’s why it’s essential to implement the best practices and strategies for MongoDB database backups. Why are MongoDB database backups important? Regular database backups are essential to protect against data loss caused by system failures, human errors, natural disasters, or cyber-attacks.

Best Practices 52

Best Practices Database Storage Servers 52

Dynatrace

JANUARY 11, 2023

In fact, according to a Dynatrace global survey of 1,300 CIOs , 99% of enterprises utilize a multicloud environment and seven cloud monitoring solutions on average. What is cloud monitoring? Cloud monitoring is a set of solutions and practices used to observe, measure, analyze, and manage the health of cloud-based IT infrastructure.

Cloud 217

Cloud Monitoring Best Practices Infrastructure 217

Scalegrid

JANUARY 12, 2024

What is workload in cloud computing? Simply put, it’s the set of computational tasks that cloud systems perform, such as hosting databases, enabling collaboration tools, or running compute-intensive algorithms. The environments, which were previously isolated, are now working seamlessly under central control.

Cloud 130

Cloud Virtualization Storage Efficiency 130

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.

Tuning 52

Tuning Benchmarking Engineering C++ 52

Scalegrid

MARCH 8, 2024

With MySQL point-in-time recovery , you can restore your database to the moment before the problem occurs. Preparation for PITR is crucial and involves enabling binary logging and creating a full database backup. It is important to begin with a thorough database backup to prepare for such situations.

Database 162

Database Strategy Servers Best Practices 162

Percona

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

As businesses and applications increasingly rely on MySQL databases to manage their critical data, ensuring data reliability and availability becomes paramount. Learn more: Discover six of the most common causes of poor database performance in our free eBook. on, you can use mysqlbinlog to stream binary logs from a remote server.

Best Practices 77

Best Practices Storage Strategy Database 77

Percona

AUGUST 30, 2023

Data powers everything, and unlike coal and coal combustion, data and databases aren’t going away. In this blog, we’ll focus on the elements of database backup and disaster recovery, and we’ll introduce proven solutions for maintaining business continuity, even amid otherwise dire circumstances.

Database 86

Database Hardware Open Source Strategy 86

SQL Server According to Bob

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Microsoft engineering is actually sending quite a few folks over the Atlantic to come talk about SQL Server 2017, SQL Server on Linux, GDPR, Performance, Security, Azure Data Lake, Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Data Warehouse, and Azure CosmosDB. Best practices on Building a Big Data Analytics Solution – Michael Rys.

Engineering 40

Engineering Azure Best Practices Servers 40

Percona

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Migrating a proprietary database to open source is a major decision that can significantly affect your organization. Today, we’ll be taking a deep dive into the intricacies of database migration, along with specific solutions to help make the process easier.

Open Source 90

Open Source Database Hardware Strategy 90

The Morning Paper

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Providing complete and usable third-party solutions is non-trivial (otherwise the cloud vendors would already have done it). " Training in the cloud and the need for much better governance are both pretty uncontroversial directions. ." But model inference migrating into the DBMS is a bolder prediction.

Government 95

Government Software Engineering Storage Database 95

All Things Distributed

APRIL 5, 2012

From tax preparation to safe social networks, Amazon RDS brings new and innovative applications to the cloud. One of the services that is very successful in driving innovation at our customers in this context is Amazon RDS , the Relational Database Service. Troy: We moved our service from internal servers to AWS. Comments ().

Innovation 146

Innovation AWS Education Network 146

Percona

AUGUST 1, 2023

Source: “Meowing” attack completely destroyed more than 1000 databases These are the words of Bob Diachenko, one of the most respected cybersecurity researchers in relation to a “Meowing” attack, which destroyed between 1000-4000 databases around the world. MongoDB databases commonly exceed a terabyte of data.

Best Practices 40

Best Practices Transportation Open Source Traffic 40

Percona

JUNE 22, 2023

To make data count and to ensure cloud computing is unabated, companies and organizations must have highly available databases. A basic high availability database system provides failover (preferably automatic) from a primary database node to redundant nodes within a cluster.

Availability 105

Availability Database Open Source Hardware 105

Dynatrace

JANUARY 31, 2024

Monitoring SAP products can present challenges Monitoring SAP systems can be challenging due to the inherent complexity of using different technologies—such as ABAP, Java, and cloud offerings—and the sheer amount of generated data. SAP Basis teams have established best practices for managing their SAP systems.

Java 182

Java Analytics Best Practices Monitoring 182

Dotcom-Montior

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

LoadView – Best Practices and Process. LoadView, our on-demand, cloud-based load and stress testing platform , takes an outside-in approach to performance testing. Analyzing server performance (CPU, memory, bandwidth, disk I/O) and database response times. Identifying performance bottlenecks.

Performance Testing 40

Performance Testing Strategy Testing Performance 40

Percona

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Database architects working with MongoDB encounter specific challenges related to database systems and system growth. Scalability is a significant concern, as databases must handle growing data volumes and user demands while maintaining peak performance.

Best Practices 71

Best Practices Traffic Database Servers 71

All Things Distributed

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

Visiting future customers is equally exiting as you get a change to understand their current architecture, if it is a migration, and how they plan to exploit cloud services in their new setup. Both with existing and new applications we can sometimes help with explaining some of the best practices we have seen at other customers.

AWS 75

AWS Storage Cloud Best Practices 75

Percona

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

If you have any experience working with database software, you have undoubtedly heard the term Kubernetes a lot. You may already be using it daily and find it makes running applications in the cloud much more manageable. It simplifies infrastructure management and is the driving force behind many cloud-native applications and services.

Efficiency 99

Efficiency Cloud Healthcare Open Source 99

Scalegrid

DECEMBER 16, 2019

MongoDB is the #3 open source database and the #1 NoSQL database in the world. It’s a cross-platform document-oriented database that uses JSON-like documents with schema, and is leveraged broadly across startup apps up to enterprise-level businesses developing modern apps. DigitalOcean Disk Types.

Azure 187

Azure AWS Latency Database 187

Scalegrid

APRIL 5, 2024

Grasping the concept of Redis sharding is essential for expanding your Redis database. This method involves splitting data over various nodes to improve the database’s efficiency. Redis isn’t alone in utilizing sharding strategies — it’s a common concept found throughout database technologies to distribute workload efficiently.

Scalability 130

Scalability Efficiency Java Database 130

Dynatrace

AUGUST 30, 2019

She was speaking about how her team is providing Visibility as a Service (VaaS) in order to continuously monitor and optimize their systems running across private and public cloud environments. Infrastructure Optimization: 100% improvement in Database Connectivity. Impressive results I have to say!

Cache 193

Cache Architecture Database Government 193

Percona

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Percona is a leading provider of unbiased, performance-first, open source database solutions that allow organizations to easily, securely, and affordably maintain business agility, minimize risks, and stay competitive, free from vendor lock-in. you can now use an external VictoriaMetrics database for monitoring in PMM. Take a look.

Servers 73

Servers Monitoring Open Source Scalability 73

Percona

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Backups server-side encryption (SSE) JIRA Github Whether it is compliance or security requirements, there is often a need to encrypt database backups. But what about logical backups, where data from your databases is copied as is to the object storage? This is where server-side encryption comes into play. splitHorizons.

Best Practices 90

Best Practices Storage AWS Big Data 90

Dynatrace

MAY 28, 2020

If you have a distributed environment with multiple servers hosting your webservers, app servers, and database, I suggest you install the OneAgent on all these servers to get full end-to-end visibility. This will enable deep monitoring of those Java,NET, Node, processes as well as your web servers.

Engineering 187

Engineering Performance Metrics Best Practices 187

Dynatrace

JULY 7, 2022

Smaller teams can launch services much faster using flexible containerized environments, such as Kubernetes, or serverless functions, such as AWS Lambda, Google Cloud Functions, and Azure Functions. Additionally, typical SOA models use larger relational databases. Tips for migrating from monolithic to microservices architecture.

Architecture 192

Architecture Serverless Azure Programming 192

Percona

JULY 26, 2023

MongoDB is a non-relational document database that provides support for JSON-like storage. First released in 2009, it is the most used NoSQL database and has been downloaded more than 325 million times. The bigger the database, the bigger the damage from a leak. This can leave your database instances exposed and vulnerable.

Database 79

Database Servers Storage Strategy 79

The Netflix TechBlog

DECEMBER 11, 2020

For storing schema changes, we use an internal library that implements the event sourcing pattern on top of the Cassandra database. The schema registry also integrates with our CI/CD systems like Spinnaker to automatically setup cloud networking for DGSs.

Architecture 249

Architecture Best Practices Engineering Open Source 249

Percona

JULY 19, 2023

I did the following: kubectl create namespace argocd kubectl apply -n argocd -f [link] Expose the ArgoCD server. Retrieve the admin password to log in using the CLI: argocd admin initial-password -n argocd Login to the server. Server Side sync Percona relies on OpenAPI v3.0 ArgoCD supports Server-Side apply.

Servers 78

Servers Best Practices DevOps Open Source 78

Dynatrace

APRIL 21, 2022

As organizations adopt microservices architecture with cloud-native technologies such as Microsoft Azure , many quickly notice an increase in operational complexity. To guide organizations through their cloud migrations, Microsoft developed the Azure Well-Architected Framework. Operational excellence. Performance efficiency.

Azure 181

Azure Monitoring Virtualization Metrics 181

Dynatrace

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

As you probably know, Dynatrace is the leading Software Intelligence Platform, focused on web-scale cloud monitoring. Within minutes you can download and deploy a single Dynatrace node, (or cluster of nodes) that contains all the key components needed to run Dynatrace (no requirement for separate databases).

Software 121

Software Software Logistics Government 121

Percona

JULY 2, 2023

The size of the database and your database environment—if it is on colo or cloud—matters. Having a backup strategy in place that takes regular backups and has secure storage is essential to protect the database in an enterprise-grade environment to ensure its availability in the event of failures or disasters.

Strategy 52

Strategy Database Storage Open Source 52

Percona

MAY 15, 2023

The main reason behind this is that MySQL is a relational database system (RDBMS), and any data that is going to be written in it must respect the RDBMS rules. In shard-nothing, each shard can live in a totally separate logical schema instance / physical database server/data center/continent. The POC Why this POC?

Traffic 122

Traffic Scalability Database Servers 122

O'Reilly

OCTOBER 19, 2021

As with many burgeoning fields and disciplines, we don’t yet have a shared canonical infrastructure stack or best practices for developing and deploying data-intensive applications. Can’t we just fold it into existing DevOps best practices? How can you start applying the stack in practice today?

DevOps 140

DevOps Software Engineering Infrastructure Open Source 140