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Understanding What Kubernetes Is Used For: The Key to Cloud-Native Efficiency

Percona

At its core, Kubernetes (often abbreviated as K8s) is an open source tool that automates the deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications. This makes it much easier for organizations to transition to open source solutions, reduce costs, and avoid vendor lock-in. have adopted Kubernetes.

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The Ultimate Guide to Database High Availability

Percona

Failover mechanisms The primary purpose of failover — the automatic process of switching from a failed or offline database server to a standby or backup server — is to ensure user access and functionality of databases without interruption, even if there is a hardware or software failure.

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Setting Up and Deploying PostgreSQL for High Availability

Percona

With the average cost of unplanned downtime running from $300,000 to $500,000 per hour , businesses are increasingly using high availability (HA) technologies to maximize application uptime. Unfortunately, using certain open source database software as part of an HA architecture can present significant challenges.

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Google Lighthouse vs Rigor

Rigor

When you run Lighthouse, you can choose to receive up to five different scores, including SEO, Best Practices, Progressive Web App (PWA), Accessibility, and Performance , that can provide valuable insight for your dev team to act on. Multi-step user flows and business transactions can often be too complex to manage manually.

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