InfoQ

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Zendesk reduced its data storage costs by over 80% by migrating from DynamoDB to a tiered storage solution using MySQL and S3. The company considered different storage technologies and decided to combine the relational database and the object store to strike a balance between querybility and scalability while keeping the costs down.

Storage 134

Storage Scalability Database Technology 134

Percona

JULY 1, 2023

Now that Database-as-a-service (DBaaS) is in high demand, there are multiple questions regarding AWS services that cannot always be answered easily: When should I use Aurora and when should I use RDS MySQL ? These may be performance, high availability, operational cost, management, capacity planning, scalability, security, monitoring, etc.

AWS 52

AWS Database Serverless Storage 52

Scalegrid

JANUARY 9, 2024

As more companies move away from traditional on-premises data centers, they enter into an era where scalability, flexibility, and cost-effectiveness become possible through various services offered by different providers in the market today. Security-First Approach ScaleGrid prioritizes security by incorporating it into its overall strategy.

Strategy 130

Strategy Cloud Best Practices Government 130

All Things Distributed

JULY 11, 2011

Werner Vogels weblog on building scalable and robust distributed systems. We have already seen customers successfully run HPC workloads, Hadoop-based jobs (as shown in the BackType case study), and testing simulations (as shown in the BrowserMob case study) on Spot. Driving Storage Costs Down for AWS Customers.

AWS 85

AWS Storage Cloud Big Data 85

Highly Scalable

APRIL 2, 2012

From the technical perspective, the following properties should be highlighted: All data is initially stored in the relational database, but this database is heavily loaded because it is a master record for many applications. Storage nodes are basically Coherence storage nodes.

Ecommerce 100

Ecommerce Cache Storage Architecture 100

Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 7, 2019

You need a business stakeholder buy-in, and to get it, you need to establish a case study on how speed benefits metrics and Key Performance Indicators ( KPIs ) they care about. Study common complaints coming into customer service and see how improving performance can help relieve some of these common problems. How to get there?

Performance 103

Performance Cache Metrics Network 103

Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 6, 2020

You need a business stakeholder buy-in, and to get it, you need to establish a case study, or a proof of concept using the Performance API on how speed benefits metrics and Key Performance Indicators ( KPIs ) they care about. It will help you build up a company-tailored case study with real data. How to get there?

Performance 145

Performance Cache Network Metrics 145