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.

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Cloud Virtualization Storage Efficiency 130

Dynatrace

DECEMBER 21, 2023

How can you reduce the carbon footprint of your hybrid cloud? Options at each level offer significant potential benefits, especially when complemented by practices that influence the design and purchase decisions made by IT leaders and individual contributors. energy-efficient data centers—cloud providers—achieve values closer to 1.2.

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Cloud Energy Best Practices Cache 214

Scalegrid

JANUARY 9, 2024

What does strong enterprise cloud security entail, and how can you achieve it? With the prevalence of cyber threats and regulatory pressures, safeguarding your enterprise’s cloud infrastructure is more critical than ever. As more and more enterprises incorporate cloud-based systems, ensuring their security becomes a key concern.

Strategy 130

Strategy Cloud Best Practices Government 130

Dynatrace

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Lifting and shifting applications from the data center to the cloud delivers only marginal benefits. Because cloud computing breaks application functions into many microservices, porting monolithic applications to the cloud unchanged can slow them down. So, what is cloud-native architecture, exactly? Declarative APIs.

Cloud 162

Cloud Architecture Serverless Infrastructure 162

Dynatrace

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

More organizations than ever are undertaking cloud migration as digital transformation continues to gain momentum across every industry in every region. But what does it take to migrate your existing applications to the cloud? What is cloud migration? However, it can also mean migrating from one cloud to another.

Cloud 169

Cloud Traffic Best Practices Strategy 169

Dynatrace

MARCH 29, 2023

Today, Dynatrace is announcing that it has successfully achieved Google Cloud Ready – AlloyDB designation in support of an extended integration to Google Cloud’s AlloyDB for PostgreSQL. AlloyDB is a fully managed, PostgreSQL-compatible database service for highly demanding enterprise database workloads.

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Google Metrics Cloud Analytics 225

Dynatrace

MAY 5, 2020

Dynatrace is an AWS Advanced Technology Partner, so it’s easy to integrate Dynatrace with AWS to help you stay on top of the dynamics of your enterprise cloud environment?. We’re therefore excited to announce that Dynatrace has received the Amazon RDS Service Ready designation.

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Design AWS Education Innovation 143

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. More in the following sub-section.)

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Availability Database Open Source Hardware 105

Scalegrid

MARCH 28, 2024

In this comparison of Redis vs Memcached, we strip away the complexity, focusing on each in-memory data store’s performance, scalability, and unique features. can enhance Redis by handling management tasks, backups, and scalability, facilitating global reach and easy cloud integration for global businesses.

Cache 130

Cache Storage Scalability Architecture 130

Scalegrid

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Key Takeaways Distributed storage systems benefit organizations by enhancing data availability, fault tolerance, and system scalability, leading to cost savings from reduced hardware needs, energy consumption, and personnel. Variations within these storage systems are called distributed file systems.

Storage 130

Storage Systems Big Data Azure 130

Dynatrace

OCTOBER 7, 2021

For many companies, the journey to modern cloud applications starts with serverless. This means you no longer have to provision, scale, and maintain servers to run your applications, databases, and storage systems. Scalability. Finally, there’s scalability. Dynatrace news. The first benefit is simplicity.

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Serverless AWS Lambda Storage 286

Percona

DECEMBER 27, 2023

The evolution of cloud-native technology has been nothing short of revolutionary. As we step into 2024, the cornerstone of cloud-native technology, Kubernetes, will turn ten years old. Keynotes were focused on how Kubernetes and Cloud Native help businesses embrace the new AI era. We expect that number to rise higher in 2024.

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Cloud Open Source Strategy Best Practices 77

Scalegrid

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, the way we manage databases is undergoing a transformative shift. The rise of Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) is not just a trend but a strategic response to the growing complexities of data management. However, using a database as a service is not without its set of challenges.

Healthcare 130

Healthcare Hardware Database Scalability 130

Percona

APRIL 28, 2023

Let’s start with a simple introductory comparison: With proprietary (closed source) database software, the public does not have access to the source code; only the company that owns it and those given access can modify it. Myth #2: Proprietary databases are better and therefore more suitable for large enterprises.

Open Source 110

Open Source Database Software Software 110

Percona

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

If you’re using PostgreSQL in the cloud, there’s a good chance you’re spending more than you need in order to get the results you need for your business. Usage reduction: What to look for to reduce PostgreSQL cloud costs The first step in cost reduction is to use what you need and not more. Don’t pay for capacity you don’t use or need.

Cloud 116

Cloud Serverless AWS Storage 116

Percona

MARCH 30, 2023

The use of open source databases has increased steadily in recent years. Past trepidation — about perceived vulnerabilities and performance issues — has faded as decision makers realize what an “open source database” really is and what it offers. What is an open source database?

Open Source 73

Open Source Database Storage Scalability 73

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 89

Open Source Database Hardware Strategy 89

High Scalability

OCTOBER 5, 2018

Know anyone looking for a simple book explaining the cloud? Then please recommend my well reviewed book: Explain the Cloud Like I'm 10. Do you like this sort of Stuff? Please support me on Patreon. I'd really appreciate it. They'll love it and you'll be their hero forever. They'll love it and you'll be their hero forever.

Internet 156

Internet Internet Scalability Software Engineering 156

All Things Distributed

JANUARY 18, 2012

Werner Vogels weblog on building scalable and robust distributed systems. a Fast and Scalable NoSQL Database Service Designed for Internet Scale Applications. DynamoDB is the result of 15 years of learning in the areas of large scale non-relational databases and cloud services. Amazon DynamoDB â??

Scalability 167

Scalability Database Ecommerce Latency 167

High Scalability

DECEMBER 21, 2018

It's HighScalability time: Have a very scalable Xmas everyone! What could be better than a book on the cloud? Explain the Cloud Like I'm 10. swardley: X : What's going to happen in cloud in 2019? 2) Cloud will decentralise in terms of provision not power i.e. Amazon will "invade" more of those holdouts with AWS Outpost.

Internet 137

Internet Internet Scalability Serverless 137

InfoQ

OCTOBER 14, 2023

Google recently announced various improvements to Cloud Spanner, its distributed, decoupled relational database service with a “50% increase in throughput and 2.5 times the storage per node than before” without a price change. By Steef-Jan Wiggers

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Google Storage Cloud Database 100

Scalegrid

JANUARY 5, 2024

If you’re considering a database management system, understanding these benefits is crucial. DBMS enhances data security with encryption, implements various access controls, and enables improved data sharing and concurrent access, thus facilitating quick response to changes and maintaining consistent database accuracy.

Efficiency 147

Efficiency Storage Database Scalability 147

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

InfoQ

DECEMBER 8, 2023

AWS recently announced the preview of Amazon Aurora Limitless Database, a new capability supporting automated horizontal scaling to process millions of write transactions per second and manage petabytes of data in a single Aurora database. By Steef-Jan Wiggers

Database 100

Database AWS Processing Availability 100

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 85

Database Hardware Open Source Strategy 85

Dynatrace

JUNE 9, 2023

They’re unleashing the power of cloud-based analytics on large data sets to unlock the insights they and the business need to make smarter decisions. From a technical perspective, however, cloud-based analytics can be challenging. Cloud complexity leads to data silos Most organizations are battling cloud complexity.

DevOps 189

DevOps Analytics Storage Metrics 189

All Things Distributed

JUNE 21, 2018

A common question that I get is why do we offer so many database products? To do this, they need to be able to use multiple databases and data models within the same application. Seldom can one database fit the needs of multiple distinct use cases. Seldom can one database fit the needs of multiple distinct use cases.

Database 167

Database AWS Games Latency 167

High Scalability

JUNE 15, 2018

And if you know anyone looking for a simple book that uses lots of pictures and lots of examples to explain the cloud, then please recommend my new book: Explain the Cloud Like I'm 10. Dave Snowden ~ A key principle of complex design is shift a system to an adjacent possible. They'll love you even more. Hungry for more?

Internet 113

Internet Internet Scalability Blockchain 113

Percona

NOVEMBER 13, 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. It supports critical business applications in your public, private, or hybrid cloud environment.

Innovation 83

Innovation Open Source Scalability Database 83

Dynatrace

JULY 7, 2022

As the demand for services grows and containerized applications deploy across multicloud environments, organizations need a more flexible, cohesive approach for designing and developing a distributed systems architecture. Additionally, typical SOA models use larger relational databases.

Architecture 206

Architecture Serverless Azure Programming 206

High Scalability

AUGUST 3, 2018

And if you know anyone looking for a simple book that uses lots of pictures and lots of examples to explain the cloud, then please recommend my new book: Explain the Cloud Like I'm 10. Department of Homeland Security has designated 16 sectors of infrastructure as 'critical', and 14 of them depend on GPS. ” Tullis : The U.

Internet 113

Internet Internet Scalability Blockchain 113

Dynatrace

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Because monolithic applications combine database, client-side interfaces, and server-side application elements in a single executable, they’re difficult to understand, even for their own administrators. Use domain-driven design when creating new microservices by separating microservices via their underlying business functions.

Architecture 237

Architecture Artificial Intelligence Cloud Open Source 237

High Scalability

JULY 18, 2022

If you have a passion for databases (both SQL and NoSQL), significant experience building, managing, and monitoring infrastructure, databases, and backend services at scale and want to work with a rag-tag team of hardworking, but humble humans, then come check us out! has hours of system design content. InterviewCamp.io

Education 100

Education DevOps Infrastructure Scalability 100

Percona

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

PostgreSQL is a fantastic database, but if you’re storing images, video, audio files, or other large data objects, you need to “toast” them to get optimal performance. This post will look at using The Oversized-Attribute Storage Technique (TOAST) to improve performance and scalability. Thus, you can use less disk space.

Storage 87

Storage Scalability Strategy Performance 87

High Scalability

MAY 4, 2022

If you have a passion for databases (both SQL and NoSQL), significant experience building, managing, and monitoring infrastructure, databases, and backend services at scale and want to work with a rag-tag team of hardworking, but humble humans, then come check us out! has hours of system design content. InterviewCamp.io

Education 100

Education DevOps Infrastructure Scalability 100

High Scalability

JUNE 10, 2022

If you have a passion for databases (both SQL and NoSQL), significant experience building, managing, and monitoring infrastructure, databases, and backend services at scale and want to work with a rag-tag team of hardworking, but humble humans, then come check us out! has hours of system design content. InterviewCamp.io

Education 100

Education DevOps Infrastructure Scalability 100

The Morning Paper

JUNE 16, 2019

Towards multiverse databases Marzoev et al., The central idea behind multiverse databases is to push the data access and privacy rules into the database itself. Such a design rules out an entire class of application errors, protecting private data from accidentally leaking. HotOS’19. Expressing privacy policies.

Database 90

Database Cache Benchmarking Efficiency 90