Scalegrid

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

A distributed storage system is foundational in today’s data-driven landscape, ensuring data spread over multiple servers is reliable, accessible, and manageable. Understanding distributed storage is imperative as data volumes and the need for robust storage solutions rise.

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Storage Systems Big Data Azure 130

All Things Distributed

JANUARY 23, 2012

Werner Vogels weblog on building scalable and robust distributed systems. Expanding the Cloud - The AWS Storage Gateway. Today Amazon Web Services has launched the AWS Storage Gateway, making the power of secure and reliable cloud storage accessible from customersâ?? s storage infrastructure.

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Storage AWS Virtualization Cloud 115

Testsigma

JULY 3, 2021

More control: While performing on-premise testing, organizations have more control over configurations, setup, hardware, and software. The security and data storage infrastructure has to meet certain security compliances and standards; only then, the infrastructure is good to go for testing. Scalability comes at a price.

Cloud 57

Cloud Testing Storage DevOps 57

Scalegrid

JANUARY 8, 2024

Confused about multi-cloud vs hybrid cloud and which is the right strategy for your organization? Multicloud harnesses diverse cloud services to boost flexibility, while hybrid cloud merges public and private clouds for enhanced control. What is Multi-Cloud? But what do these entail?

Strategy 147

Strategy Cloud Scalability Artificial Intelligence 147

All Things Distributed

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

Given that I am originally from the Netherlands I have, of course, a special interest in how Dutch companies are using our cloud services. . But it is not just Dutch entrepreneurs who build their business in the cloud, also traditional Dutch enterprises are moving to the cloud to improve their agility and cost-effectiveness.

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Cloud Energy AWS Healthcare 129

Percona

JUNE 30, 2023

Kubernetes provides many benefits, such as automation and scalability, but it also introduces new complexities when it comes to managing databases. IT teams must ensure high availability, scalability, and security, all while ensuring that their PostgreSQL clusters perform optimally. In version 1.x,

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Availability Open Source Azure Hardware 96

Testsigma

FEBRUARY 13, 2021

For businesses to be more agile and work with an unmatchable speed, cloud testing is crucial. According to Mordor Intelligence’s industry report , the growth rate for cloud-testing tools in India and several Asian countries is going to be the highest. It’ll witness a rapid change with most businesses adopting cloud-based testing.

Cloud 52

Cloud Testing Testing Tools Small Business 52

HammerDB

APRIL 19, 2023

Regardless of whether the computing platform to be evaluated is on-prem, containerized, virtualized, or in the cloud, it is crucial to consider several essential factors. There are many times we get asked why some cloud instance performed poorly for their database application and almost always turned out to be some configuration error.

Performance 54

Performance Benchmarking Cache Storage 54

Scalegrid

DECEMBER 6, 2023

In the digital age, data management has transformed from locally hosted servers to cloud solutions. The choice of self-managed cloud databases vs DBaaS is a common debate among those who are looking for the best option that will cater to their particular needs. You are both captain and crew. These advantages come at an expense.

Database 130

Database Cloud Hardware Storage 130

All Things Distributed

MAY 8, 2012

Werner Vogels weblog on building scalable and robust distributed systems. Expanding the Cloud for Windows Developers. of administrative tasks such as OS and database software patching, storage management, and implementing reliable backup and disaster recovery solutions. All Things Distributed. Comments (). License Includedâ??

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Cloud Development AWS Servers 115

All Things Distributed

JULY 13, 2010

Werner Vogels weblog on building scalable and robust distributed systems. Expanding the Cloud - Cluster Compute Instances for Amazon EC2. Today, Amazon Web Services took very an important step in unlocking the advantages of cloud computing for a very important application area. Driving Storage Costs Down for AWS Customers.

Cloud 118

Cloud AWS Automotive Latency 118

DZone

JULY 19, 2023

To address this need, the integration of cloud computing and virtualization has emerged as a groundbreaking solution as these technologies boast scalability and flexibility, entirely transforming the operational landscape. Enel migrated its legacy IT systems to a hybrid cloud model. billion by 2025.

Virtualization 130

Virtualization Scalability Energy Cloud 130

All Things Distributed

AUGUST 16, 2012

Werner Vogels weblog on building scalable and robust distributed systems. Both of these are important as they help customer accurately gauge the economic benefits of running their applications in the cloud. All Things Distributed. Total Cost of Ownership and the Return on Agility. By Werner Vogels on 16 August 2012 10:00 AM.

AWS 118

AWS Hardware Traffic Best Practices 118

Abhishek Tiwari

DECEMBER 27, 2017

portability between cloud and on-premises. faster access to external storage and data locality (I/O, bandwidth). Under the hood, the BlueData used several enhancements to boosts the I/O performance and scalability of container-based clusters. Storage provisioning. But Kubernetes storage is evolving quite quickly.

Big Data 63

Big Data Storage Benchmarking Hardware 63

Percona

MAY 1, 2023

Key areas include: Configuration parameter tuning : This tuning involves altering variables such as memory allocation, disk I/O settings, and concurrent connections based on specific hardware and requirements. Scalability: As an application expands and needs to handle more data and user loads, the database must scale accordingly.

Tuning 52

Tuning Efficiency Database Performance 52

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. AWS offers four serverless offerings for storage.

Serverless 283

Serverless AWS Lambda Storage 283

Scalegrid

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

However, data loss is always possible due to hardware malfunction, software defects, or other unforeseen circumstances, just like with any computer system. The biggest drawbacks are that a full backup can be time-consuming, and they require a significant amount of storage space.

Best Practices 130

Best Practices Storage Strategy Database 130

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 121

Cloud Serverless AWS Storage 121

High Scalability

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

New topics range from additional workloads like video streaming, machine learning, and public cloud to specialized silicon accelerators, storage and network building blocks, and a revised discussion of data center power and cooling, and uptime.

Design 54

Design Education Google Internet 54

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

Abhishek Tiwari

JULY 12, 2018

These nodes and edges require a good amount of compute and storage which is typically distributed across a large number servers either running in the cloud or your own data center. A data pipeline is a software which runs on hardware. The software is error-prone and hardware failures are inevitable.

Latency 63

Latency Analytics Scalability Engineering 63

High Scalability

OCTOBER 24, 2022

There's a move to regulate cloud providers by vertically separating the services they offer. Like railroads of yore, who were not allowed to provide freight services on top of their base services, cloud providers would not be allowed to provide services on top of their base platform services. The job of a cloud is to run workloads.

Cloud 187

Cloud Hardware Infrastructure Innovation 187

All Things Distributed

APRIL 5, 2012

Werner Vogels weblog on building scalable and robust distributed systems. From tax preparation to safe social networks, Amazon RDS brings new and innovative applications to the cloud. Customer Conversations - How Intuit and Edmodo Innovate using Amazon RDS. By Werner Vogels on 06 April 2012 06:00 AM. Comments ().

Innovation 146

Innovation AWS Education Network 146

Dynatrace

AUGUST 11, 2022

Before an organization moves to function as a service, it’s important to understand how it works, its benefits and challenges, its effect on scalability, and why cloud-native observability is essential for attaining peak performance. The FaaS model of cloud computing debuted in 2014 with startups like hook.io.

Development 253

Development Serverless Best Practices Lambda 253

Percona

MARCH 23, 2023

Hardware Memory The amount of RAM to be provisioned for database servers can vary greatly depending on the size of the database and the specific requirements of the company. Storage The type of storage and disk used for database servers can have a significant impact on performance and reliability. Setting oom_score_adj to -800.

Performance 128

Performance Hardware Tuning Storage 128

Percona

AUGUST 30, 2023

In general terms, here are potential trouble spots: Hardware failure: Manufacturing defects, wear and tear, physical damage, and other factors can cause hardware to fail. heat) can damage hardware components and prompt data loss. Human mistakes: Incorrect configuration is an all-too-common cause of hardware and software failure.

Database 90

Database Hardware Open Source Strategy 90

Dynatrace

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

The containerization craze has continued for enterprises, with benefits such as portability, efficiency, and scalability. Container as a service is a cloud-based service that allows companies to manage and deploy containers at scale. This, in turn, drove the creation of cloud-based services that further automated this function.

Serverless 219

Serverless Azure Hardware Transportation 219

HammerDB

DECEMBER 5, 2020

A full understanding of why this is important requires some knowledge of the evolution of database hardware and software. Even with superior I/O performance today the I/O configuration required on-premise or in the cloud remains costly. This was both expensive and time consuming to configure.

C++ 40

C++ Benchmarking Virtualization Open Source 40

Scalegrid

MAY 13, 2020

Greenplum Database is an open-source , hardware-agnostic MPP database for analytics, based on PostgreSQL and developed by Pivotal who was later acquired by VMware. Greenplum uses an MPP database design that can help you develop a scalable, high performance deployment. Polymorphic Data Storage. What Exactly is Greenplum?

Big Data 321

Big Data Database Artificial Intelligence Open Source 321

Percona

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Flexibility and scalability Open source databases provide much greater flexibility regarding customization and configuration. Are you looking to enhance performance, improve scalability, cut expenses, or gain access to specific features you don’t currently have? Start by identifying the reasons driving the migration.

Open Source 95

Open Source Database Hardware Strategy 95

All Things Distributed

OCTOBER 7, 2015

In AWS’ quest to enable the best data storage options for engineers, we have built several innovative database solutions like Amazon RDS, Amazon RDS for Aurora, Amazon DynamoDB, and Amazon Redshift. QuickSight is a fast, cloud native, scalable, business intelligence service for the 1/10th the cost of old-guard BI solutions.

Cloud 137

Cloud Big Data AWS Analytics 137

Percona

JULY 1, 2023

Understanding DBaaS DBaaS cloud services allow users to use databases without configuring physical hardware and infrastructure or installing software. These may be performance, high availability, operational cost, management, capacity planning, scalability, security, monitoring, etc. Download Now What is Amazon Aurora?

AWS 52

AWS Database Serverless Storage 52

Percona

AUGUST 22, 2023

Some of the most important elements include: No single point of failure (SPOF): You must eliminate any SPOF in the database environment, including any potential for an SPOF in physical or virtual hardware. Redundancy provides backups and safeguards against data loss in case of hardware failures. there cannot be high availability.

Availability 82

Availability Hardware Open Source Database 82

KeyCDN

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

The goal of WebAssembly is to execute at native speeds by taking advantage of common hardware features available on a variety of platforms. Cloud-based development and deployment One of the main advantages of cloud-based development and deployment is scalability.

Artificial Intelligence 111

Artificial Intelligence Development Serverless Website 111

Percona

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

MySQL backups play a pivotal role in safeguarding the integrity of your data, providing defense against various unforeseen calamities, hardware malfunctions, data loss, corruption, and inadvertent deletions. Also from cloud services, our DB instance can be broken and it’s non-accessible. Why Do MySQL Backups Matter?

Best Practices 79

Best Practices Storage Strategy Database 79

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. All Things Distributed. Amazon DynamoDB â??

Scalability 167

Scalability Database Ecommerce Latency 167

Percona

JUNE 22, 2023

To make data count and to ensure cloud computing is unabated, companies and organizations must have highly available databases. Components of high availability infrastructure Multiple copies of data Data redundancy helps prevent data loss due to hardware or software failures. Redundancy is also critical for disaster recovery.

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Availability Database Open Source Hardware 110