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Essential Relational Database Structures and SQL Tuning Techniques

DZone

Understanding the structures within a Relational Database Management System (RDBMS) is critical to optimizing performance and managing data effectively. Here's a breakdown of the concepts with examples. RDBMS Structures 1.

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PostgreSQL Performance Tuning: Optimizing Database Parameters for Maximum Efficiency

Percona

Out of the box, the default PostgreSQL configuration is not tuned for any particular workload. 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.

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MySQL Performance Tuning 101: Key Tips to Improve MySQL Database Performance

Percona

While there is no magic bullet for MySQL performance tuning, there are a few areas that can be focused on upfront that can dramatically improve the performance of your MySQL installation. What are the Benefits of MySQL Performance Tuning? A finely tuned database processes queries more efficiently, leading to swifter results.

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3 Performance Tricks for Dealing With Big Data Sets

DZone

This article describes 3 different tricks that I used in dealing with big data sets (order of 10 million records) and that proved to enhance performance dramatically. Trick 1: CLOB Instead of Result Set.

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Don’t fear SQL Server performance tuning

SQL Shack

In this article, we will learn some basic tips for SQL Server performance tuning. Tuning the SQL Server performance will help to access data faster so the applications data interaction performances will enhance. SQL Server […].

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Snowflake Performance Tuning: Top 5 Best Practices

DZone

How do you tune the Snowflake data warehouse when there are no indexes, and few options available to tune the database itself? Snowflake was designed for simplicity, with few performance tuning options. This article summarizes the top five best practices to maximize query performance.

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An approach to index tuning – part 1

SQL Performance

A performance tuning engagement can end up taking many turns as you work through it – it all depends on what is showing up as the problem and what the data tells you. I think of index tuning as an art and a science. Both of those are data-driven and thus in the category of science. Step 4 : Index Usage Stats.

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