Scalegrid

JANUARY 25, 2024

Redis® is an in-memory database that provides blazingly fast performance. This makes it a compelling alternative to disk-based databases when performance is a concern. You will need to know which monitoring metrics for Redis to watch and a tool to monitor these critical server metrics to ensure its health.

Metrics 130

Metrics Monitoring Latency Cache 130

Scalegrid

DECEMBER 6, 2023

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. Database as a Service (DBaaS) and managed databases offer distinct advantages along with certain challenges.

Database 130

Database Cloud Hardware Storage 130

Dynatrace

JANUARY 11, 2023

In fact, according to a Dynatrace global survey of 1,300 CIOs , 99% of enterprises utilize a multicloud environment and seven cloud monitoring solutions on average. What is cloud monitoring? Cloud monitoring is a set of solutions and practices used to observe, measure, analyze, and manage the health of cloud-based IT infrastructure.

Cloud 220

Cloud Monitoring Best Practices Infrastructure 220

Percona

AUGUST 2, 2023

Restoring a MySQL database backup is a crucial task that can sometimes be time-consuming, especially for large databases. Monitoring the progress of the restore process is essential to estimate completion time and ensure everything is proceeding smoothly. I have written a simple script to get the live progress of the restore.

Database 84

Database Monitoring C++ Speed 84

Percona

APRIL 14, 2023

A shared characteristic in most (if not all) databases, be them traditional relational databases like Oracle, MySQL, and PostgreSQL or some kind of NoSQL-style database like MongoDB, is the use of a caching mechanism to keep (a copy of) part of the data in memory. There is if you have Percona Monitoring and Management (PMM).

Cache 93

Cache Efficiency Database Monitoring 93

Percona

JANUARY 4, 2024

Managing storage and performance efficiently in your MySQL database is crucial, and general tablespaces offer flexibility in achieving this. In contrast to the single system tablespace that holds system tables by default, general tablespaces are user-defined storage containers for multiple InnoDB tables.

Storage 90

Storage Engineering Database Hardware 90

DZone

AUGUST 6, 2021

Most log management solutions store log data in a database and enable search by storing an index of the data. As the database grows in size, so does the index management cost. When companies are handling terabytes of data every day, the database-backed log management system becomes untenable.

Storage 189

Storage Database Systems Efficiency 189

Percona

MAY 1, 2023

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. The performance of a PostgreSQL database has a significant impact on the overall effectiveness of an application.

Tuning 52

Tuning Efficiency Database Performance 52

Dynatrace

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

IT infrastructure is the heart of your digital business and connects every area – physical and virtual servers, storage, databases, networks, cloud services. If you don’t have insight into the software and services that operate your business, you can’t efficiently run your business. What is infrastructure monitoring? .

Infrastructure 196

Infrastructure Monitoring Virtualization Serverless 196

Scalegrid

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

MySQL is a popular open-source relational database management system for online applications and data warehousing. Because of this, preserving the availability and integrity of the data stored in MySQL databases requires regular backups. Having MySQL backups for your database can speed up and simplify the recovery process.

Best Practices 130

Best Practices Storage Strategy Database 130

Scalegrid

MARCH 8, 2024

With MySQL point-in-time recovery , you can restore your database to the moment before the problem occurs. Preparation for PITR is crucial and involves enabling binary logging and creating a full database backup. Monitoring and managing binary log activities, such as file retention, are essential for effective recovery.

Database 162

Database Strategy Servers Best Practices 162

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 90

Database Hardware Open Source Strategy 90

Dynatrace

AUGUST 1, 2022

Interestingly, our partner RedHat reported in 2021 that around 80% of deployed workloads are databases or data caches, storing data in persistent volume claims (PVCs). You also decide to run your database for storing user uploads – such as images or videos – directly in Kubernetes. However, you lack insights into your PVCs.

Storage 184

Storage Database Network Metrics 184

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 94

Open Source Database Hardware Strategy 94

Dynatrace

JULY 29, 2022

Log analytics is useful for application performance monitoring in cloud, virtualized, and physical environments, including Kubernetes workloads, application security, and business analytics. Unfortunately, many organizations have dozens of siloed data collection and monitoring tools and teams. Cold storage and rehydration.

Analytics 211

Analytics Storage Retail Monitoring 211

Scalegrid

JANUARY 12, 2024

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. This article analyzes cloud workloads, delving into their forms, functions, and how they influence the cost and efficiency of your cloud infrastructure.

Cloud 130

Cloud Virtualization Storage Efficiency 130

Percona

JANUARY 5, 2023

In PostgreSQL, vacuuming is a maintenance task that helps to optimize database performance and reclaim space. PostgreSQL and other database management systems use MVCC to ensure consistent reads and prevent data loss from concurrent updates. It is essential to run a vacuum to keep the database running smoothly periodically.

Database 107

Database Performance C++ Efficiency 107

Dynatrace

APRIL 20, 2023

With more automated approaches to log monitoring and log analysis, however, organizations can gain visibility into their applications and infrastructure efficiently and with greater precision—even as cloud environments grow. ” A data warehouse, on the other hand, is an efficient and fast option for querying data.

Analytics 184

Analytics Infrastructure Storage Efficiency 184

Dynatrace

JULY 29, 2022

Log analytics is useful for application performance monitoring in cloud, virtualized, and physical environments, including Kubernetes workloads, application security, and business analytics. Unfortunately, many organizations have dozens of siloed data collection and monitoring tools and teams. Cold storage and rehydration.

Analytics 178

Analytics Storage Retail Monitoring 178

Dynatrace

AUGUST 5, 2022

For nonurgent messages, texting is a more efficient approach. Consumers store messages in a queue — usually in a buffer or on a storage medium — until they can process and delete them. The problem could be in the database, the HTTP connection, the configuration of the message, or an outage on the sending or receiving end.

Monitoring 196

Monitoring Serverless Programming Speed 196

Dynatrace

AUGUST 5, 2022

For nonurgent messages, texting is a more efficient approach. Consumers store messages in a queue — usually in a buffer or on a storage medium — until they can process and delete them. The problem could be in the database, the HTTP connection, the configuration of the message, or an outage on the sending or receiving end.

Monitoring 195

Monitoring Serverless Programming Speed 195

Percona

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

MySQL performance tuning offers several significant advantages for effective database management and optimization. Enhanced Database Efficiency By adjusting configuration settings, you can markedly enhance the overall efficiency of your MySQL database. Experiencing database performance issues?

Tuning 52

Tuning Database Performance Hardware 52

Scalegrid

JANUARY 9, 2024

Challenges in cloud security, such as risks from multitenancy and cyber threats, require continuous monitoring and the implementation of robust controls like multi-factor authentication to prevent unauthorized access. Tackling the Challenges of Cloud Security Enterprises face a unique array of challenges related to cloud security.

Strategy 130

Strategy Cloud Best Practices Government 130

Dynatrace

OCTOBER 4, 2022

These traditional approaches to log monitoring and log analytics thwart IT teams’ goal to address infrastructure performance problems, security threats, and user experience issues. They can call on dozens of databases and deliver gigabytes of data across myriad devices. A modern approach to log analytics stores data without indexing.

Analytics 217

Analytics Storage Infrastructure Metrics 217

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. HA is sometimes confused with “fault tolerance.”

Availability 110

Availability Database Open Source Hardware 110

Percona

JUNE 22, 2023

As a MySQL database administrator, keeping a close eye on the performance of your MySQL server is crucial to ensure optimal database operations. A monitoring tool like Percona Monitoring and Management (PMM) is a popular choice among open source options for effectively monitoring MySQL performance.

Performance 106

Performance Monitoring Traffic Database 106

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 77

Open Source Database Storage Scalability 77

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 8, 2024

This article delves into the specifics of how AI optimizes cloud efficiency, ensures scalability, and reinforces security, providing a glimpse at its transformative role without giving away extensive details. Using AI for Enhanced Cloud Operations The integration of AI in cloud computing is enhancing operational efficiency in several ways.

Artificial Intelligence 147

Artificial Intelligence Cloud Scalability Analytics 147

Scalegrid

JANUARY 19, 2024

Recovering from a MongoDB rollback involves locating rollback files, using mongorestore to load data into a separate server, cleansing unneeded data, and importing the data back into the primary cluster, coupled with ongoing monitoring and maintenance of replica sets to maintain system health.

Database 130

Database Network Servers Monitoring 130

High Scalability

SEPTEMBER 8, 2018

New databases used to be announced seemingly every week. While database neogenesis has slowed down considerably, it has not gone necrotic. Anna is not only incredibly fast, it’s incredibly efficient and elastic too: an autoscaling, multi-tier, selectively-replicating cloud service. What's changed ?

Storage 199

Storage Performance AWS Efficiency 199

Percona

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Percona Operators allow users to easily manage complex database systems in a Kubernetes environment. With Percona Operators , users can easily deploy, monitor, and manage databases orchestrated by Kubernetes, making it easier and more efficient to run databases at scale. Once captured, the metrics are exposed.

Metrics 71

Metrics Monitoring Database Cache 71

Scalegrid

JANUARY 8, 2024

Real-world examples like Spotify’s multi-cloud strategy for cost reduction and performance, and Netflix’s hybrid cloud setup for efficient content streaming and creation, illustrate the practical applications of each model. Thus making it an ideal choice for businesses seeking a successful implementation of their multi-cloud strategy.

Strategy 147

Strategy Cloud Scalability Artificial Intelligence 147

Scalegrid

MARCH 14, 2024

In practice, a hybrid cloud operates by melding resources and services from multiple computing environments, which necessitates effective coordination, orchestration, and integration to work efficiently. Tailoring resource allocation efficiently ensures faster application performance in alignment with organizational demands.

Strategy 130

Strategy Cloud Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure 130

Dynatrace

OCTOBER 4, 2022

As a result, organizations need software to work perfectly to create customer experiences, deliver innovation, and generate operational efficiency. Traditionally, though, to gain true business insight, organizations had to make tradeoffs between accessing quality, real-time data and factors such as data storage costs.

Analytics 187

Analytics Software Software Storage 187

Percona

MARCH 29, 2023

Compression in any database is necessary as it has many advantages, like storage reduction, data transmission time, etc. Storage reduction alone results in significant cost savings, and we can save more data in the same space. By default, MongoDB provides a snappy block compression method for storage and network communication.

Storage 111

Storage Network Open Source Latency 111

Percona

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Let’s take a look at how to get the benefits you need while spending less, based on the recommendations presented by Dani Guzmán Burgos, our Percona Monitoring and Management (PMM) Tech Lead, on this webinar (now available on demand) hosted in November last year. Marked in red in Figure 1 is a server with less than 30% of CPU usage.

Cloud 121

Cloud Serverless AWS Storage 121