Percona

DECEMBER 27, 2023

of respondents are currently utilizing databases in Kubernetes (k8s). These indicators suggest that the adoption of databases on k8s is in its early stages and is likely to continue growing in the future. The newly formed Open Source AI Alliance , led by META and IBM, promises to support open-source AI.

Cloud 83

Cloud Open Source Strategy Best Practices 83

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. What is PostgreSQL performance tuning?

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Tuning Efficiency Database Performance 52

Percona

JUNE 30, 2023

Percona, a leading provider of open-source database software and services, announced the general availability of Percona Operator for PostgreSQL version 2. The solution is 100% open source and automates the deployment and management of PostgreSQL clusters on Kubernetes.

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Availability Open Source Azure Hardware 97

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 107

Performance Monitoring Traffic Database 107

Dynatrace

APRIL 5, 2021

These include website hosting, database management, backup and restore, IoT capabilities, e-commerce solutions, app development tools and more, with new services released regularly. A new record entering a database table. Tasks like API requests, database calls, and file system management are perfect candidates for this service.

Lambda 180

Lambda AWS Serverless Hardware 180

Percona

MARCH 27, 2023

On MySQL and Percona Server for MySQL , there is a schema called information_schema (I_S) which provides information about database tables, views, indexes, and more. The percentage in degradation will vary depending on many factors {hardware, workload, number of tables, configuration, etc.}. Results for Percona Server for MySQL 8.0

Cache 105

Cache Hardware Servers Benchmarking 105

Adrian Cockcroft

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

The layers of platforms start at the bottom with hardware choices such as which CPU architectures and vendors you want to use. Open source tools which have an open development model that allows your team to make contributions may be a better approach.

Engineering 137

Engineering Serverless Lambda AWS 137

Dynatrace

AUGUST 5, 2022

In this scenario, message queues coordinate large numbers of microservices, which operate autonomously without the need to provision virtual machines or allocate hardware resources. The problem could be in the database, the HTTP connection, the configuration of the message, or an outage on the sending or receiving end.

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Dynatrace

AUGUST 5, 2022

In this scenario, message queues coordinate large numbers of microservices, which operate autonomously without the need to provision virtual machines or allocate hardware resources. 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 199

Monitoring Serverless Programming Speed 199

Alex Podelko

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Some time ago Federico Toledo published Performance Testing with Open Source Tools- Busting The Myths. Otherwise we wouldn’t see so many commercial tools built on the top of open source including BlazeMeter (it is ironic that the article is posted on the BlazeMeter site), Flood, and OctoPerf.

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Open Source Performance Testing Testing Performance 223

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 91

Database Hardware Open Source Strategy 91

Percona

JANUARY 19, 2023

Some startups adopted MySQL in its early days such as Facebook, Uber, Pinterest, and many more, which are now big and successful companies that prove that MySQL can run on large databases and on heavily used sites. Some of them are: MySQL Cluster: MySQL NDB Cluster is an in-memory database clustering solution developed by Oracle for MySQL.

Open Source 91

Open Source Storage Database Big Data 91

Scalegrid

MAY 13, 2020

Greenplum Database is a massively parallel processing (MPP) SQL database that is built and based on PostgreSQL. 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. What is an MPP Database?

Big Data 321

Big Data Database Artificial Intelligence Open Source 321

Percona

JUNE 20, 2023

However, this blog is written from the database perspective; hence, I would not prefer to dive into those scenarios as they are very high-level programming concepts. In this section, I will focus on a scenario in the PostgreSQL database that causes segmentation fault. Here, any other path can be used instead of /var/crash.

Programming 86

Programming C++ Database Virtualization 86

HammerDB

APRIL 19, 2023

Among the different components of modern software solutions, the database is one of the most critical. 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. TB)) for storage of database tablespaces and logging.

Performance 54

Performance Benchmarking Cache Storage 54

The Morning Paper

MAY 27, 2019

Last week we saw the benefits of rethinking memory and pointer models at the hardware level when it came to object storage and compression ( Zippads ). The protections are hardware implemented and cannot be forged in software. At hardware reset the boot code is granted maximally permissive architectural capabilities.

C++ 61

C++ Hardware Virtualization Benchmarking 61

HammerDB

DECEMBER 5, 2020

Additionally both commercial and open source tools based on the specifications also continued to use TPC-C and TPC-H to describe these workloads. A full understanding of why this is important requires some knowledge of the evolution of database hardware and software. But why is this important?

C++ 40

C++ Benchmarking Virtualization Open Source 40

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.”

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Availability Database Open Source Hardware 111

Scalegrid

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

MySQL is a popular open-source relational database management system for online applications and data warehousing. However, data loss is always possible due to hardware malfunction, software defects, or other unforeseen circumstances, just like with any computer system.

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Best Practices Storage Strategy Database 130

Dynatrace

MAY 1, 2023

Additionally, ITOA gathers and processes information from applications, services, networks, operating systems, and cloud infrastructure hardware logs in real time. This open source framework stores and processes large sets of structured and unstructured data. NoSQL database. Apache Spark. Dynatrace Grail.

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Analytics Artificial Intelligence Big Data Open Source 188

Testsigma

DECEMBER 28, 2019

The regression test plan must include below pointers: Purpose of testing Test strategy Features to be tested Resource Requirement Hardware Requirement Software Requirement Test schedule Change request Entry / Exit criteria Entry criteria for when to start testing Exit criteria for when to stop testing Tools. It is an open-source tool.

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Testing Hardware Testing Tools Strategy 53

Percona

AUGUST 22, 2023

Estimates vary, but most reports put the average cost of unplanned database downtime at approximately $300,000 to $500,000 per hour, or $5,000 to $8,000 per minute. With so much at stake, database high availability and fault tolerance have become must-have items, but many companies just aren’t certain which one they must have.

Availability 80

Availability Hardware Open Source Database 80

Dynatrace

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Container technology is very powerful as small teams can develop and package their application on laptops and then deploy it anywhere into staging or production environments without having to worry about dependencies, configurations, OS, hardware, and so on. The time and effort saved with testing and deployment are a game-changer for DevOps.

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Open Source Traffic DevOps Cloud 301

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.

Performance 127

Performance Hardware Tuning Storage 127

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. Many organizations also find it useful to use an open source observability tool, such as OpenTelemetry.

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Architecture Artificial Intelligence Cloud Open Source 231

Percona

JUNE 26, 2023

We have faced different levels of corruption related to databases in PostgreSQL. We need to identify whether it was deleted manually by mistake or was due to hardware failure. In case of hardware failure, first, we need to fix the hardware issue or migrate our database to new hardware and then perform a restore, as mentioned below.

Hardware 77

Hardware C++ Database Open Source 77

O'Reilly

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

16% of respondents working with AI are using open source models. If we asked whether their companies were using databases or web servers, no doubt 100% of the respondents would have said “yes.” That pricing won’t be sustainable, particularly as hardware shortages drive up the cost of building infrastructure.

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Open Source Artificial Intelligence Google Infrastructure 108

Scalegrid

JUNE 11, 2019

Ready to transition from a commercial database to open source, and want to know which databases are most popular in 2019? Wondering whether an on-premise vs. public cloud vs. hybrid cloud infrastructure is best for your database strategy? 2019 Top Databases Used. So, which databases are most popular in 2019?

Open Source 55

Open Source Database Cloud Infrastructure 55

Percona

JULY 7, 2023

Unfortunately, using certain open source database software as part of an HA architecture can present significant challenges. Therefore, DBAs must take a piecemeal approach to achieve HA with PostgreSQL, bringing together open source extensions and tools from multiple sources.

Availability 85

Availability Open Source Architecture Database 85

HammerDB

JUNE 27, 2022

HammerDB is a software application for database benchmarking. It enables the user to measure database performance and make comparative judgements about database hardware and software. Databases are highly sophisticated software, and to design and run a fair benchmark workload is a complex undertaking.

Benchmarking 62

Benchmarking Open Source C++ Cache 62

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 ? What we should really compare is the MySQL and Aurora database engines provided by Amazon RDS.

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AWS Database Serverless Storage 52

Percona

JUNE 12, 2023

When it comes to access to their applications, users demand instant, reliable, and secure interactions — and that means databases must be highly available. With database high availability (HA), services are largely uninterrupted, and end users are largely satisfied. The obvious answer is this: To achieve high availability.

Architecture 100

Architecture Availability Open Source Healthcare 100

Percona

MARCH 28, 2023

Every database system has to ensure durability and reliability. ” This acts as a step to ensure durability by recovering lost data from the same journal files in case of crashes, power, and hardware failures between the checkpoints (see below) Here’s what the process looks like.

Hardware 91

Hardware C++ Storage Cache 91

Percona

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

If you have any experience working with database software, you have undoubtedly heard the term Kubernetes a lot. At its core, Kubernetes (often abbreviated as K8s) is an open source tool that automates the deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications. have adopted Kubernetes.

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Efficiency Cloud Healthcare Open Source 106

Percona

AUGUST 8, 2023

Hardware considerations The first thing we have to consider here is the resources that the underlying host provides to the database. Global memory caches are static in size as they are defined solely by the configuration of the database itself. Let’s take a look at each common resource.

Traffic 90

Traffic Cache Monitoring Database 90

Percona

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

In the Home Dashboard of PMM, a low CPU utilization on any of the database services that are being monitored could mean that the server is inactive or over-provisioned. Figure 2: Amazon Elastic Block Storage Running relational or NoSQL databases is one of the use cases where EBS is recommended for.

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Cloud Serverless AWS Storage 122

Percona

JANUARY 4, 2024

Managing storage and performance efficiently in your MySQL database is crucial, and general tablespaces offer flexibility in achieving this. Convenient table management : General tablespaces allow you to group multiple tables together, making it easier to manage and organize your database objects. What are MySQL general tablespaces?

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Storage Engineering Database Hardware 91