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Performance Testing with Open Source Tools – Myths and Reality

Alex Podelko

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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Kubernetes in the wild report 2023

Dynatrace

The strongest Kubernetes growth areas are security, databases, and CI/CD technologies. Open-source software drives a vibrant Kubernetes ecosystem. Accordingly, the remaining 27% of clusters are self-managed by the customer on cloud virtual machines. Open source software drives a vibrant Kubernetes ecosystem.

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The Ultimate Guide to Database High Availability

Percona

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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High Availability vs. Fault Tolerance: Is FT’s 00.001% Edge in Uptime Worth the Headache?

Percona

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.

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Ready-to-Use High Availability Architectures for MySQL and PostgreSQL

Percona

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.

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Web Development Trends in 2023

KeyCDN

Chatbots and virtual assistants Chatbots and virtual assistants are becoming more common on websites and web applications as they provide an efficient and convenient way for users to interact with a business. If you have a large database of user information stored on your servers, consider introducing multi-factor identification.

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Setting Up and Deploying PostgreSQL for High Availability

Percona

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.