Dynatrace

MARCH 6, 2024

IBM i, formerly known as iSeries, is an operating system developed by IBM for its line of IBM i Power Systems servers. It also includes various built-in software components for database management, security, and application development. It then collects performance data using existing database services running on your system.

Monitoring 243

Monitoring Infrastructure Metrics Analytics 243

HammerDB

OCTOBER 23, 2023

HammerDB uses stored procedures to achieve maximum throughput when benchmarking your database. However, there can be a lack of understanding of the benefits that stored procedures bring or if you have a benchmarking tool or database that doesn’t support stored procedures, then you have nothing to compare against.

Benchmarking 62

Benchmarking Database Network C++ 62

Dynatrace

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Firstly, managing virtual networks can be complex as networking in a virtual environment differs significantly from traditional networking. Determining the root cause of these issues can be difficult when the underlying “hardware” is a virtualization software stack rather than a bare-metal server.

Efficiency 223

Efficiency Virtualization Hardware Performance 223

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. These storage nodes collaborate to manage and disseminate the data across numerous servers spanning multiple data centers.

Storage 130

Storage Systems Big Data Azure 130

Dynatrace

MAY 8, 2023

In fact, the Dynatrace 2023 CIO Report found that 78% of respondents deploy software updates every 12 hours or less. This demand for rapid innovation is propelling organizations to adopt agile methodologies and DevOps principles to deliver software more efficiently and securely. 54% reported deploying updates every two hours or less.

DevOps 228

DevOps Efficiency Monitoring Infrastructure 228

Percona

JULY 31, 2023

Open source database architects usually do not implement business logic in their databases. This is in stark contrast to many commercial databases where this is a common practice. In the first case, all the heuristics are kept at the application layer, and the database has little or no effect on the data quality.

Database 75

Database Open Source Servers Code 75

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. These include popular technologies such as web servers and web applications, along with advanced solutions like distributed data stores and containerized microservices.

Cloud 130

Cloud Virtualization Storage Efficiency 130

Dynatrace

AUGUST 18, 2022

” Moreover, as modern DevOps practices have increased the speed of software delivery, more than two-thirds (69%) of chief information security officers (CISOs) say that managing risk has become more difficult. Vulnerability management is the practice of identifying, prioritizing, correcting, and reporting software vulnerabilities.

Traffic 171

Traffic Java Network DevOps 171

Scalegrid

AUGUST 22, 2019

On the first node, Patroni initializes the database, obtains the leader lock from DCS, and ensures the node is being run as the master. User needs to handle setup, management, and upgrade of the DCS software. All of these tests were performed while the application was running and inserting data to the PostgreSQL database.

Availability 277

Availability Servers Network Open Source 277

The Morning Paper

MARCH 3, 2020

Millions of tiny databases , Brooker et al., It takes you through the thinking processes and engineering practices behind the design of a key part of the control plane for AWS Elastic Block Storage (EBS): the Physalia database that stores configuration information. NSDI’20. This paper is a real joy to read. A guiding principle.

Database 106

Database AWS Network Design 106

Scalegrid

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Redis® Monitoring Essentials Ensuring the performance, reliability, and safety of a Redis® database requires active monitoring. With these essential support systems in place, you can effectively monitor your databases with up-to-date data about their health and functioning status at all times.

Strategy 130

Strategy Monitoring Latency DevOps 130

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

JANUARY 3, 2020

Monitoring your MySQL database performance in real-time helps you immediately identify problems and other factors that could be causing issues now or in the future. It’s also a good way to determine which components of the database can be enhanced or optimized to increase your efficiency and performance.

Monitoring 164

Monitoring Metrics Servers Database 164

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.

Best Practices 130

Best Practices Storage Strategy Database 130

Dynatrace

JANUARY 31, 2024

With PowerConnect, collecting data from SAP systems and fueling the Dynatrace platform, Dynatrace automatically uncovers the topology model of the SAP landscape, providing a clear and comprehensive view of the relationships and dependencies among different systems, servers, databases, applications, and interfaces.

Java 198

Java Analytics Best Practices Monitoring 198

Dynatrace

MAY 17, 2023

Making applications observable—relying on metrics, logs, and traces to understand what software is doing and how it’s performing—has become increasingly important as workloads are shifting to multicloud environments. This allows us to quickly tell whether the network link may be saturated or the processor is running at its limit.

Metrics 179

Metrics Monitoring Database Network 179

Percona

MAY 2, 2023

That’s why it’s essential to implement the best practices and strategies for MongoDB database backups. Why are MongoDB database backups important? Regular database backups are essential to protect against data loss caused by system failures, human errors, natural disasters, or cyber-attacks.

Best Practices 52

Best Practices Database Storage Servers 52

High Scalability

JANUARY 11, 2022

When the server receives a request for an action (post, like etc.) We will use a graph database such as Neo4j to store the information. Additionally, we can use columnar databases like Cassandra to store information like user feeds, activities, and counters. Sample Queries supported by Graph Database. High Level Design.

Design 334

Design Media Storage Logistics 334

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 79

Availability Hardware Open Source Database 79

Dynatrace

MAY 19, 2022

Another customer is from a multinational software corporation that develops enterprise software to manage business operations and customer relations. This represents the total number of requests across the network. This refers to the load on your network and servers. Example 2: Four golden signals. Saturation.

Automotive 277

Automotive Latency Architecture Azure 277

Scalegrid

JANUARY 11, 2024

Key Takeaways Cloud security monitoring is a comprehensive approach involving both manual and automated processes to oversee servers, applications, platforms, and websites, using tools that are customized to fit unique cloud architectures. This includes servers, applications, software platforms, and websites.

Best Practices 130

Best Practices Cloud Monitoring Strategy 130

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 209

Infrastructure Monitoring Virtualization Serverless 209

Percona

MARCH 29, 2023

Compression in any database is necessary as it has many advantages, like storage reduction, data transmission time, etc. In this blog, we will discuss both data and network-level compression offered in MongoDB. We will discuss snappy and zstd for data block and zstd compression in a network. I am using PSMDB 6.0.4

Storage 108

Storage Network Open Source Latency 108

Percona

JULY 7, 2023

Unfortunately, using certain open source database software as part of an HA architecture can present significant challenges. Despite all its upside, PostgreSQL software presents such challenges. This blog highlights considerations for keeping your own PostgreSQL databases highly available and healthy.

Availability 84

Availability Open Source Architecture Database 84

Scalegrid

JULY 13, 2020

Oracle Database is a commercial, proprietary multi-model database management system produced by Oracle Corporation, and the largest relational database management system (RDBMS) in the world. While Oracle remains the #1 database on the market, its popularity has steadily declined by over 18% since 2013. Not available.

Open Source 244

Open Source Tuning C++ Database 244

Percona

APRIL 12, 2023

Let’s start with this: MongoDB is accurately referred to as source-available software. Many open source proponents, including the Open Source Initiative (OSI) , do not consider software under the SSPL to be open source. We agree with the OSI’s determination that any software under the SSPL cannot be open source.

Open Source 82

Open Source Programming Database Servers 82

Dynatrace

JUNE 16, 2022

At the same time, open source software (OSS) libraries now account for more than 70% of most applications’ code base, increasing the risk of application vulnerabilities. RASP capabilities aim to close the gap left by application security testing and network perimeter controls such as web application firewalls (WAFs).

Tuning 231

Tuning Cloud Open Source Network 231

The Netflix TechBlog

OCTOBER 29, 2020

The nature of the work means we’re developing write-heavy software, in a distributed environment, on devices where less than ? The high likelihood of unreliable network connectivity led us to lean into mobile solutions for robust client side persistence and offline support. Networking Hendrix interprets rule set(s)?—?remotely

Mobile 279

Mobile Cache Network Architecture 279

Dynatrace

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Just like shipping containers revolutionized the transportation industry, Docker containers disrupted software. A standard Docker container can run anywhere, on a personal computer (for example, PC, Mac, Linux), in the cloud, on local servers, and even on edge devices. Networking.

Open Source 310

Open Source Traffic DevOps Cloud 310

Dynatrace

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Prometheus is an open-source software toolkit used for event monitoring and alerting. It records real-time metrics in a time series database with flexible queries and real-time alerting. It then compresses and stores them in a time-series database on a regular cadence. How to collect Prometheus metrics.

Metrics 210

Metrics Infrastructure Open Source Database 210

The Netflix TechBlog

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Remote calls are never free; they impose extra latency, increase probability of an error, and consume network bandwidth. If the service knows which fields are important for the caller, it can make an informed decision about making expensive calls, starting resource-heavy computations, and/or calling the database.

Design 245

Design Java Efficiency Code 245

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. Marked in red in Figure 1 is a server with less than 30% of CPU usage. Over-provisioned instances may lead to unnecessary infrastructure costs.

Cloud 119

Cloud Serverless AWS Storage 119

Percona

JULY 27, 2023

MySQL previously released software quarterly as part of a continuous delivery system where new features were made available. is an evolution of the MySQL server and related software. Seems like a lot of work to do while servers are failing, but it should save the data in a better state. Suspicious servers?

Servers 83

Servers Open Source Tuning Cache 83

Percona

AUGUST 1, 2023

Source: “Meowing” attack completely destroyed more than 1000 databases These are the words of Bob Diachenko, one of the most respected cybersecurity researchers in relation to a “Meowing” attack, which destroyed between 1000-4000 databases around the world. MongoDB databases commonly exceed a terabyte of data.

Best Practices 41

Best Practices Transportation Open Source Traffic 41

Dynatrace

JANUARY 23, 2023

As our CTO Bernd Greifeneder shared in his blog post , what was a relatively small software release resulted in a large number of our customers b eing una ble to access their Dynatrace environments. Two weeks ago, we experienced a service interruption with our SSO service.

Social Media 130

Social Media Cache Traffic Media 130

Percona

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Percona Toolkit is a collection of advanced open source command-line tools, developed and used by the Percona technical staff, that are engineered to perform a variety of MySQL, MariaDB, MongoDB, and PostgreSQL server and system tasks that are too difficult or complex to perform manually. And did I mention they are open source?! virtual = 2.2G

Cache 99

Cache Database Virtualization Servers 99

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. PMM monitors the MySQL uptime: show global status like 'uptime'; Indicates the amount of time (seconds) the MySQL server has been running since the last restart.

Performance 104

Performance Monitoring Traffic Database 104