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A Comprehensive Guide to Database Sharding: Building Scalable Systems

DZone

In this article, we’ll dive deep into the concept of database sharding, a critical technique for scaling databases to handle large volumes of data and high levels of traffic. We’ll start by defining what sharding is and why it’s essential for modern, high-performance databases.

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What is Greenplum Database? Intro to the Big Data Database

Scalegrid

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?

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The Ultimate Database Scaling Cheatsheet: Strategies for Optimizing Performance and Scalability

DZone

As applications grow in complexity and user base, the demands on their underlying databases increase significantly. Efficient database scaling becomes crucial to maintain performance, ensure reliability, and manage large volumes of data. This cheatsheet provides an overview of essential techniques for database scaling.

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Scalable Annotation Service?—?Marken

The Netflix TechBlog

Scalable Annotation Service — Marken by Varun Sekhri , Meenakshi Jindal Introduction At Netflix, we have hundreds of micro services each with its own data models or entities. A data model in Marken can be described using schema — just like how we create schemas for database tables etc. So the amount of data stored can be large.

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API and Database Performance Optimization Strategies

DZone

In today's fast-paced digital landscape, performance optimization plays a pivotal role in ensuring the success of applications that rely on the integration of APIs and databases. Efficient and responsive API and database integration is vital for achieving high-performing applications.

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2019 Database Trends – SQL vs. NoSQL, Top Databases, Single vs. Multiple Database Use

High Scalability

Wondering which databases are trending in 2019 ? We asked hundreds of developers, engineers, software architects, dev teams, and IT leaders at DeveloperWeek to discover the current NoSQL vs. SQL usage, most popular databases, important metrics to track, and their most time-consuming database management tasks. SQL vs. NoSQL.

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Database Sharding and Its Challenges

DZone

Database sharding is a powerful technique employed to manage large databases more effectively. It involves partitioning a large database into smaller, more manageable parts, known as shards. The above diagram presents a visual representation of a sharded database.

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