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. Such demanding use cases place a great value on systems capable of fast and reliable execution, a need that spans across various industry segments.

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Percona

MAY 2, 2023

As a MongoDB user, it’s crucial to ensure that your data is safe and secure in the event of a disaster or system failure. That’s why it’s essential to implement the best practices and strategies for MongoDB database backups. Why are MongoDB database backups important? mongodump --host=mongodb1.example.net

Best Practices 52

Best Practices Database Storage Servers 52

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. How do I choose which one to use?

AWS 52

AWS Database Serverless Storage 52

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

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.

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Performance Monitoring Traffic Database 104

The Netflix TechBlog

OCTOBER 19, 2020

which is difficult when troubleshooting distributed systems. Troubleshooting a session in Edgar When we started building Edgar four years ago, there were very few open-source distributed tracing systems that satisfied our needs. Investigating a video streaming failure consists of inspecting all aspects of a member account.

Infrastructure 233

Infrastructure Transportation Storage Open Source 233

All Things Distributed

MAY 19, 2017

In many, high-throughput, OLTP style applications the database plays a crucial role to achieve scale, reliability, high-performance and cost efficiency. For a long time, these requirements were almost exclusively served by commercial, proprietary databases.

Database 117

Database Design Cloud Storage 117

Scalegrid

JANUARY 8, 2024

AI-driven cloud solutions like ScaleGrid offer a diverse range of database hosting options, robust infrastructure optimized for scalability and security, and enable significant cost reductions, supporting businesses in efficient growth and improved ROI. These services are tailored to meet various business requirements.

Artificial Intelligence 147

Artificial Intelligence Cloud Scalability Analytics 147

SQL Performance

APRIL 15, 2020

SQL Server has always provided the ability to capture actual queries in an easily-consumable rowset format – first with legacy SQL Server Profiler, later via Extended Events, and now with a combination of those two concepts in Azure SQL Database. Unfortunately, my excitement was short lived for a couple of reasons.

Azure 96

Azure Database Tuning Network 96

The Netflix TechBlog

JUNE 13, 2023

Migrating Critical Traffic At Scale with No Downtime — Part 2 Shyam Gala , Javier Fernandez-Ivern , Anup Rokkam Pratap , Devang Shah Picture yourself enthralled by the latest episode of your beloved Netflix series, delighting in an uninterrupted, high-definition streaming experience. This is where large-scale system migrations come into play.

Traffic 279

Traffic Metrics Systems Strategy 279

Dynatrace

MAY 8, 2023

The process involves monitoring various components of the software delivery pipeline, including applications, infrastructure, networks, and databases. In addition, monitoring DevOps processes provide the following benefits: Improve system performance. Help systems meet SLAs. Increase system uptime. Lost efficiency.

DevOps 212

DevOps Efficiency Monitoring Infrastructure 212

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 78

Availability Hardware Open Source Database 78

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. Redis returns a big list of database metrics when you run the info command on the Redis shell. This blog post lists the important database metrics to monitor.

Metrics 130

Metrics Monitoring Latency Cache 130

Percona

MAY 29, 2023

With the ever-increasing reliance on data, system outages or data loss can be catastrophic, causing significant business disruptions and financial losses. pgBackrest on the Main site streams backups and Write Ahead Logs (WALs) to the object storage. Disaster recovery is not optional for businesses operating in the digital age.

Storage 120

Storage Cloud Network Traffic 120

Percona

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Database architects working with MongoDB encounter specific challenges related to database systems and system growth. Scalability is a significant concern, as databases must handle growing data volumes and user demands while maintaining peak performance. mongos --configdb <configReplSetName>/<cfg1.example.net:27019>,<cfg2.example.net:27019>,<cfg3.example.net:27019>

Best Practices 71

Best Practices Traffic Database Servers 71

Percona

MAY 1, 2023

Recently I was engaged in a MySQL Performance Audit for a customer to help troubleshoot performance issues that led to downtime during periods of high traffic on their AWS RDS MySQL instances. This message is normally a side effect of a storage subsystem that is not capable of keeping up with the number of writes (e.g.,

AWS 119

AWS Hardware Storage Tuning 119

Scalegrid

JANUARY 8, 2024

For example, an application could use on-premises databases while also having access to ‘cloud bursting’ capabilities during times of high demand. This article will focus on the technology behind ScaleGrid’s Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) solutions and how they align with multi-cloud and hybrid cloud structures.

Strategy 147

Strategy Cloud Scalability Artificial Intelligence 147

KeyCDN

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

With cloud-based infrastructure, organizations can easily scale their web applications to handle increased traffic or demand without the need for expensive hardware upgrades. Each of these platforms offers a wide range of services and tools for web application development and deployment, including storage, databases, and serverless computing.

Artificial Intelligence 111

Artificial Intelligence Development Serverless Website 111

Dynatrace

MAY 6, 2021

Contact Dynatrace ONE if you wish to enable Cluster-side screenshot storage on pre-1.216 fresh-installed Clusters. To improve management of node capabilities , we added Enable/disable Web UI traffic operation for cluster node in Cluster Mission Control UI. Operating systems support. Linux: Amazon Linux AMI 2017.x.

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Operating System AWS Metrics Storage 224

Percona

JULY 7, 2023

Unfortunately, using certain open source database software as part of an HA architecture can present significant challenges. This blog highlights considerations for keeping your own PostgreSQL databases highly available and healthy. The same changes made in the primary database are made in the replicas.

Availability 83

Availability Open Source Architecture Database 83

Dynatrace

JULY 21, 2020

There are certain situations when an agent based approach isn’t possible, such as with network or storage devices, or a very old OS. For example, querying a database, doing an LDAP lookup, performing a get/put to (S)FTP, checking if a file exists and much more. However, you can’t install OneAgents on every single type of device.

Infrastructure 152

Infrastructure Monitoring Open Source Traffic 152

Percona

MAY 15, 2023

The main reason behind this is that MySQL is a relational database system (RDBMS), and any data that is going to be written in it must respect the RDBMS rules. As well, very few cases are in need to have a full system/solution to provide scalability with sharding. The POC Why this POC?

Traffic 123

Traffic Scalability Database Servers 123

The Netflix TechBlog

OCTOBER 15, 2019

Another issue exists for the capture of schema changes, where some systems, like MySQL, don’t support transactional schema changes [1][2]. By their nature, they can only rely on the lowest common denominator of participating systems. That system quickly grew very complex and became difficult to maintain.

Transportation 192

Transportation Architecture Processing Storage 192

Percona

JANUARY 5, 2023

Space constraint has been an endless and painstaking process for many of us, especially in systems that have a high number of transactions and data growth exceeding hundreds of GBs in a matter of days. MySQL won’t shrink tablespace and storage won’t be released to the file system. What is partitioning? ibd -rw-r --.

Traffic 59

Traffic Engineering Speed Storage 59

ScaleOut Software

JULY 19, 2021

How are we managing the torrent of telemetry that flows into analytics systems from these devices? Incoming data is saved into data storage (historian database or log store) for query by operational managers who must attempt to find the highest priority issues that require their attention. The list goes on.

IoT 78

IoT Analytics Big Data Architecture 78

Particular Software

AUGUST 16, 2021

which provides saga and outbox storage for NServiceBus endpoints that is transactionally consistent with the business data you store in Cosmos DB. Cosmos DB is the primary database service provided by Azure. But what does it mean for a NoSQL database to have an SQL API? This component was previously offered as a preview package.

Azure 52

Azure Serverless Storage Database 52

The Netflix TechBlog

JULY 30, 2019

The Netflix Media Database (NMDB) is one such example. External Payload Storage External payload storage was implemented to prevent the usage of Conductor as a data persistence system and to reduce the pressure on its backend datastore. This was another great addition that stemmed from our collaboration with GitHub.

Lambda 189

Lambda Media Open Source Metrics 189

Percona

APRIL 17, 2023

In this blog post, we will discuss the best practices on the MongoDB ecosystem applied at the Operating System (OS) and MongoDB levels. Note that the intent of tuning the settings is not exclusively about improving performance but also enhancing the high availability and resilience of the MongoDB database. 25.84 - Total 21.04

Best Practices 52

Best Practices Design Tuning Database 52

Particular Software

APRIL 9, 2018

Based on our experience running business systems in production, we know we need to monitor our theme park to make sure it's working properly. We can use this data to extrapolate when we need to upgrade the electrical system, add a new water pipe, add more bays to our carpark, or commission more trucks to haul away our trash.

Systems 40

Systems Infrastructure Monitoring Tuning 40

Dotcom-Montior

MAY 12, 2020

Websites are now more than just the storage and retrieval of information to present content to users. They now allow users to interact more with the company in the form of online forms, shopping carts, Content Management Systems (CMS), online courses, etc. Database connectivity. Database Connectivity. Connection time.

Monitoring 63

Monitoring Entertainment Hardware Latency 63

SQL Server According to Bob

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Durability: “In database systems , durability is the ACID property which guarantees transactions that have committed will survive permanently. For example, if a flight booking reports that a seat has successfully been booked, then the seat will remain booked even if the system crashes.” – [link]. The Back Story.

Servers 90

Servers Media Cache Storage 90

O'Reilly Software

APRIL 30, 2018

Harnessing DNS for traffic steering, load balancing, and intelligent response. If your organization relies on a single point of failure in terms of DNS, you’re open to system failure due to disasters of both technical and natural origins from power outages to sophisticated attacks.

Cloud 68

Cloud Traffic Internet Internet 68

Tech News Gather

JUNE 16, 2023

Choose a robust technology stack that can handle high traffic and accommodate future growth. Incorporate a map-based tracking system that allows users to monitor the progress of their delivery in real-time. Utilize features like load balancing and auto-scaling to handle increasing user traffic efficiently.

Social Media 52

Social Media Tuning Strategy Media 52

Smashing Magazine

JUNE 25, 2020

We’ll also discuss the costs and benefits of CDNs and dedicated file storage solutions. Part 3 : Models, Admin, And Harnessing The Relational Database. This strategy is very simple and closely resembles the development environment, but cannot handle large or inconsistent amounts of traffic effectively. Definitions. Media Files.

Media 69

Media Cache Storage AWS 69

High Scalability

APRIL 16, 2019

Thus, whenever a master MySQL goes down (whether due to a MySQL crash, OS crash, system reboot, etc.), This ensures that the system continues to be available to the applications. Application traffic will be redirected to this new master MySQL node and the slave S2 will start replicating from the new master.

Availability 149

Availability Network Azure AWS 149

Dynatrace

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

PostgreSQL & Elastic for data storage. Thanks to PurePath, architects can validate how transactions flow from service-to-service and how traffic gets routed through service mashes (AWS App Mesh, Istio, Linkerd) or proxies. Dynatrace’s Response Time Hotspot Analysis automates the hotspot detection in highly distributed systems.

AWS 127

AWS Monitoring Ecommerce Lambda 127

All Things Distributed

MAY 8, 2012

Werner Vogels weblog on building scalable and robust distributed systems. You can then off load the management and scaling of your database and application stack to Amazon RDS and AWS Elastic Beanstalk , and focus on adding value to your customers. All Things Distributed. Expanding the Cloud for Windows Developers. Comments ().

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Cloud Development AWS Servers 115