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DBaaS Pros & Cons

Scalegrid

The advantages of DBaaS Businesses can use their database services without having to purchase new hardware or set it up. A DBaaS automates several processes, such as using, erasing, and spinning up storage without interventions from IT staff. DBaaS companies have a lot of support for their automated processes.

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Kubernetes in the wild report 2023

Dynatrace

On-premises data centers invest in higher capacity servers since they provide more flexibility in the long run, while the procurement price of hardware is only one of many cost factors. Redis is an in-memory key-value store and cache that simplifies processing, storage, and interaction with data in Kubernetes environments.

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Observations on the Importance of Cloud-based Analytics

All Things Distributed

AWS is enabling innovations in areas such as healthcare, automotive, life sciences, retail, media, energy, robotics that it is mind boggling and humbling. In the past analytics within an organization was the pinnacle of old style IT: a centralized data warehouse running on specialized hardware. Cloud enables self-service analytics.

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COVID-19 Hazard Analysis using STPA

Adrian Cockcroft

Staff should be familiar with recovery processes and the behavior of the system when it’s working hard to mitigate failures. Applying this concept to a pandemic, the system we are controlling is the spread of infection in the human population, and the capacity of the healthcare system to triage the people who get sick.

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Dutch Enterprises and The Cloud

All Things Distributed

It makes use of the Eagle Genomics platform running on AWS, resulting in that Unilever’s digital data program now processes genetic sequences twenty times faster—without incurring higher compute costs. In addition, its robust architecture supports ten times as many scientists, all working simultaneously.

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Backup and Recovery for Databases: What You Should Know

Percona

In general terms, here are potential trouble spots: Hardware failure: Manufacturing defects, wear and tear, physical damage, and other factors can cause hardware to fail. heat) can damage hardware components and prompt data loss. Human mistakes: Incorrect configuration is an all-too-common cause of hardware and software failure.

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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 Exactly is Greenplum? Query Optimization.

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