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The Ultimate Guide to Database High Availability

Percona

Defining high availability In general terms, high availability refers to the continuous operation of a system with little to no interruption to end users in the event of hardware or software failures, power outages, or other disruptions. How does high availability work? Redundancy is also critical for disaster recovery.

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Understanding What Kubernetes Is Used For: The Key to Cloud-Native Efficiency

Percona

At its core, Kubernetes (often abbreviated as K8s) is an open source tool that automates the deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications. Your workloads, encapsulated in containers, can be deployed freely across different clouds or your own hardware. All sizes of businesses can benefit from Kubernetes.

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Setting Up and Deploying PostgreSQL for High Availability

Percona

With the average cost of unplanned downtime running from $300,000 to $500,000 per hour , businesses are increasingly using high availability (HA) technologies to maximize application uptime. Unfortunately, using certain open source database software as part of an HA architecture can present significant challenges.

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Progress Delayed Is Progress Denied

Alex Russell

Classics of the genre include: Apple's just focused on performance! Apple Corporate is at fault, not Open Source engineers or the line managers who support them. Safari has many good features, and in an open marketplace, choosing it (or not) is entirely reasonable. The Performance Argument. This is as it should be.

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