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From Proprietary to Open Source: The Complete Guide to Database Migration

Percona

Migrating a proprietary database to open source is a major decision that can significantly affect your organization. Advantages of migrating to open source For many reasons mentioned earlier, organizations are increasingly shifting towards open source databases for their data management needs.

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Monitoring Web Servers Should Never Be Complex

DZone

For example, you can monitor the behavior of your applications, the hardware usage of your server nodes, or even the network traffic between servers. One prominent solution is the open-source tool Nagios which allows you to monitor hardware in every detail.

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Kubernetes vs Docker: What’s the difference?

Dynatrace

Container technology is very powerful as small teams can develop and package their application on laptops and then deploy it anywhere into staging or production environments without having to worry about dependencies, configurations, OS, hardware, and so on. Containers can be replicated or deleted on the fly to meet varying end-user traffic.

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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. Load balancers can detect when a component is not responding and put traffic redirection in motion.

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APRA CPS 230 compliance, explained

Dynatrace

In modern cloud environments, every piece of hardware, software, cloud infrastructure component, container, open-source tool, and microservice generates records of every activity. Observability aims to interpret them all in real time.

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High Availability vs. Fault Tolerance: Is FT’s 00.001% Edge in Uptime Worth the Headache?

Percona

We’ll wrap it up by suggesting high availability open source solutions, and we’ll introduce you to support options for ensuring continuous high performance from your systems. Load balancing: Traffic is distributed across multiple servers to prevent any one component from becoming overloaded. What is fault tolerance?

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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. Applications can be horizontally scaled with Kubernetes by adding or deleting containers based on resource allocation and incoming traffic demands.