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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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Geek Reading - Week of June 5, 2013

DZone

Improving testing by using real traffic from production ( Hacker News). Why haven’t cash-strapped American schools embraced open source? Email Reveals Google App Engine Search API About Ready For Preview Release, Charges Planned For Storage, Operations ( TechCrunch). Hacker News). Thoughts, Insights and Further Pointers.

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All of Netflix’s HDR video streaming is now dynamically optimized

The Netflix TechBlog

1) depicts the migration of traffic from fixed bitrates to DO encodes. 1: Migration of traffic from fixed-ladder encodes to DO encodes. In spite of reaching higher qualities than the fixed ladder, the HDR-DO ladder, on average, occupies only 58% of the storage space compared to fixed-bitrate ladder. The graphic below (Fig.

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Maximizing Performance of AWS RDS for MySQL with Dedicated Log Volumes

Percona

A Dedicated Log Volume (DLV) is a specialized storage volume designed to house database transaction logs separately from the volume containing the database tables. DLVs are particularly advantageous for databases with large allocated storage, high I/O per second (IOPS) requirements, or latency-sensitive workloads.

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Redis vs Memcached in 2024

Scalegrid

This article will explore how they handle data storage and scalability, perform in different scenarios, and, most importantly, how these factors influence your choice. Redis Revealed: An Overview Redis, a renowned open-source, in-memory remote dictionary server, stands out for its diverse data structures and advanced features.

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Building Netflix’s Distributed Tracing Infrastructure

The Netflix TechBlog

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. Our tactical approach was to use Netflix-specific libraries for collecting traces from Java-based streaming services until open source tracer libraries matured.

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Compression Methods in MongoDB: Snappy vs. Zstd

Percona

Compression in any database is necessary as it has many advantages, like storage reduction, data transmission time, etc. Storage reduction alone results in significant cost savings, and we can save more data in the same space. By default, MongoDB provides a snappy block compression method for storage and network communication.

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