Percona

AUGUST 30, 2023

In this blog, we’ll focus on the elements of database backup and disaster recovery, and we’ll introduce proven solutions for maintaining business continuity, even amid otherwise dire circumstances. Without data backup mechanisms, there can be data loss or system downtime. Solid backup procedures must be in place.

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SQL Performance

JULY 19, 2022

If this is the first time the extent that contains the page (containing the updated row) has been changed since the most recent full backup, a bit must be set in the relevant differential bitmap, which generates another log record. The log record type. Log Record Types. Some of the header fields include: The log record LSN.

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Percona

JULY 2, 2023

In this post, we cover the methods used to achieve an enterprise-grade backup strategy for the PostgreSQL cluster. It is very important to understand how we can ensure minimalistic or no data loss at the time of disasters using our preferred backup tools. For now, let’s dive deeper into exploring PostgreSQL backups.

Strategy 52

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Dynatrace

APRIL 21, 2022

You can create custom log metrics for smarter and faster troubleshooting, and you will be able to understand log data in the context of your full stack, including real user impacts. The Entity type filter of maintenance windows now shows both entity type ID and display name. See SQL data source. Extensions.

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Percona

JULY 1, 2023

Understanding DBaaS DBaaS cloud services allow users to use databases without configuring physical hardware and infrastructure or installing software. Automated Backups and Point-in-Time Recovery Aurora provides automated backup and point-in-time recovery, simplifying backup management and data protection.

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Percona

JUNE 23, 2023

In Percona Managed Services , one key aspect of managing the databases is configuring backups. Percona XtraBackup is one of the best tools for performing physical database backups. Percona XtraBackup supports both compression and encryption of the backups. But let’s try to understand it with the following example.

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Percona

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Identifying which resources you can trim to reduce your monthly bill can be difficult, but looking at the right metrics will help you understand the application’s actual requirements. Marked in red in Figure 1 is a server with less than 30% of CPU usage. vacuumdb is a wrapper around the SQL command VACUUM.

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Percona

JANUARY 4, 2023

I realized that it is important to understand the insights of the performance schema and how we can make effective use of it. This blog should make it easier to understand for everyone. Instruments are a combination of different sets of components like wait, io, sql, binlog, file, etc. For example stage/sql/altering table.

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Scalegrid

APRIL 16, 2020

Since our BYOC plans are hosted through your own AWS or Azure account, all cloud instances, backups and data transfer costs are paid directly through your cloud provider. Replication Type: Master-Slave-Slave. These powerful security configurations require an understanding of your cloud infrastructure to set up. Expert Tip.

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SQL Server According to Bob

DECEMBER 18, 2018

SQL Server relies on Forced-Unit-Access (Fua) I/O subsystem capabilities to provide data durability, detailed in the following documents: SQL Server 2000 I/O Basic and SQL Server I/O Basics, Chapter 2. Be sure to deploy SQL Server 2017 CU6 or newer for best data durability and performance results. “.

Servers 90

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SQL Performance

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Azure SQL Database Managed Instance became generally available in late 2018. Organizations are taking advantage of having managed backups, lots of built-in security features, an uptime SLA of 99.99%, and an always up-to-date environment where they are no longer responsible for patching SQL Server or the operating system.

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Percona

AUGUST 5, 2023

Partitioning is a way in which a database (MySQL in this case) splits its actual data down into separate tables but still gets treated as a single table by the SQL layer. What are the Different Types of MySQL Partitions? MySQL partitioning supports multiple partitioning types, including RANGE, LIST, HASH, KEY, and COLUMNS.

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SQL Server According to Bob

JANUARY 11, 2020

Microsoft, ​​ Windows, ​​ Windows NT, ​​ and Windows Server ​​ are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.

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SQL Performance

MAY 7, 2019

Back in 2014, I started a series of blog posts here to talk about specific wait types and what they do and don’t mean. I’m going to introduce you to wait statistics and explain how critical they are for troubleshooting workload performance in SQL Server. SQL Server also keeps track of how long the thread has to wait.

Servers 40

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SQL Server According to Bob

JANUARY 11, 2020

Microsoft SQL Server I/O Basics Author: ​​ Bob Dorr, Microsoft SQL Server Escalation Published: ​​ December, 2004 SUMMARY: ​​ Learn the I/O requirements for Microsoft SQL Server database file operations.

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SQL Server According to Bob

APRIL 25, 2017

I recently visited a customer onsite and presented to them topics on SQL Server 2016. One question I got went like this “I’ve tried to restore a database on SQL Server using the WITH STATS option. We now have a new way of instrumenting the backup/restore process for any database or transaction log.

Servers 40

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SQL Server According to Bob

APRIL 21, 2017

I recently visited a customer onsite and presented to them topics on SQL Server 2016. One question I got went like this “I’ve tried to restore a database on SQL Server using the WITH STATS option. We now have a new way of instrumenting the backup/restore process for any database or transaction log.

Servers 40

Servers Database Processing Virtualization 40

SQL Server According to Bob

AUGUST 8, 2016

You have to understand the context in which the term is being used to fully understand the meaning. Let’s talk about these terms in light of a computer and more specifically SQL Server. There are is a wide range of remediation activities depending on the type of bottleneck. COLD, WARM, HOT.

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