Scalegrid

JANUARY 9, 2024

Key Takeaways Enterprise cloud security is vital due to increased cloud adoption and the significant financial and reputational risks associated with security breaches; a multilayered security strategy that includes encryption, access management, and compliance is essential.

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Dynatrace

AUGUST 8, 2024

It’s also critical to have a strategy in place to address these outages, including both documented remediation processes and an observability platform to help you proactively identify and resolve issues to minimize customer and business impact. Outages can disrupt services, cause financial losses, and damage brand reputations.

Software 290

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Dynatrace

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

We’ll answer that question and explore cloud migration benefits and best practices for how to go through your migration smoothly. A cloud migration strategy, however, provides technical optimization that’s also firmly rooted in the business value chain. Best practices for a successful cloud migration.

Cloud 241

Cloud Traffic Best Practices Strategy 241

Dynatrace

JULY 22, 2024

Metrics are typically aggregated and stored in time series databases for monitoring and alerting purposes. It evolves continuously through contributions from a vibrant community and support from major tech companies, which ensures that it stays aligned with the latest industry standards, technological advancements, and best practices.

Latency 264

Latency Best Practices Metrics Open Source 264

Scalegrid

JANUARY 10, 2025

Heading into 2024, SQL databases will remain essential in data management, increasingly using distributed systems to meet growing needs for scalability and reliability. According to 2023 statistics, 49% of web applications use an SQL-based database , with SQL having a 75% adoption rate in the IT industry.

Database 130

Database Scalability Best Practices Blockchain 130

Dynatrace

JULY 11, 2024

Strategically handle end-to-end data deletion Two key elements form the backbone of an effective deletion strategy in Dynatrace SaaS data management: retention-based and on-demand deletion. Retention-based deletion is governed by a policy outlining the duration for which data is stored in the database before it’s deleted automatically.

Storage 264

Storage Best Practices Government Media 264

Percona

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

To maintain competitiveness and operational efficiency — not to mention ensure security and compliance when your database version reaches End of Life (EOL) – it’s crucial to upgrade your database systems from time to time. One of the most compelling reasons to choose a professional service is the reduced risk.

Database 111

Database Open Source Best Practices Strategy 111

Percona

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Heck, typing “database migration plan” into Google and reading this blog could constitute planning. In brief, a proper database migration plan includes: Establishing clear objectives: Define what you want to achieve and how open source will get there. Some level of planning is expected when migrating to open source.

Open Source 111

Open Source Database Best Practices Strategy 111

Percona

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

As businesses and applications increasingly rely on MySQL databases to manage their critical data, ensuring data reliability and availability becomes paramount. In this age of digital information, robust backup and recovery strategies are the pillars on which the stability of applications stands. What is the Recovery Time Objective?

Best Practices 81

Best Practices Storage Strategy Database 81

Dynatrace

OCTOBER 10, 2023

This intricate allocation strategy can be categorized into two main domains. This proactive strategy significantly enhances the chances of success for SREs, providing them with more time to focus on substantial project improvements (50%) and broaden the buffer zone (30%).

Engineering 264

Engineering DevOps Innovation Strategy 264

Scalegrid

DECEMBER 16, 2019

MongoDB is the #3 open source database and the #1 NoSQL database in the world. It’s a cross-platform document-oriented database that uses JSON-like documents with schema, and is leveraged broadly across startup apps up to enterprise-level businesses developing modern apps. MongoDB Replication Strategies.

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Azure AWS Database Latency 187

Percona

JUNE 22, 2023

To make data count and to ensure cloud computing is unabated, companies and organizations must have highly available databases. A basic high availability database system provides failover (preferably automatic) from a primary database node to redundant nodes within a cluster. HA is sometimes confused with “fault tolerance.”

Availability 132

Availability Database Open Source Hardware 132

Percona

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Migrating a proprietary database to open source is a major decision that can significantly affect your organization. Today, we’ll be taking a deep dive into the intricacies of database migration, along with specific solutions to help make the process easier.

Open Source 111

Open Source Database Strategy Hardware 111

The Netflix TechBlog

DECEMBER 11, 2020

The biggest challenge was aligning on this strategy across the organization. For storing schema changes, we use an internal library that implements the event sourcing pattern on top of the Cassandra database. We engaged with them to determine graph schema best practices to best suit the needs of Studio Engineering.

Architecture 255

Architecture Best Practices Engineering Open Source 255

Scalegrid

MARCH 8, 2024

With MySQL point-in-time recovery , you can restore your database to the moment before the problem occurs. Preparation for PITR is crucial and involves enabling binary logging and creating a full database backup. It is important to begin with a thorough database backup to prepare for such situations.

Database 162

Database Strategy Servers Best Practices 162

Percona

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Database architects working with MongoDB encounter specific challenges related to database systems and system growth. Scalability is a significant concern, as databases must handle growing data volumes and user demands while maintaining peak performance. Learn more: View our webinar on How to Scale with MongoDB.

Best Practices 98

Best Practices Traffic Database Servers 98

Percona

AUGUST 30, 2023

Data powers everything, and unlike coal and coal combustion, data and databases aren’t going away. 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.

Database 107

Database Hardware Open Source Strategy 107

Percona

MAY 2, 2023

That’s why it’s essential to implement the best practices and strategies for MongoDB database backups. Why are MongoDB database backups important? Regular database backups are essential to protect against data loss caused by system failures, human errors, natural disasters, or cyber-attacks.

Best Practices 52

Best Practices Database Storage Servers 52

The Netflix TechBlog

MARCH 10, 2023

Production Use Cases Real-Time APIs (backed by the Cassandra database) for asset metadata access don’t fit analytics use cases by data science or machine learning teams. Such clusters may have different configurations of thread pools to read and write data from database, logging levels and connection configuration with external dependencies.

Media 243

Media Traffic Processing Design 243

Dynatrace

JANUARY 13, 2021

Dynatrace’s OneAgent automatically captures PurePaths and analyzes transactions end-to-end across every tier of your application technology stack with no code changes, from the browser all the way down to the code and database level. Considering that they have hundreds of applications, the savings are massive!

Open Source 211

Open Source Code Monitoring Azure 211

Scalegrid

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Managing vast datasets effectively is an essential requirement for modern applications, and MongoDB , a leading NoSQL database, offers robust solutions for this requirement. Implementing pagination can be done using two primary strategies: offset-based and cursor-based methods. So in effect, our page size is 10. The result?

Best Practices 130

Best Practices Efficiency Strategy Speed 130

Percona

DECEMBER 27, 2023

of respondents are currently utilizing databases in Kubernetes (k8s). These indicators suggest that the adoption of databases on k8s is in its early stages and is likely to continue growing in the future. Nearly every vendor at Kubecon and every person we spoke to had some form of a multi-cloud requirement or strategy.

Cloud 113

Cloud Open Source Strategy Best Practices 113

Percona

DECEMBER 6, 2023

This blog is regarding some of the usual MySQL database conversations and responses, which can appear “wrong” or “funny,” but there’s actually more to them. Additional read Mike’s blog on How to Find and Tune a Slow SQL Query Q: What is your disaster recovery (DR) strategy? ” you may ask.

Strategy 113

Strategy Database Best Practices Tuning 113

Percona

APRIL 17, 2023

In this blog post, we will discuss the best practices on the MongoDB ecosystem applied at the Operating System (OS) and MongoDB levels. We’ll also go over some best practices for MongoDB security as well as MongoDB data modeling. The Linux default is usually 60 , which is not ideal for database usage.

Best Practices 52

Best Practices Design Tuning Database 52

Scalegrid

JANUARY 12, 2024

Simply put, it’s the set of computational tasks that cloud systems perform, such as hosting databases, enabling collaboration tools, or running compute-intensive algorithms. What is workload in cloud computing?

Cloud 130

Cloud Virtualization Storage Efficiency 130

The Netflix TechBlog

JUNE 25, 2021

Netflix’s internal teams strive to provide leverage by investing in easy-to-use tooling that streamlines the user experience and incorporates best practices. Dynomite is a high-speed in-memory database, providing highly available cross datacenter replication while preserving Redis-like semantics.

Metrics 157

Metrics Best Practices Strategy Design 157

Percona

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Here, we will discuss a notable new feature in Amazon RDS, the Dedicated Log Volume (DLV), that has been introduced to boost database performance. A Dedicated Log Volume (DLV) is a specialized storage volume designed to house database transaction logs separately from the volume containing the database tables.

AWS 117

AWS Benchmarking Performance Traffic 117

Scalegrid

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Imagine a world where your PostgreSQL® database connections are seamless and secure. Key Takeaways Understanding PostgreSQL hostname is essential for successful database connections. Understanding the PostgreSQL Hostname Hostname is a key factor for the effective management of PostgreSQL databases and providing secure access.

Database 130

Database Servers Network Storage 130

Scalegrid

APRIL 5, 2024

Grasping the concept of Redis sharding is essential for expanding your Redis database. This method involves splitting data over various nodes to improve the database’s efficiency. Redis isn’t alone in utilizing sharding strategies — it’s a common concept found throughout database technologies to distribute workload efficiently.

Scalability 130

Scalability Java Efficiency Database 130

Percona

JULY 2, 2023

In this post, we cover the methods used to achieve an enterprise-grade backup strategy for the PostgreSQL cluster. The size of the database and your database environment—if it is on colo or cloud—matters. They also ensure that backup strategies adhere to industry and legal compliance requirements.

Strategy 52

Strategy Database Storage Open Source 52

The Netflix TechBlog

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

As we expand offerings rapidly across the globe, our ideas and strategies around plans and offers are evolving as well. We are inspired to provide the best offer and plan setup tailored to our customers’ needs to make their choice easier to start a membership. Persistence Layer?—?SKUDB: Business Rules?—?SKURules:

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Mobile Engineering Infrastructure Scalability 218

Percona

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

MySQL performance tuning offers several significant advantages for effective database management and optimization. Enhanced Database Efficiency By adjusting configuration settings, you can markedly enhance the overall efficiency of your MySQL database. Experiencing database performance issues?

Tuning 52

Tuning Database Performance Hardware 52

Percona

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

If you have any experience working with database software, you have undoubtedly heard the term Kubernetes a lot. Management of stateful applications Although stateless applications are frequently associated with Kubernetes, this flexible platform can also effectively handle stateful workloads, such as database management.

Efficiency 117

Efficiency Cloud Healthcare Open Source 117

Scalegrid

JANUARY 25, 2024

Redis® is an in-memory database that provides blazingly fast performance. This makes it a compelling alternative to disk-based databases when performance is a concern. Redis returns a big list of database metrics when you run the info command on the Redis shell. This blog post lists the important database metrics to monitor.

Metrics 130

Metrics Monitoring Latency Cache 130

Smashing Magazine

DECEMBER 22, 2021

You’ll find psychology heuristics just like tips for building a winning UX strategy , dive deep into user research and UX writing , and explore real-world examples — good and bad — from which you can learn to create experiences that truly matter. The Ultimate Guide to UX Research shares tips and best practices from leading industry experts.

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Airlines Mobile Design Strategy 136

Percona

MAY 1, 2023

It has default settings for all of the database parameters. It is primarily the responsibility of the database administrator or developer to tune PostgreSQL according to their system’s workload. The performance of a PostgreSQL database has a significant impact on the overall effectiveness of an application.

Tuning 52

Tuning Database Efficiency Performance 52

Percona

JULY 26, 2023

MongoDB is a non-relational document database that provides support for JSON-like storage. First released in 2009, it is the most used NoSQL database and has been downloaded more than 325 million times. The bigger the database, the bigger the damage from a leak. This can leave your database instances exposed and vulnerable.

Database 98

Database Servers Storage Strategy 98