Percona

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

This post will look at using The Oversized-Attribute Storage Technique (TOAST) to improve performance and scalability. Therefore, TOAST is a storage technique used in PostgreSQL to handle large data objects such as images, videos, and audio files.

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The Netflix TechBlog

APRIL 27, 2023

While we were able to put out the immediate fire by disabling the newly created alerts, this incident raised some critical concerns around the scalability of our alerting system. It became clear to us that we needed to solve the scalability problem with a fundamentally different approach. OK, Results?

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The Netflix TechBlog

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

After selecting a mode, users can interact with APIs without needing to worry about the underlying storage mechanisms and counting methods. Best Effort Regional Counter This type of counter is powered by EVCache , Netflix’s distributed caching solution built on the widely popular Memcached.

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High Scalability

JANUARY 11, 2022

Firstly, the synchronous process which is responsible for uploading image content on file storage, persisting the media metadata in graph data-storage, returning the confirmation message to the user and triggering the process to update the user activity. Fetching User Feed. Sample Queries supported by Graph Database. Optimization.

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Dynatrace

OCTOBER 7, 2021

This means you no longer have to provision, scale, and maintain servers to run your applications, databases, and storage systems. Speed is next; serverless solutions are quick to spin up or down as needed, and there are no delays due to limited storage or resource access. Scalability. Finally, there’s scalability.

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ScaleOut Software

APRIL 22, 2020

The Solution: Distributed Caching. The solution to this challenge is to use scalable, memory-based data storage for fast-changing data so that web sites can keep up with exploding workloads. It’s not enough simply to lash together a set of servers hosting a collection of in-memory caches.

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ScaleOut Software

APRIL 22, 2020

The Solution: Distributed Caching. The solution to this challenge is to use scalable, memory-based data storage for fast-changing data so that web sites can keep up with exploding workloads. It’s not enough simply to lash together a set of servers hosting a collection of in-memory caches.

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Cache Storage Servers Database 52

Scalegrid

JANUARY 5, 2024

Despite initial investment costs, DBMS presents long-term savings and improved efficiency through automated processes, efficient query optimizations, and scalability, contributing to enhanced decision-making and end-user productivity. Practical Applications of DBMS DBMS finds practical applications in various fields.

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High Scalability

JULY 20, 2018

That means multiple data indirections mean multiple cache misses. Mark LaPedus : MRAM, a next-generation memory type, is being touted as a replacement for embedded flash and cache applications. Cliff Click : The JVM is very good at eliminating the cost of code abstraction, but not the cost of data abstraction. They are very expensive.

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Internet Internet Scalability Automotive 121

Dynatrace

JANUARY 16, 2023

Through effortless provisioning, a larger number of small hosts provide a cost-effective and scalable platform. Of the organizations in the Kubernetes survey, 71% run databases and caches in Kubernetes, representing a +48% year-over-year increase. The different infrastructure setup reflects economic and technical considerations.

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Open Source Java Operating System Programming 351

Percona

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

For good performance, the filter blocks are cached in the RocksDB block cache and normally stay there since they are accessed frequently. LSM storage engines like MyRocks are very different from the more common B-Tree-based storage engines like InnoDB. Download Percona Distribution for MySQL Today

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Storage Tuning Cache Engineering 132

Scalegrid

DECEMBER 21, 2023

To monitor Redis® instances effectively, collect Redis metrics focusing on cache hit ratio, memory allocated, and latency threshold. Advanced monitoring techniques enable you to identify potential issues, such as high latency, CPU utilization, command throughput, and cache hit rate before they become major problems.

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All Things Distributed

OCTOBER 12, 2016

While caching continues to be a dominant use of ElastiCache for Redis, we see customers increasingly use it as an in-memory NoSQL database. We have therefore been enhancing the Redis engine running on ElastiCache for the last few years using our own expertise in making enterprise infrastructure scalable and reliable.

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Scalability Cache Analytics AWS 117

Percona

MARCH 17, 2023

But as companies grow and see more demand for their databases, we need to ensure that PMM also remains scalable so you don’t need to worry about its performance while tending to the rest of your environment. PMM2 uses VictoriaMetrics (VM) as its metrics storage engine. Virtual Memory utilization was averaging 48 GB of RAM.

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Monitoring Scalability Cache Database 105

The Morning Paper

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

File systems unfit as distributed storage backends: lessons from 10 years of Ceph evolution Aghayev et al., In this case, the assumption that a distributed storage backend should clearly be layered on top of a local file system. What is a distributed storage backend? SOSP’19. This is not surprising in hindsight.

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Storage Systems Hardware Efficiency 64

Percona

MARCH 23, 2023

By caching hot datasets, indexes, and ongoing changes, InnoDB can provide faster response times and utilize disk IO in a much more optimal way. Storage The type of storage and disk used for database servers can have a significant impact on performance and reliability. Try Percona Distribution for MySQL today! and MariaDB 10.5.4

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The Morning Paper

MARCH 17, 2020

An empirical guide to the behavior and use of scalable persistent memory , Yang et al., The Optane DIMM is the first scalable, commercially available NVDIMM. Use non-temporal stores for large transfers, and control cache evictions. FAST’20. most recently ‘ Efficient lock-free durable sets ‘). to 0.98.

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Scalability Latency Cache Media 59

Smashing Magazine

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Active Memory Caching. When you want to get data that you already had quickly, you need to do caching — caching stores data that a user recently retrieved. Caching partially stores your data and is not used as permanent storage. Caching partially stores your data and is not used as permanent storage.

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Cache Performance Servers Architecture 128

ScaleOut Software

JULY 27, 2018

Hosted on commodity clusters or cloud infrastructures, IMDGs harness the power of distributed computing to deliver scalable storage capacity and access throughput, along with integrated high availability. To help ensure fast data access and scalability, IMDGs usually employ a straightforward key/value storage model.

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Scalability Cache Airlines Ecommerce 40

ScaleOut Software

JULY 27, 2018

Hosted on commodity clusters or cloud infrastructures, IMDGs harness the power of distributed computing to deliver scalable storage capacity and access throughput, along with integrated high availability. To help ensure fast data access and scalability, IMDGs usually employ a straightforward key/value storage model.

Scalability 40

Scalability Cache Airlines Ecommerce 40

The Morning Paper

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Last week we looked at a function shipping solution to the problem; Cloudburst uses the more common data shipping to bring data to caches next to function runtimes (though you could also make a case that the scheduling algorithm placing function execution in locations where the data is cached a flavour of function-shipping too).

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Percona

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Scalability As your data volume and user base expand, a finely tuned database can seamlessly accommodate increased workloads without compromising performance. This scalability ensures that your applications can grow in tandem with your business or user demands, maintaining a high level of operational efficiency.

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HammerDB

APRIL 19, 2023

As database performance is heavily influenced by the performance of storage, network, memory, and processors, we must understand the upper limit of these key components. For storage, FIO is generally used. Storage: The system has a SATA drive for the operating system and one NVMe (Intel SSD D7-P5510 (3.84

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All Things Distributed

JANUARY 18, 2012

Werner Vogels weblog on building scalable and robust distributed systems. a Fast and Scalable NoSQL Database Service Designed for Internet Scale Applications. The original Dynamo design was based on a core set of strong distributed systems principles resulting in an ultra-scalable and highly reliable database system.

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Scalability Database Ecommerce Latency 165

ScaleOut Software

JUNE 22, 2020

From Distributed Caches to Real-Time Digital Twins. In general terms, in-memory computing refers to the related concepts of (a) storing fast-changing data in primary memory instead of in secondary storage and (b) employing scalable computing techniques to distribute a workload across a cluster of servers.

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Ecommerce Cache Scalability IoT 52

ScaleOut Software

JUNE 22, 2020

From Distributed Caches to Real-Time Digital Twins. In general terms, in-memory computing refers to the related concepts of (a) storing fast-changing data in primary memory instead of in secondary storage and (b) employing scalable computing techniques to distribute a workload across a cluster of servers.

Ecommerce 52

Ecommerce Cache Scalability IoT 52

The Morning Paper

AUGUST 29, 2019

We group the DBMS design choices and tradeoffs into three broad categories, which result from the need for dealing with (A) external storage; (B) query executors that are spun on demand; and (C) DBMS-as-a-service offerings. Query performance is measured from both warm and cold caches. Key findings. Query restrictions. Serverless o?erings

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Architecture Cloud Storage Serverless 76

ScaleOut Software

MAY 15, 2014

For example, the IMDG must be able to efficiently create millions of objects in each server to make use of its huge storage capacity. Given all this, we thought it would be a good opportunity to see how we are doing relative to the competition, and in particular, relative to Microsoft’s AppFabric caching for Windows on-premise servers.

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Cache Servers Network Design 40

The Netflix TechBlog

MAY 4, 2023

The first phase involves validating functional correctness, scalability, and performance concerns and ensuring the new systems’ resilience before the migration. It helps expose memory leaks, deadlocks, caching issues, and other system issues.

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All Things Distributed

JUNE 21, 2017

Today, I'm excited to announce the general availability of Amazon DynamoDB Accelerator (DAX) , a fully managed, highly available, in-memory cache that can speed up DynamoDB response times from milliseconds to microseconds, even at millions of requests per second. DynamoDB was the first service at AWS to use SSD storage.

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Speed Cache Latency AWS 107

Smashing Magazine

JUNE 25, 2020

Today, we’ll address storing and serving files for both single-server and scalable deployments while considering factors like compression, caching, and availability. We’ll also discuss the costs and benefits of CDNs and dedicated file storage solutions. First, you’ll need to install the libraries boto3 and django-storages.

Media 70

Media Cache Storage AWS 70

HammerDB

JUNE 27, 2022

Cached vs Scaled Workloads. A key difference between cached and scaled workloads is the implementation of keying and thinking time to introduce a pause of time between transactions. Instead, most users prefer to implement a cached workload. HammerDB is a software application for database benchmarking.

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Dynatrace

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

In addition to the OneAgent collecting all these metrics, Dynatrace has an integration with Azure Monitor to capture additional metrics for platform services such as Storage Accounts, Redis Cache, API Management Services, Load Balancers among others. Organic scalability of the monitoring platform with the applications.

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Percona

MAY 15, 2023

This operation is quite expensive but our database can run it in a few milliseconds or less, thanks to several optimizations that allow the node to execute most of them in memory with no or little access to mass storage. As well, very few cases are in need to have a full system/solution to provide scalability with sharding.

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Traffic Scalability Database Servers 127

ScaleOut Software

JULY 21, 2020

For more than fifteen years, ScaleOut StateServer® has demonstrated technology leadership as an in-memory data grid (IMDG) and distributed cache. Designed to help scalable applications deliver high performance, it stores live, fast-changing data in memory (DRAM) for fast updates and retrieval. The Challenges with Parallel Queries.

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Analytics Airlines Cache Ecommerce 52

ScaleOut Software

JULY 21, 2020

For more than fifteen years, ScaleOut StateServer® has demonstrated technology leadership as an in-memory data grid (IMDG) and distributed cache. Designed to help scalable applications deliver high performance, it stores live, fast-changing data in memory (DRAM) for fast updates and retrieval. The Challenges with Parallel Queries.

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Analytics Airlines Cache Ecommerce 52

Percona

JULY 17, 2023

DBAs and developers appreciate its combination of flexibility, scalability, and performance. Storing large datasets can be a challenge, as Redis’ storage capacity is limited by available RAM. Also, Redis is designed primarily for key-value storage and lacks advanced querying capabilities. Couchbase — No.

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