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What is Greenplum Database? Intro to the Big Data Database

Scalegrid

Greenplum Database is a massively parallel processing (MPP) SQL database that is built and based on PostgreSQL. Greenplum Database is an open-source , hardware-agnostic MPP database for analytics, based on PostgreSQL and developed by Pivotal who was later acquired by VMware. What is an MPP Database?

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The Ultimate Database Scaling Cheatsheet: Strategies for Optimizing Performance and Scalability

DZone

As applications grow in complexity and user base, the demands on their underlying databases increase significantly. Efficient database scaling becomes crucial to maintain performance, ensure reliability, and manage large volumes of data. This cheatsheet provides an overview of essential techniques for database scaling.

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2019 Open Source Database Report: Top Databases, Public Cloud vs. On-Premise, Polyglot Persistence

Scalegrid

Ready to transition from a commercial database to open source, and want to know which databases are most popular in 2019? Wondering whether an on-premise vs. public cloud vs. hybrid cloud infrastructure is best for your database strategy? Polyglot Persistence Trends : Number of Databases Used & Top Combinations.

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Distributed Algorithms in NoSQL Databases

Highly Scalable

These developments gradually highlight a system of relevant database building blocks with proven practical efficiency. In this article I’m trying to provide more or less systematic description of techniques related to distributed operations in NoSQL databases. Data Placement. System Coordination. Read/Write latency.

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DBaaS vs Self-Managed Cloud Databases

Scalegrid

The choice of self-managed cloud databases vs DBaaS is a common debate among those who are looking for the best option that will cater to their particular needs. Database as a Service (DBaaS) and managed databases offer distinct advantages along with certain challenges.

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The Ultimate Guide to Database High Availability

Percona

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.”

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Kubernetes in the wild report 2023

Dynatrace

The strongest Kubernetes growth areas are security, databases, and CI/CD technologies. On-premises data centers invest in higher capacity servers since they provide more flexibility in the long run, while the procurement price of hardware is only one of many cost factors. Databases : Among databases, Redis is the most used at 60%.