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Seamless RDS to DynamoDB Migration: Unlocking Scalability With the Dual Write Strategy

DZone

Migrating from Amazon RDS to DynamoDB can be a significant challenge, especially when transitioning from a relational database like RDS (PostgreSQL, MySQL, etc.) This allows you to keep both databases in sync during the transition, minimizing downtime and reducing the risk of data inconsistency. to DynamoDB, a NoSQL, key-value store.

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A Comprehensive Guide to Database Sharding: Building Scalable Systems

DZone

In this article, we’ll dive deep into the concept of database sharding, a critical technique for scaling databases to handle large volumes of data and high levels of traffic. We’ll start by defining what sharding is and why it’s essential for modern, high-performance databases.

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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

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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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Monitoring Kubernetes Service Topology Changes in Real-Time

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Horizontally scalable data stores like Elasticsearch , Cassandra , and CockroachDB distribute their data across multiple nodes using techniques like consistent hashing. As nodes are added or removed, the data is reshuffled to ensure that the load is spread evenly across the new set of nodes.

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Scalable Annotation Service?—?Marken

The Netflix TechBlog

Scalable Annotation Service — Marken by Varun Sekhri , Meenakshi Jindal Introduction At Netflix, we have hundreds of micro services each with its own data models or entities. A data model in Marken can be described using schema — just like how we create schemas for database tables etc. So the amount of data stored can be large.

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API and Database Performance Optimization Strategies

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In today's fast-paced digital landscape, performance optimization plays a pivotal role in ensuring the success of applications that rely on the integration of APIs and databases. Efficient and responsive API and database integration is vital for achieving high-performing applications.

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