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From bare-metal to Kubernetes

High Scalability

This is a guest post by Hugues Alary , Lead Engineer at Betabrand , a retail clothing company and crowdfunding platform, based in San Francisco. Hardware infrastructure. This article was originally published here. Early infrastructure. The scalability and maintainability issue. Scaling development processes. The advent of Docker.

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What is Greenplum Database? Intro to the Big Data Database

Scalegrid

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. In this blog post, we explain what Greenplum is, and break down the Greenplum architecture, advantages, major use cases, and how to get started. What Exactly is Greenplum?

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Six causes of major software outages–And how to avoid them

Dynatrace

Possible scenarios A retail website crashes during a major sale event due to a surge in traffic. These can be caused by hardware failures, or configuration errors, or external factors like cable cuts. High demand Sudden spikes in demand can overwhelm systems that are not designed to handle such loads, leading to outages.

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Business observability: From IT monitoring to driving digital transformation

Dynatrace

They’ve gone from just maintaining their organization’s hardware and software to becoming an essential function for meeting strategic business objectives. Business observability is emerging as the answer. The ongoing drive for digital transformation has led to a dramatic shift in the role of IT departments.

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Five-nines availability: Always-on infrastructure delivers system availability during the holidays’ peak loads

Dynatrace

For retail organizations, peak traffic can be a mixed blessing. Traditionally, teams achieve this high level of uptime using a combination of high-capacity hardware, system redundancy, and failover models. The nightmare scenario for online retailers during peak periods, such as Black Friday and Cyber Monday, is a system crash.

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Kubernetes in the wild report 2023

Dynatrace

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. Through effortless provisioning, a larger number of small hosts provide a cost-effective and scalable platform.

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Faster crash analysis for mobile apps

Dynatrace

And we’re talking about accessing the details of so many crashes, that even our most demanding customers like international banking institutes, global car manufacturers, multi-national retail chains or world-spanning recreational networks can cover the timeframes that matter to their businesses.

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