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[Webinar] 5 Things to Consider When Migrating Databases to Kubernetes with Komodor & Ondat

Kubernetes is eating the world...at least the world of modern software engineering. Besides their applications, most businesses consider their data as the holy grail. It is key to the value they deliver. As they progress through application modernization, Kubernetes is the natural foundation to support their effort. But where should the data go? Is Kubernetes safe enough to take care of it? How to prepare for DB related incidents in an everchanging environment?

AWS Database Types - Aurora vs DynamoDB vs RDS - How do they compare?

In this blog, we describe the different types of AWS’ managed databases and their various features and merits. By the end of the blog, you should have better information to choose the right AWS database that would match your application’s needs.

How to choose between AWS RDS and EC2 Hosted Database?

You’ve decided to migrate your applications from on-premises to AWS and are considering what cloud services are available that suit your needs the best. When you are migrating an application that uses a relational database backend (RDBMS) such as Oracle, MySQL or SQL Server to the cloud, the question of RDS vs EC2 will inevitably surface.

Top key metrics for monitoring MySQL

Monitoring MySQL with Prometheus is easy to do thanks to the MySQL Prometheus Exporter. MySQL doesn’t need an introduction – it’s one of the most used relational databases in the world, and it’s also open-source! Being such a popular database means that the community behind it is also huge. So don’t worry: you won’t be alone.

Sensitive Data Management - Working With Sensitive Data in Regulated Industries

Let’s face it—the harsh reality, seen often in news stories today, is that security breaches are going to happen. In today’s world of cybercriminals and nation-state attackers, it’s not a question of “if” but “when” your organization is attacked. If you don’t take appropriate steps to ensure sensitive data is protected properly, it could devastate the organization financially.

How Data Types and Query Tuning Can Improve Application Performance

One of the easier ways to improve the performance of your SQL Server and Azure SQL database queries is to ensure you choose the right data types for your data, and the data types in your application’s code match the ones in your stored procedures and queries. Choosing the right data type conserves space, because doing something like choosing a variable character type for data of fixed, regular length like a phone number or national ID number is wasteful.