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Can an Application Exist Today Without a Database?

As a data professional, I often think about all the things around me generating data and consider where this data is ultimately being used. Have you ever taken a minute to consider exactly how much data is being generated at any point in time? I love collecting data and looking at ways it can be used and living in a “smart” home with appliances logging and reporting usage patterns certainly provides a lot of opportunities.

How we scaled a stateful microservice using Redis

At LogicMonitor, ingesting and processing time series metric data is arguably the most critical portion of our unified observability platform. In order to fully prepare for growth, scale, and fault-tolerance, we have evolved what we refer to as our Metrics Processing Pipeline from a monolith to a microservice-driven architecture.

Redgate expands its support for teams working in multi-database environments in 2023 with stream of major product releases

Redgate Software, the leading database DevOps solutions provider, announced today a series of upcoming releases which will help organizations and businesses standardize and streamline cross-database development.

How CloudZero's New MongoDB Support Brings Cost-Efficiency To Cloud-Native Databases

MongoDB has evolved into the database solution of choice for developers looking to build efficient, scalable applications in the cloud. But, as when using any cloud-based infrastructure, using MongoDB introduces an additional layer of complexity to customers’ IT spend. This week, we announced support for MongoDB on the CloudZero Platform.

Data Warehouse vs Database: Comparing Common Data Storage

Knowing the differences between data warehouses and databases can clear up a lot of confusion for many people, especially with the volume of data we have these days. In this blog post, I'll discuss the differences between these two types of data systems. I'll also provide some examples to help illustrate the points we make. Let's get started! (This article was written by Austin Chia.)

Set up fully managed PostgreSQL in 10 minutes | Aiven

A short demo showing how to set up PostgreSQL® and create managed data infrastructure in 10 minutes – with Aiven. ABOUT AIVEN Aiven’s cloud data platform helps your business reach its highest potential by making your data work for you. It provides fully managed open source data infrastructure on all major clouds, helping developers focus on what they do best: innovate and create without worrying about the limitations of technology.

8 Redis Monitoring Tools To Check Out

The open-source data platform Redis, based on in-memory data, is complicated enough when hosted only on one server. Therefore, a critical aspect of Redis management is monitoring its performance. Despite serving a vast number of queries, Redis is known for its low latency response time. Keeping track of your Redis instance's performance can be done by monitoring certain vital metrics. As well as storing data in memory and on disk simultaneously, Redis stands apart from most other databases.

Discover Database Servers In 3 Steps

I recently had a cloud migration client who was at the beginning stage of their discovery phase and looking to jump straight to “which database platforms should I be using in the cloud?” - a tall ask you might say, but following the three steps below they were able to discover and analyze all of their database servers in just two weeks.

Troubleshooting Azure SQL Database Performance Issues

When applications suffer performance degradation often the root cause of the issue is a database problem. In this guide we’ll show you 7 ways to troubleshoot your Azure SQL database performance issues using metrics and insights from the eG Enterprise monitoring solution.

Database Backups - Cloud 66 Demo

Cloud 66 supports two types of backups: managed and unmanaged. Managed backups: Using managed backups has several benefits: The 100 most recent managed backups are kept by default. Unmanaged backups: Unmanaged backups are stored on your local server and are available under `/var/cloud66/backups`. The 10 most recent unmanaged backups are kept by default. We don’t charge for unmanaged backups. What is Cloud 66? Cloud 66 gives you everything you need to build, deploy and maintain your applications on any cloud, without the headache of dealing with “server stuff”.