Tag: In-Memory

Feed: Actian. Author: Sean Hughes. Actian Hybrid Data Conference 2017You are cordially invited to Actian’s Hybrid Data Conference in central London, UK on November 9th, 2017. Unlike many tech conferences, this one is totally free, and is open to Actian Customers, Partners, and the broader Tech Community alike. Bring a friend, or bring a few friends, this is a great technology community networking event and you won’t want to miss out. The keynote speaker is Matt Aslett, from 451 Research. Matt will be discussing the Inevitability of Hybrid Data Management. “From cars to the cloud, the concept of hybrid is ... Read More

Feed: James Serra's Blog. Author: James Serra. There were so many good presentations at Microsoft Ignite, all of which can be viewed on-demand.  I wanted to list the big data related presentations that I found the most useful.  It’s a lot of stuff to watch and with our busy schedules can be quite challenging to view them all.  What I do is set aside 40 minutes every day to watch half a session (they are 75 minutes).  If may take a few weeks, but if you consistently watch you will be rewarded by a much better understanding of all the ... Read More

Feed: Planet MySQL; Author: Vlad Mihalcea; Follow @vlad_mihalcea Although there is an SQL Standard, every relational database is ultimately unique, and you need to adjust your data access layer so that you get the most out of the relational database in use. In this article, we are going to see what you can do to boost up performance when using MySQL with JPA and Hibernate. Every entity needs to have an identifier which uniquely identifies the table record associated with this entity. JPA and Hibernate allow you to automatically generate entity identifiers based on three different strategies: IDENTITY SEQUENCE TABLE ... Read More

Feed: Percona Database Performance Blog. Author: Bradley Mickel. Bradley Mickel  | October 9, 2017 |  Posted In: InnoDB, Insight for DBAs, MariaDB, MySQL PREVIOUS POST In this blog post, I’ll discuss some of the MySQL and MariaDB default configuration differences, focusing on MySQL 5.7 and MariaDB 10.2. Percona Server for MySQL uses the same defaults as MySQL, so I will not list them separately. MariaDB Server is a general purpose open source database, created by the founders of MySQL. MariaDB Server (referred to as MariaDB for brevity) has similar roots as Percona Server for MySQL, but is quickly diverging from MySQL compatibility ... Read More

Feed: Redis Labs. Author: Cihan B. For many interactive applications, responsiveness is key to engaging and fluid experiences. However, RAM is expensive. Keeping a large amount of data with Redis can be costly. Given the infrastructure cost, you end up choosing between the following 2 options; #1: Pay a premium for storing sizable datasets in RAM with Redis OR#2: Limit Redis database use to the most valuable data and augment Redis with disk-based relational or NoSQL databases. Redis Enterprise Flash provides a better option #3: Redis Enterprise Flash technology combines RAM and flash to store large data sets in Redis ... Read More

Feed: Microsoft Azure Blog. Author: Lindsey Allen. The sheer volume of data generated today and the number of apps and databases across enterprises is staggering. To stay competitive and get ahead in today’s marketplace, IT organizations are always looking at ways to optimize how they maintain and use the data that drives their operations. Faced with constant demands for more scale and reliability amid the ongoing threat of cybersecurity attacks, IT organizations can quickly stretch their staffing and infrastructure to the breaking point. In addition to these operational issues, businesses need to look at how to best harness their data ... Read More

Feed: Microsoft Azure Blog. Author: Greg Cottingham. In honor of National Cybersecurity Awareness Month (NCSAM), we have a new post in our series highlighting real-world attacks that Azure Security Center helped detect, investigate, and mitigate. This post is about an attack which used PowerShell to run malicious code and collect user credentials. But before we jump in, here’s a recap of other blog posts in our series where Security Center detected a: SQL Brute Force attack Bitcoin mining attack DDoS attack using cyber threat intelligence Good applications being used maliciously In this post, we’ll walk through another interesting real-world attack ... Read More

Feed: Google Cloud Big Data and Machine Learning Blog. Author: Google Cloud Big Data and Machine Learning Blog Team. Innovation in data processing and machine learning technology Separation of compute and state in Google BigQuery and Cloud Dataflow (and why it matters) Tuesday, October 10, 2017 Posted by Tino Tereshko, Big Data Lead, Google Cloud Platform Office of CTO. (Thanks to Rodd Zurcher, Engineering Director, Motorola Mobility, and Matthew Baird, Cofounder and CTO, AtScale, for their contributions to this post.) As previously discussed on this blog, one benefit of cloud-native data analytics technologies is the separation of storage and compute ... Read More

Feed: SQL Server Blog. Author: SQL Server Team. IT pros now have the flexibility of running workloads across Windows, Linux, or a combination of both. By taking advantage of SQL Server 2017 on Linux, you’ll get enterprise-grade features at open-source pricing — all backed by Microsoft support and security. It’s never been easier or more cost effective to make the move. SQL Server 2017 combines the best of databases and analytics into one product. New enhancements include real-time intelligence due to faster transactions with In-Memory OLTP, new T-SQL enhancements for in-memory tables and natively compiled stored procedures, ColumnStore performance improvements, ... Read More

Feed: Percona Database Performance Blog. Author: Bradley Mickel. Bradley Mickel  | October 9, 2017 |  Posted In: InnoDB, Insight for DBAs, MariaDB, MySQL PREVIOUS POST In this blog post, I’ll discuss some of the MySQL and MariaDB default configuration differences, focusing on MySQL 5.7 and MariaDB 10.2. MariaDB Server is a general purpose open source database, created by the founders of MySQL. MariaDB Server (referred to as MariaDB for brevity) has similar roots as Percona Server for MySQL, but is quickly diverging from MySQL compatibility and growing on its own. MariaDB has become the default installation for several operating systems (such as ... Read More