Tag: high availability

  • Cloud Blog: New Cassandra to Spanner adapter simplifies Yahoo’s migration journey

    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/databases/new-proxy-adapter-eases-cassandra-to-spanner-migration/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: New Cassandra to Spanner adapter simplifies Yahoo’s migration journey Feedly Summary: Cassandra, a key-value NoSQL database, is prized for its speed and scalability, and used broadly for  applications that require rapid data retrieval and storage such as caching, session management, and real-time analytics. Its simple key-value pair structure…

  • Hacker News: Netflix’s Distributed Counter Abstraction

    Source URL: https://netflixtechblog.com/netflixs-distributed-counter-abstraction-8d0c45eb66b2 Source: Hacker News Title: Netflix’s Distributed Counter Abstraction Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text discusses Netflix’s new Distributed Counter Abstraction, a system designed to efficiently manage distributed counting tasks at scale while maintaining low latency. This innovative service offers various counting modes, addressing different accuracy and durability…

  • AWS News Blog: Introducing Express brokers for Amazon MSK to deliver high throughput and faster scaling for your Kafka clusters

    Source URL: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/introducing-express-brokers-for-amazon-msk-to-deliver-high-throughput-and-faster-scaling-for-your-kafka-clusters/ Source: AWS News Blog Title: Introducing Express brokers for Amazon MSK to deliver high throughput and faster scaling for your Kafka clusters Feedly Summary: With 3x throughput, 20x faster scaling, and 90% reduced recovery time, Express brokers deliver unmatched performance for Apache Kafka on AWS, streamlining operations while cutting infrastructure costs by…

  • Hacker News: Manage Database Clusters Without a Dedicated Operator on Kubernetes

    Source URL: https://kubeblocks.io/blog/how-to-manage-database-clusters-without-a-dedicated-operator Source: Hacker News Title: Manage Database Clusters Without a Dedicated Operator on Kubernetes Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the KubeBlocks project, a universal operator framework designed for managing various database workloads on Kubernetes. The project aims to simplify database management by providing a unified interface…

  • Cloud Blog: How AlloyDB unifies OLTP and OLAP workloads for Tricent

    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/databases/tricent-standardizes-on-alloydb-for-olap-and-oltp-workloads/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: How AlloyDB unifies OLTP and OLAP workloads for Tricent Feedly Summary: Editor’s Note: Tricent Security Group A/S, a leader in file-sharing security, faced efficiency and performance challenges with their PostgreSQL database infrastructure. Their OLTP workloads needed to process millions of real-time updates efficiently, while their OLAP workloads needed…

  • Cloud Blog: Google Cloud database news roundup, October 2024 edition

    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/databases/google-cloud-database-news-for-october-2024/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Google Cloud database news roundup, October 2024 edition Feedly Summary: Leaves are falling, temperatures are dropping, but things were heating up in the world of Google Cloud databases this October! Here’s a recap of the latest news and updates. Key databases announcements  Database Center simplifies database management with…

  • Cloud Blog: Speed, scale and reliability: 25 years of Google data-center networking evolution

    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/networking/speed-scale-reliability-25-years-of-data-center-networking/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Speed, scale and reliability: 25 years of Google data-center networking evolution Feedly Summary: Rome wasn’t built in a day, and neither was Google’s network. But 25 years in, we’ve built out network infrastructure with scale and technical sophistication that’s nothing short of remarkable. It’s all the more impressive…

  • Hacker News: Show HN: Trench – Open-source analytics infrastructure

    Source URL: https://github.com/FrigadeHQ/trench Source: Hacker News Title: Show HN: Trench – Open-source analytics infrastructure Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text outlines “Trench,” an open-source analytics infrastructure designed for event tracking, built upon Apache Kafka and Clickhouse. It emphasizes GDPR compliance, real-time data processing, and two deployment options: self-hosted and cloud.…

  • Cloud Blog: Unity Ads uses Memorystore to power up to 10 million operations per second

    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/databases/unity-ads-powers-up-to-10m-operations-per-second-with-memorystore/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Unity Ads uses Memorystore to power up to 10 million operations per second Feedly Summary: Editor’s note: Unity Ads, a mobile advertising platform, previously relying on its own self-managed Redis infrastructure, was searching for a solution that scales better for various use cases and reduces maintenance overhead. Unity…

  • Cloud Blog: Spanner and PostgreSQL at Prefab: Flexible, reliable, and cost-effective at any size

    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/databases/how-prefab-scales-with-spanners-postrgesql-interface/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Spanner and PostgreSQL at Prefab: Flexible, reliable, and cost-effective at any size Feedly Summary: TL;DR: We use Spanner’s PostgreSQL interface at Prefab, and we’ve had a good time. It’s easy to set up, easy to use, and — surprisingly — less expensive than other databases we’ve tried for…