There are many monitoring solutions available in the market. Some of them are ubiquitous and very popular. However, all of them are simply wrong and put the burden of monitoring on the users. They still use the approach that worked well when we didn’t have multi-tenant applications and hundreds of microservices but is not good […]
Redgate Embraces Machine Learning to Generate Test Data and Monitor Databases
Redgate this week previewed machine learning capabilities that it is adding to its test data management and database monitoring platforms that are scheduled to be made generally available in the first quarter of 2025.
Hasura SDK Integrates GraphQL Platform With More Data Sources
At its HasuraCon ’22 conference, Hasura today announced the early release of a software development kit (SDK) that extends the reach of its GraphQL platform to additional data sources. In addition, Hasura is making generally available integrations with the GitHub repository, support for OpenTelemetry Traces within the Hasura Cloud Platform and Microsoft SQL event triggers. […]
Data Monoliths Go Cloud-Native with Kubernetes
Breaking monolithic applications into independently scalable services is the core of the cloud-native application model. By making cloud-native apps easy to deploy and manage, Kubernetes has contributed to a big change in IT practices. Initial cloud-native conquests started with stateless services and quickly grew to encompass applications that manage data. Database management systems have long […]
DevOps Chat: Scaling Data Without Complexity with Cockroach Labs
Cockroach Labs the folks behind CockroachDB recently announced another round of funding as they continue their mission to allow you to scale your data without complexity. In this DevOps Chat, CEO of Cockroach Labs Spencer Kimball talks about about their plans and how Cockroach shall inherit the DB world. As usual, the streaming audio is […]
The Power of Autoscaling and the Mistake You’ll Never Make Again
Many years ago when I was interning as a software engineer, I made a mistake that could have ended my career just as it was getting started … It was my birthday, and I was given the task of loading queries to a database. The task was straightforward—even then, when I was only an intern […]
DevOps Chat: DevOps for Databases, a DBmaestro Update
DevOps is coming to databases. While there are several companies who have been dedicated to this over the last few year, by all accounts DevOps for databases has been catching stride as more DBAs and organizations realize the benefits of DevOps for databases. In this DevOps Chat we sit down with Yaniv Yehuda, co-founder, CTO […]
NoSQL Databases: Lessons Learned Growing a Globally Focused Startup
Startups deploying NoSQL databases and global citizens learning new languages actually share something in common: Both want to remove the limitations on how they access information and express themselves. In launching and growing a platform that enables anyone around the world to connect and speak with native English-speaking tutors on-demand, we’ve had the fortune of […]
5 Ways to Keep DBAs Happy, Alive and Efficient
As DevOps adoption continues to grow, organizations are competing to find the best and brightest application developers available. Meanwhile, database administrators (DBAs) are hard at work in the background to keep up with the burgeoning number of databases platforms developers deploy. DBAs have it rough. If developers are the James Bonds of the IT world, […]
Enterprise Cassandra Deployments
Successful Cassandra deployment in the cloud takes a certain amount of skill and knowledge. In this blog I will share best practices for a successful Cassandra deployment in the cloud such as Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Google Cloud Platform (GCP). I will also discuss how you can protect and recover the data in your Cassandra […]