JEMalloc and Cassandra

Memory management in Cassandra Cassandra depends on JVM-Java Virtual Machine, to accomplish Cassandra’s memory management...

2017, Sep 13   —  2 minute read

Cloud Spanner - Google's mission critical and massively scale RDBMS with NoSQL features

Isn't this amazing?A database system which blends most important relational components and highly scalable NoSQL...

2017, Apr 26   —  1 minute read

Vertical scaling vs Horizontal scaling: Which one is more challenging?

I think this topic is more appropriate when it comes to deciding the database system...

2016, Oct 14   —  4 minute read

Comparison of Cloud Databases

Interesting reading.. AWS vs Azure vs Google Cloud Platform – Database

2016, Sep 07   —  1 minute read

DBA role transformation

Traditionally, being a database administrator (DBA) meant minding the store. In an on-premises environment, a...

2016, Aug 17   —  2 minute read

How To Create a MongoDB Replica Set

Recently I did setup a MongoDB replica set in a VM hosted in AWS cloud...

2016, Aug 04   —  11 minute read

Future versions of SQL Server?

It is publicly known fact that RDBMSs have well known limitations when it comes to...

2012, Nov 25   —  1 minute read

24x7: A pipe dream or reality? And at what cost? Can a business afford not to be 24/7?

Executive Summary What is 24x7? In simple terms, it refers to “Always On” or “100...

2012, Nov 18   —  12 minute read