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Shalom Shmila

TimescaleDB deep dive: unveiling the mysteries of Hypertable partitions | Part 1

Delve into TimescaleDB's hypertables and how automatic partition creation optimizes time-series data management.

Shay Oren

Leveraging Connection Pooling and DRCP in Large-Scale Systems

Establishing and maintaining a database connection involves a series of authentication, system and networking actions both at the client...

Ishay Wayner

Resolving MySQL Locks: A Case Study in Database Troubleshooting

We were approached by a client experiencing a critical issue in their MySQL 8 database system. The primary issue was that many...

Ishay Wayner

Boosting Operation Throughput In Redis

A customer approached us with a critical performance issue in their event-driven application, which was integrated with Redis. The...

Alon Spiegel

Dispelling the Myth: count(*) vs. count(1) Efficiency in Modern Databases

As an experienced DBA, I often encounter the belief that SELECT COUNT(1) is faster than SELECT COUNT(*). While this may have held true...

Alon Spiegel

Real world use case for JSON in RDBMS PostgreSQL

How I used JSON in RDBMS. I used PostgreSQL but other databases that support JSON, such as MySQL, can also be used

Ishay Wayner

Monitoring Databases

Let’s imagine a futuristic refrigerator, fridge for short. This fridge has the most amazing feature, it can recognize the groceries...

Alon Spiegel

The CFO’s dilemma to purchasing professional services

Imagine that you woke up one morning, did your morning routine, got into your car and headed off to work. As you drive, you notice that...