At the application level, most PaaS solutions provide a suitable way for dealing with fluctuating demand or changing needs of the application (devlopment, production etc.,) This elasticity and flexibility at the application tier are built in to the platform itself. Unlike the application tier, things are different at the database level. Most PaaS still offer data management services with only limited scalability, not in par with the application level. Continue reading
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A Monster with Two Heads in the Clouds: “Virtualization” and “As-a-Service”
Today’s evolution of the cloud infrastructure demonstrates two different directions/approaches for how the application infrastructure should be built: Virtualization-centric solutions versus Service-centric solutions. Virtualization-centric solutions – in this approach, the main function of the cloud is to … Continue reading
Major Performance Improvements to Xeround Cloud Database V3.0
We’ve just announced the general availability (GA) of our cloud database, so we thought now would be a good opportunity to update you regarding some of the major performance improvements that we’ve made to this latest commercial version. With Version 3.0., we made great efforts to further improve our database service, emphasizing performance, throughput and scalability. Continue reading
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MySQL, Cloud Databases, Oracle: Big names in the cloud don’t necessarily mean big value.
With data being the most valuable asset in any enterprise infrastructure, and the possibility of data-loss often leading to disastrous consequences — it’s understandable how the database world is a very conservative one. Let’s consider the spectrum of the different relational SQL databases and which approach is taken by each database technology in terms of common installation and uses. Continue reading
VMware, CloudFoundry and the Bottle Deposit Scam
CloudFoundry also has another possible side effect on the growth and distribution of the cloud environment: Many infrastructure companies such as Telco’s, web hosting giants, and similar companies that keep crunching the numbers with license costs and operational costs, just can’t make it work. CloudFoundry may just be the solution to enable them to jump more quickly on to the cloud-providers cart, and offers cloud services on top of their existing infrastructure. Continue reading
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Different Approaches for Database Performance and Throughput in the Cloud
A recent article in Smashing Magazine titled “Speeding Up Your Website’s Database“ provides a great and very detailed explanation on how your website is affected by the performance of your database, tips on how to speed up your website by optimizing your database, and useful tools to measure database performance. The article also discusses schema considerations, indexing, the importance of using memory cache, and problems you’re faced with when the cache is not large enough. Continue reading
MySQL in The Cloud – A Natural Starting Point
Early in the application development cycle, developers need to decide which database to use – this important decision impacts all facets of the creation and future managing of the database: Continue reading
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