Category: Zero downtime
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How Caches Become Databases – And Why You Don’t Want This
Read more: How Caches Become Databases – And Why You Don’t Want ThisCompanies like to complicate things. There’s no better way to say it. The law of entropy clearly applies as much to tech stacks and data management as it does to closets and desk drawers. In the world of databases, data management, and…
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The 6 Rules for Achieving (and Maintaining) High Availability
Read more: The 6 Rules for Achieving (and Maintaining) High AvailabilityIn the age of big-data-turned-massive-data, maintaining high availability, aka ultra-reliability, aka ‘uptime’, has become “paramount”, to use a ChatGPT word. Why? Because until recently, most computer interaction was human-to-computer, and humans are (relatively) flexible when systems misbehave: they can try a few more…
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Latency vs. Throughput: Navigating the Digital Highway
Read more: Latency vs. Throughput: Navigating the Digital HighwayImagine the digital world as a bustling highway, where data packets are vehicles racing to their destinations. In this fast-paced ecosystem, two vital elements determine the efficiency of this traffic: latency and throughput. Let’s unravel the mystery behind these terms and examine…
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Introducing Volt Active(ISU): Zero-Downtime Upgrades to Improve the Engine While It’s Running
Read more: Introducing Volt Active(ISU): Zero-Downtime Upgrades to Improve the Engine While It’s RunningEnterprise customers that require ‘five nines’ availability need it as a guarantee, not just a vague promise. That’s why we’ve introduced Volt In-Service Upgrade “Active(ISU)”, which allows you to upgrade clusters without having to shut anything down. When all the nodes have…