Modern Hardware for Future Databases
A survey on how hardware developments affect database design, covering key advancements in networking, storage, and computing.
Tags: Performance
MySQL Performance Declining: Where is Sakila Going?
Higher MySQL versions mean worse performance? Percona monitoring shows slow migration from 5.7 to 8.x. PostgreSQL is pulling ahead.
PostgreSQL's Impressive Scalability
This article describes how Cloudflare scaled to support 55 million requests per second using 15 PostgreSQL clusters, and PostgreSQL’s scalability performance.
PostgreSQL Macro Query Optimization with pg_stat_statements
Query optimization is one of the core responsibilities of DBAs. This article introduces how to use metrics provided by pg_stat_statements for macro-level PostgreSQL query optimization.
How Powerful is PostgreSQL Really?
Let performance data speak: Why PostgreSQL is the world’s most advanced open-source relational database, aka the world’s most successful database. MySQL vs PostgreSQL performance showdown and distributed database reality check.
A Methodology for Diagnosing PostgreSQL Slow Queries
Slow queries are the sworn enemy of OLTP databases. Here’s how to identify, analyze, and fix them using metrics (Pigsty dashboards), pg_stat_statements, and logs.
Testing Disk Performance with FIO
FIO is a convenient tool for testing disk I/O performance
Using sysbench to Test PostgreSQL Performance
Although PostgreSQL provides pgbench, sometimes you need sysbench to outperform MySQL.