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17/10/2024
Through Data Reliability: What is ACID When it Comes to Databases?
What is ACID when it comes to databases? Atomicity, Consistency, Isolation, and Durability are the pillars that keep database transactions from descending into chaos. These properties form the foundation of reliable database systems, ensuring that every operation follows the rules. That’s how we can handle every failure with precision, and leave no transaction incomplete or in a corrupt state. Without them, the data world would be a mess of half-executed actions, inconsistent records, and data loss that could bring even the simplest system to its knees.
10/10/2024
Oracle vs SQL Server: Which One Wins for Your Business?
Oracle vs SQL Server—two goliaths clashing over the supremacy of database management. These platforms emanate from the venerable houses of Oracle Corporation and Microsoft, respectively. They have evolved through decades, consistently pushed by the relentless pursuit of excellence and the demands of a data-driven world. This ongoing battle shaped their capabilities and influenced a great part of the technological choices of organizations around the globe.
We will get into their origins, architecture, and the nuances that dictate their adoption in various enterprise contexts.
03/10/2024
Cybersecurity Mesh Architecture and Its Significance at the End of 2024
The concept of the Cybersecurity Mesh Architecture, listed by Gartner as one of the most significant security trends in 2021, 2022, and 2023, conveys a transformational change in how we would fortify our digital frontiers. But what exactly is it about the specifics of CSMA that truly makes them so important in the context of prevailing in our current cybersecurity climate? How are they different from typical security models? What exact benefits does their implementation deliver to contemporary firms wrestling with continuously shifting cyber risks?
26/09/2024
From Clustered to Specialized: Types of SQL Indexes and When to Use Them
Considering the sheer volume of data slugging through the digital pipelines, knowing your indexes shou be your bread and butter. Here, we’re slicing through the thick crust of complexity to expose clustered and non-clustered indexes and their cousins.
Why bother? Because we live at the age of instant grafitication. The speed at which you can retrieve data can be the difference between leading and trailing behind. That’s why we will be going through the ins and outs of clustered and non-clustered indexes and their specialized kin. On they way, keep in mind that each type has a role. For every one there is a specific scenario where its purpose becomes the most obvious.
It’s about knowing who to tap for the performance you crave, at precisely the right moment.
19/09/2024
Performance Monitor Changes in Version 2024.2—Part III: OS Stat Page
In the high-tech tangle of our time, more cores usually mean a slower tick-tock in the CPU clock. The sage database administrators find themselves revisiting the old battleground of processor usage. The latest update to DBPLUS Performance Monitor (Version 2024.2) includes significant enhancements that aid in this monitoring. Particularly through its dedicated page for OS statistics—OS Stat Page.
24/10/2024
On-site Database Events to Attend in 2025
From Wales to London, Orlando to Stockholm, and beyond, 2025 promises a smorgasbord of data-driven sagas across various locales. Here’s a peek at the not-to-miss database events set to sprinkle some intellectual stardust on your next year’s calendars.
08/02/2021
Manage your database performance and data accessibility today…alive tomorrow.
Webinar date: Wednesday 10th March, 11:00am CET Your business growth demands efficient IT services with upgrades and enhancements delivered on…
16/09/2020
Actinium Consulting GmbH and DBPLUS enter into partnership
Actinium Consulting GmbH specializes in business intelligence and ERP. The software developments by DBPLUS for database optimization and real-time data…
07/01/2020
dbi services with real-time replication using the DBPLUS Data Replicator
dbi services described our solution for real-time data replication on their blog. dbi services was founded in 2010 and is…
16/10/2019
Partner for Performance representing DBPLUS at the DOAG Conference and Exhibition 2019 in Nuremberg
Partner for Performance representing DBPLUS at the DOAG Conference and Exhibition 2019 in Nuremberg You wish to become more familiar…
01/08/2024
That’s How Effective Query Monitoring Can Prevent Locks
In the complex ecosystem of SQL Server, performance issues can sometimes feel like detective work, especially when tracking down the elusive culprits behind system locks. This time, we’re exploring how ineffective queries (and poorly executed query monitoring) can grind operations to a halt, and how to identify the “how” and “why” behind the halt.
From scrutinizing load trends to dissecting lock histories and refining execution plans, we’re making sure that no stone—or should we say, no data block—remains unturned in our quest to keep SQL Server zipping along like a sports car rather than trudging like a pack mule.
18/07/2024
The Replication Dichotomy: Logical vs Physical Replication
There’s a peculiar habit among some database professionals occasionally to toss logical and physical replication into the same bin. One might as well say socks and shoes are the same because, after all, they both go on your feet, right? But as anyone who’s tried wearing socks in the snow can attest, similarities on the surface can hide a whole universe of differences between logical vs physical replication.
Blurring together logical and physical replication, or neglecting their differences can lead to inefficient data management strategies. Each method has its merits and ideal scenarios of use. Knowing just when to apply each one—understanding their unique roles in the spectrum of data management—helps avoid unnecessary workload, optimizes performance, and ensures data integrity.
04/07/2024
Execution Plan Changes in SQL Server: Reasons and Solutions
Executions plan—complex maps charted by the SQL Server optimizer, dictate the most efficient route for data retrieval. However, the plans are not static. They morph and adapt, influenced by a host of factors ranging from data volume changes to system upgrades. Each of the execution plan changes in SQL Server has the potential to sway performance dramatically.
Understanding the reasons behind these shifts, and more importantly, how to effectively manage them translates to maintaining optimal performance in SQL Server environments.
27/06/2024
The Domino Effect in the T10 Database on g1rush Server
Performance issues rarely occur in isolation. Often, a single problem can trigger a cascade of related issues, each compounding the overall impact on the system. This case study explores such a scenario in the T10 database on the g1rush server.
20/06/2024
From Analysis to Action: Overcoming Execution Plan Changes
Execution plans choose the way in which SQL queries are executed by the database engine. As such, they are a difference between a smoothly running database and one that stumbles under load. Sometimes, an execution plan changes, for various reasons—often silently and without warning—and the far-reaching fallout can be huge.
The most immediate impact seen as the execution plan changes is a decline in query performance. A query that once ran smoothly in milliseconds might, due to an altered plan, start consuming seconds. This increase in query time can cascade into longer load times for applications, frustrated end-users, and severe financial repercussions in high-stakes environments such as financial trading platforms or real-time data services.
16/09/2020
Actinium Consulting GmbH and DBPLUS enter into partnership
Actinium Consulting GmbH specializes in business intelligence and ERP. The software developments by DBPLUS for database optimization and real-time data…
31/03/2020
dbi services and DBPLUS enter into a partnership
Delémont, March 31, 2020 – dbi services has secured a partnership with DBPLUS, a software development company which specializes in…
16/10/2019
Partner for Performance representing DBPLUS at the DOAG Conference and Exhibition 2019 in Nuremberg
Partner for Performance representing DBPLUS at the DOAG Conference and Exhibition 2019 in Nuremberg You wish to become more familiar…
16/07/2019
DBPLUS on “IT Tage” in Frankfurt
“Everything under one roof!” is the motto of the IT-Days 2019 from December 9th to 12th in the Cape Europa,…
17/06/2019
DBPLUS expands partner network
Another companies from the CEE region joined the group of DBPLUS partners. As a result, DBPLUS Clients gain access to…
15/04/2018
Performance Monitor (release 2018.1)
15 April 2018, we have released a new version of Performance Monitor for Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server. The most…