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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…
06/06/2024
The Most Important Database Performance Metrics
If no one sees the database issues, do they really happen? – Contrary to the popular philosophical dilemma, this question can be answered quite easily – Absolutely yes. Unseen or unmonitored problems in database systems do occur and can indeed cause significant disruptions. It doesn’t matter if they’re not immediately apparent. Without monitoring of the database performance metrics and proactive management, these underlying issues can compound, leading to decreased performance, potential data loss, and even system failures that by their nature demand urgent and often extensive interventions to rectify.
The cost of ignoring database performance metrics is just too great.
23/05/2024
The Story of Locks by Application Issues
On the 20th of April, query load times usually ranged from 12 to 15 seconds per snapshot, but there was a notable spike exceeding 2,000 seconds during certain periods. This anomaly suggested a deeper issue, prompting a detailed investigation. By examining the correlation between locks and application issues, executions, disk reads, and buffer writes, a significant overlap was found between increased query durations and intensified locking issues. Accessing the lock history tab provided detailed data on each lock event, including the time, duration, and specific database elements affected.
02/05/2024
How can you speed up database read queries
Before getting into the technicalities of speeding up your database read queries, the first step is always to have a clear understanding of what exactly you need. This might sound straightforward, but inefficient queries often begin with uncertainty about the data requirements. Knowing exactly what information is necessary for your application or analysis not only helps in crafting precise queries but also prevents the database from retrieving extraneous information, which can significantly slow down performance.
25/04/2024
Data Observability
Too often when looking at the data we see just numbers – columns and rows that might seem meaningful on the surface but lack depth without proper context. Data observability changes this perspective. This approach is about understanding what the numbers really tell us about the health, accuracy, and vitality of our data systems.
Data observability isn’t just one thing – it’s an ability, or rather a way of monitoring your data’s health, accuracy, and overall usefulness. It’s what equips data teams with the essential tools they need in order to make sure that the data that’s driving business decisions is not only there but also high-quality, well-structured, and up-to-date.
18/04/2024
How Busy Was the Database Today? – Database Activity Monitoring Done Right
Trying to gauge the workload of a database on any given day can pose quite a challenge. A straightforward question supported by basic Database Activity Monitoring might not yield an insightful answer if it’s stripped of context, cluttered with arbitrary numbers, and missing crucial details.
So, what’s the right way to address this query?
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…
09/07/2019
Performance Monitor (release 2019.2)
On June 28, 2019, we released a new version of Performance Monitor for Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server databases. The…
20/03/2019
Performance Monitor (release 2019.1)
March 16, 2019, we have released a new version of Performance Monitor for Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server. The most…
21/12/2018
Performance Monitor (release 2018.4)
December 21, 2018 we have released a new version of Performance Monitor for Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server. The most…
08/10/2018
Performance Monitor (release 2018.3)
October 8, 2018, we have released a new version of Performance Monitor for Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server. The most…
08/06/2018
Performance Monitor (release 2018.2)
August 6, 2018, we have released a new version of Performance Monitor for Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server. The most…