Quite some time ago, when we added the ability to monitor MySQL query performance statistics from MySQL’s PERFORMANCE_SCHEMA, we learned a number of valuable lessons, still worth sharing. There are definitely right and wrong ways to do it. If you are looking to the P_S tables …
Databases have a lot of jargon, and cardinality is one of those words that experienced people tend to forget that they didn’t know once upon a time. But if you don’t know it—and it takes a while to really get comfortable with cardinality—it’s super confusing when …
In this post, we’ll take a quick look at rsync (“remote sync”) and parallel rysnc—a way to increase the efficiency and speed of traditional rsync. At VividCortex, we’ve found each to be effective and handy at various times. Rsync is a tool for copying …
MongoDB’s users are well known for valuing the database’s capacity for growth. After all, the system’s tagline is “for giant ideas,” and for good reason. The system supports extreme scalability and has been designed to store exceptionally large numbers of documents. Among all the data that …
Holt-Winters forecasting is a way to model and predict the behavior of a sequence of values over time—a time series. Holt-Winters is one of the most popular forecasting techniques for time series. It’s decades old, but it’s still ubiquitous in many applications, including monitoring, …
We’re excited to share that VividCortex is now part of the SolarWinds® family. We believe this change will help to accelerate the adoption of our product as well as the pace of our product development. This, in turn, will result in us serving more …
Migrating to the cloud is smart but it’s not always easy. It can be a complicated process that requires a substantial investment of time and resources. Yet the benefits make the journey well worthwhile. Many of those who have completed the process confirm that …
“[You’ve] been fighting with one arm behind your back. What happens when [you’re] finally set free?” – Paraphrasing Carol Danvers, a.k.a. Captain Marvel BOOK REVIEW: How to Architect and Build Highly Observable Systems by Baron Schwartz Observability is a property of an application or …
ICYMI – Presentation by Baron Schwartz at PostgresConf We had a great time at PostgresConf 2019 in New York City! The 8th annual PostgresConf is the largest and the most diverse meeting of Postgres professionals and companies in the world. The Postgres Conference conveys …
We are pleased to announce that SolarWinds® Database Performance Monitor (DPM) has successfully completed SOC 2 Type II certification. This reaffirms and advances our ongoing commitment to protecting our customers—and by extension, their customers. The report is the result of another intensive effort by …
