TiDB is a prime example of an intrinsically scalable and reliable distributed SQL database architecture. Here’s how it works.

Pramod Sadalage discuses several patterns in database changes related to Architecture, Structure, Data Quality, Referential Integrity, Database Code, along with associated practices.

These Exadata X1 machines were formally announced in partnership with HPE’s ProLiant X86 server division, and incorporate InfiniBand networks to link database compute engines to each other for scaling ...

If you're using high-safety mode failover, the database moves from one server to the other, allowing for a relatively easy path for swapping in bigger hardware.

2-tier architecture is a client-server architecture where the server is versatile, meaning it can directly respond to all of the client's resource requests. In 3-tier architecture, however, the server ...

The factors that are involved with these decisions were discussed in a recent DBTA webcast, “Building a Memory-First Database Architecture for Speed and Scalability,” presented by Joe McKendrick, ...

Before looking at the details of the Oracle database server architecture, let's look at why so many companies chose this method for their needs. Oracle is ...

Indeed, Pinecone argues that its new architecture can offer a 10x to 100x cost reduction. The new architecture now supports vector clustering on top of blob storage.

Noting how legacy applications manage “client-side and server-side logic and infrastructures within a closed, monolithic architecture,” Jauregui shows the advantages of serverless architecture.