Dbench.cloud keeps evolving: new benchmarks, new providers, and powerful, DBRE‑friendly architectures are now live. This post walks through what changed and how it can help you make smarter database decisions for your next move. HammerDB as the new standard Since launch, one key goal of Dbench.cloud has been to make cross‑provider comparisons fair, transparent, and […]
Today, DBench.cloud officially launches as a vendor‑neutral platform to help you finally see what your cloud databases are really costing you—and how they’re actually performing. With DBench.cloud, you can compare, benchmark, and understand the true cost and performance of database hosting options across leading cloud providers. With DBench.cloud, you can:– Run consistent, transparent benchmarks to […]
It’s very interesting to discover certain performance differences across cloud providers, but also between offered services within cloud providers. Running a DataBase-as-a-Service option with the same specifications (CPU-core and RAM wise) should scale to the same performance (tps) as shown below: The performance on DBaaS is about the same in respect to self-managed at UpCloud, […]
Making good progress on the benchmarking platform for database variants at several cloud providers. It will be a matter of adding more variants and cloud providers and testing along the way. Next steps will be focussed on implementation of DBRE-optimized architectures and comparison with the out-of-the-box architectures.
Good progress on the more technical side of dbench.io. Session information makes it possible to continue your benchmarks and comparisons across browsers. Comparison between architectures is made available, with split screen benchmarking to make it possible to compare AWS Aurora PostgreSQL with self-managed PostgreSQL, or Azure Flexible Server with GCP Cloud SQL for PostgreSQL. Currently […]
The fastest way to validate cloud database architectures, minimizing surprises and maximizing ROI. I have an update on my plans for an application-based Proof Of Concept Delivery for Cloud Infrastructure Database Architectures. This consists of a service that provides Proof of Concepts (POCs) for cloud database architectures through an application platform. The platform leverages pre-built […]
With my experience in databases in the cloud and several projects doing proof-of-concepts for customers, I see a benefit from an application / website showing the differences between DBaaS and self-managed databases. At the same time I can show performance differences between various types of cloud providers and database products. Eventually a customer could upload […]
If you own a website or are thinking of creating one, you should be mindful about your ecological footprint. Because the tech industry plays a big role in the current climate crisis. With its data centers, large manufacturing operations, and huge amounts of e-waste, it’s accountable for nearly 4% of global CO2 emissions. Which, shockingly […]
I run into all kinds of challenges with consulting services. At this occassion I was involved into a performance issue with a rapidly growing Church app called DonkeyMobile. Since upgrading their Aurora RDS MySQL instances from 5.7 to 8.0 they were hitting a CPU bottleneck on one of the reader nodes. This is the kind […]
Amazon RDS (Relational Database Service) and Amazon Aurora are both managed database services provided by Amazon Web Services (AWS), but they have some key differences. Here’s an overview of each: Amazon RDS: Amazon Aurora: Key Differences: In summary, both Amazon RDS and Amazon Aurora are powerful managed database services, and the choice between them depends […]