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 […]
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 […]