We look at block vs file storage for contemporary workloads, and find it’s largely a case of trade-offs between cost, complexity and the level of performance you can settle for.

Abstract: This paper investigates and compares the performance of relational databases (MySQL and PostgreSQL) and key-value databases (Memcached and Redis) under various test loads. The study utilizes ...

Like its predecessor, “Wicked: For Good” more than doubles the runtime of Act II of the Broadway musical that inspired it. But unlike the first “Wicked” film, the sequel makes big additions to the ...

Enterprises need data, and data needs to be stored, with a flexible, portable environment that scales from developers’ laptops to global clouds. That storage also needs to be able to run on any OS and ...

It can be easy to confuse the two, but there’s a difference, and it has to do with your internet speeds. Joe Supan is a senior writer for CNET covering home technology, broadband, and moving. Prior to ...

Tristan Jurkovich began his career as a journalist in 2011. His childhood love of video games and writing fuel his passion for archiving this great medium’s history. He dabbles in every genre, but ...

This month MySQL turns 30. Once the bedrock of web development, MySQL remains immensely popular. But as MySQL enters its fourth decade, it ironically has sown the seeds of its own decline, especially ...

MySQL and PostgreSQL are two of the most used open source SQL databases, and both fulfill the role of a general-purpose database well. How do you choose which one to use for a project? Let's look at ...