Microsoft offers two paths for running enterprise databases: SQL Server, which you install and manage yourself, and Azure SQL, which Microsoft runs for you as a managed service. Both use the same ...

The open source MySQL spin-off has steadily added features all its own. Here are five good reasons to switch to MariaDB. MariaDB may have started as a MySQL fork, following Oracle’s acquisition of ...

Despite its steep licensing costs, SQL Server continues to prove its worth over open-source alternatives in some key areas. SQL Server is an expensive part of your IT stack -- SQL Server Enterprise ...

This comprehensive guide provides detailed instructions for setting up streaming replication between two PostgreSQL 17 servers on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. We will configure one server as the primary (master) ...

This PostgreSQL extension provides a basic implementation of the Paxos algorithm in PL/pgSQL and basic table replication through Paxos. Warning: pg_paxos is in an early stage, consider it experimental ...

Database replication copies changes between databases instances, and is a key component for use cases like high availability, reducing latency between an application and its source data. Using ...

A DBA is a technician skilled in SQL and very large databases who is responsible for managing database software, backup and recovery processes, data security, and storage and capacity planning. In an ...

ora_migrator is a plugin for db_migrator that uses oracle_fdw to migrate an Oracle database to PostgreSQL. Please read the db_migrator documentation for usage ...

A database is an essential component of any modern application, providing a repository for storing and retrieving large amounts of information. Building a database can seem daunting, but it can be ...

Part of the SQL Server 2022 blog series. In SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition, backup compression was introduced adding WITH COMPRESSION as an option in the T-SQL backup command. SQL Server backup ...