On-premises databases were overprovisioned for performance. Cloud databases are overprovisioned for a different reason: unpredictable pricing. This article explains the real cost.
Overprovisioning: The Curse Of The Cloud
Category: Databases
Databases are the systems of record at the heart of the enterprise. They were designed for correctness, durability, and human-paced interaction – not for continuous, machine-driven access patterns.
As workloads evolve, the database remains the point of truth… but the assumptions around how it is accessed are starting to break.
Choosing The Right Path To The Cloud
Not all database migrations are equal. This article explains the main paths to public cloud and why choosing the wrong one for mission-critical workloads is an expensive mistake.
The Battle For Your Databases
AWS, Azure and GCP are competing hard for enterprise databases. This article explains why mission-critical RDBMS workloads are the prize and what that means for DBAs.
How To Look Stupid (Part #612)
Now is the winter of our discontent. But rather than dwell on what a terrible year 2020 has been, I thought I'd make my final post of the year something more positive... so I am going to look back on one of the (many) times I made a fool of myself, in the hope that … Continue reading How To Look Stupid (Part #612)
The Public Cloud: The Hotel For Your Applications
The public cloud is like a hotel – flexible and convenient but shared infrastructure. This article explains what that model really means for enterprise databases.
Cloud DBA: The Next Generation of Database Administrator?
Cloud databases come with cost levers on-premises never had. This article examines what the Cloud DBA role actually looks like and why cost is now a core DBA concern.
Evolution of the DBA
From on-premises specialist to cloud DevOps generalist – the DBA role has absorbed every wave of infrastructure change. Cloud adds one genuinely new pressure: the monthly bill.
Databases Now Live In The Cloud
Gartner predicted 75% of databases in the cloud by 2022. The industry debate focused on migration – but not on the question that mattered most: what happens to performance?
Don’t Call It A Comeback
flashdba returns from retirement to ask the question nobody in the cloud conversation was asking: when 75% of databases move to the cloud, what actually happens to performance?
Oracle ASM and Thin Provisioning – How To Reclaim Space
It came to my attention last November that I had crossed the one year anniversary since my last post on flashdba.com. I was so surprised that I immediately decided to write a new post, which took another three months. There are reasons why I'm no longer posting technical blogs about databases and flash, but I'll … Continue reading Oracle ASM and Thin Provisioning – How To Reclaim Space
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