TiDB is a prime example of an intrinsically scalable and reliable distributed SQL database architecture. Here’s how it works. In the good old days, databases had a relatively simple job: help ...

Pramod Sadalage discuses several patterns in database changes related to Architecture, Structure, Data Quality, Referential Integrity, Database Code, along with associated practices.

2-tier architecture is a client-server architecture where the server is versatile, meaning it can directly respond to all of the client's resource requests. In 3-tier architecture, however, the server ...

The web is the most obvious example that uses a multi-tiered design. A web server is responsible for displaying static or dynamic content to an end user via a browser. An application server hosts the ...

The factors that are involved with these decisions were discussed in a recent DBTA webcast, “Building a Memory-First Database Architecture for Speed and Scalability,” presented by Joe McKendrick, ...

The Advantages of an Oracle Database Management System (German) Before looking at the details of the Oracle database server architecture, let’s look at why so many companies chose this method ...

Indeed, Pinecone argues that its new architecture can offer a 10x to 100x cost reduction. The new architecture now supports vector clustering on top of blob storage.

Noting how legacy applications manage “client-side and server-side logic and infrastructures within a closed, monolithic architecture,” Jauregui shows the advantages of serverless architecture.