What is a distributed system? A distributed system is a collection of independent computers that appear to the user as a single coherent system. To accomplish a common objective, the computers in a ...

With the aid of atomic clocks, GPS receivers and some of the most esteemed figures in computer science, Google has crafted a planet-spanning distributed database. Google published information about ...

Doing performance tuning on distributed systems is no joking matter. It’s much more complicated than on a single node server, and bottlenecks can pop up anywhere, from system resources in a single ...

pgEdge Distributed PostgreSQL offers low latency and ultra high availability for applications running at or near the network edge and across cloud regions For application developers and database ...

When millions click at once, auto-scaling won’t save you — smart systems survive with load shedding, isolation and lots of brutal game-day drills.

Gaurav Bansal is a Senior Staff Software Engineer at Uber with 12+ years of experience in scalable, high-performance distributed systems. Every new tech business today builds distributed systems and ...

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Database systems form the cornerstone of modern information technology, enabling the organised storage, management and retrieval of data across a vast range of applications. These systems encompass a ...

More than 400 million terabytes of digital data are generated every day, according to market researcher Statista, including data created, captured, copied and consumed worldwide. By 2028 the total ...