MySQL was the preferred database mostly because it was free open source and had good read performance, which fit well with “Web 2.0” apps that dynamically generated sites from the database.

The performance of MySQL Cluster was under 10 ops/sec with a latency of 400 ms. It is partitioned over the nodes in the cluster, so the system uses an optimizer to translate SQL commands into a ...

A new book called 'MongoDB Performance Tuning' takes a deep dive into MongoDB performance optimization. 'We wanted to bring a 'floor-to-ceiling' approach to tuning, covering every aspect from the ...

Given that MongoDB 7.0 didn’t exactly break any speed records, I’d love to see how it stacks up against MongoDB 6.0 and 5.0 (yes, I know 5.0’s EOL is right around the corner).

Choosing between schemaless NoSQL databases and strong-schema relational designs isn't an either-or decision, as this case study points out. When dealing with their big data problem, Craigslist ...