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When You Should Consider Flash for Database Storage ↗

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If any of this is ticking boxes for you, it’s time to consider what flash could do for the performance of your database:
  • I/O wait times are high. Essentially we are looking for high latency from the existing storage system. Flash memory systems should deliver I/O with sub-millisecond latency, so if you see an average latency of 8ms on random reads (db file sequential read), for example, you know there is potential for reducing latency to an eighth of its previous average value.
  • I/O forms a significant percentage of Database Time. If I/O is only responsible for 5% of database time, no amount of lightening-fast flash is going to give you a big performance boost… your problems are elsewhere. On the other hand, if I/O is comprising a large portion of database time, you have lots of room for improvement.
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Guide to integration architecture ↗

Stephanie Mann:

“application developers” often act as “integration developers.” The difficulty lies in overcoming silos and marrying new technologies with currently existing approaches. A proliferation of middleware tools adds to the challenge. Although users seek flexibility and ease of integration, a plethora of different middleware approaches can mean higher levels of complexity—not easy, flexible integration. “A more holistic approach to integration architecture starts with what currently exists in most organizations today—where you have silos of integration, expertise and knowledge,” said Forrester’s Ken Vollmer. He recommends forming centers of integration excellence to allow the diverse disciplines of application integration, process integration and data integration to come to together to support agile integrated deployments through planning, strategy and implementation.
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