DBT2 is an open source benchmark like TPC-C for databases (mainly MySQL and PostgreSql ). The goal of this post is to list some links on DBT2 usage:
Jenny Chen’s Weblog on Performance
MySQL Cluster Database 7: Performance Benchmark
PostgreSql Git repository with all materials
PostgreSQL Portland Performance Practice Project – Database Test 2 How to use the kit
This week in my blogging news I see an interesting trend of accepting and realizing that the Virtualization is part of the Cloud Computing. I think this is no surprise as the term Cloud Computing is cited as something general and there are various definitions of it.The Cloud is kind of the main term which encapsulates various layers of abstractions ( existing technologies ) with the main goal to make big data centers ( systems ) easier to manage and use.So here is again a list of the most interesting links:
In the last few months I haven’t posted at all so now it’s time to put some more useful links concerning Cloud Computing and all the stuff part of it.
Xkoto Resources ( database virtualization)
Useful Cloud Computing Blogs from High Scalability Website
And last but not list one interesting post discussing Google’s Cloud approach from x86Virtualization .
For the research type of readers I would recommend to have a look at a lecture offered by Ashraf Aboulnaga from Waterloo University:
Advanced Topics in Data Bases: Databases in Cloud Computing Environments
22.09.2008 Update links:
Paper: On Delivering Embarrassingly Distributed Cloud Services
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