Client/Server distribution and the nature of the client (end user device) itself are important factors in understanding distributed architecture. If the client just features a UI, the server is doing ...

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 with the ...

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The relational database management system (RDBMS) held a stranglehold on enterprise data management from the mid-1980s through to the mid-2000s. For 25 years the question was never “should I use a ...

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 ...

Sarvesh Kumar Gupta is a seasoned data engineering architect specializing in globally distributed database systems, based in Saint Louis, Missouri. With a solid educational foundation, including a ...