World Congress 2024 • Aug 20, 2024 • Session details

Scaling Databases

Is your database crashing under the weight of a rapidly growing application? Learn to avoid premature architectural sprawl by mastering indexing, replication, and caching before tackling complex sharding.

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3:35 min

The challenges of scaling single-node database architectures

Daniël van Eeden

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Overcoming scaling bottlenecks caused by commercial database limitations

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Scaling infrastructure for peak application traffic patterns

Stefan Lingler

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1:08 min

Applying modern hardware trends to optimize database performance

Behrad Babaee

Behrad Babaee

2:18 min

Scaling MySQL databases for massive user growth

Johannes Nicolai

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Deployment architectures for scalable multi-tenant database environments

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