Given the popularity of our post on connecting MongoDB SSL with Self-Signed Certificates in Node.js, we decided to write a tutorial on connecting MongoDB with Ruby. In this blog, we'll show you how to connect to a MongoDB server configured with self-signed certificates for SSL using both the Ruby MongoDB driver and the popular Object-Document-Mapper (ODM) mongoid. ScaleGrid … [Read more...] about Connecting MongoDB to Ruby with Self-Signed Certificates for SSL
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MySQL vs PostgreSQL: 2019 Showdown
PostgreSQL and MySQL are types of database management systems (DBMS). This article explains the differences between the systems, reviews the recent trends, and attempts to answer the question of which database management system takes the lead in 2019. Hint: it might not be an either-or answer. Primary Database Model - RDBMS vs ORDBMS Databases store data in an organized manner … [Read more...] about MySQL vs PostgreSQL: 2019 Showdown
2019 PostgreSQL Trends Report: Private vs. Public Cloud, Migrations, Database Combinations & Top Reasons Used
PostgreSQL is an open source object-relational database system that has soared in popularity over the past 30 years from its active, loyal, and growing community. For the 2nd year in a row, PostgreSQL has kept the title of #1 fastest growing database in the world according to the DBMS of the Year report by the experts at DB-Engines. So what makes PostgreSQL so special, and how … [Read more...] about 2019 PostgreSQL Trends Report: Private vs. Public Cloud, Migrations, Database Combinations & Top Reasons Used
How DevOps Should Use DBaaS (Database-as-a-Service) To Optimize Their Application Development?
Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) is quickly gaining in popularity across the tech world. These software platform solutions helps users easily manage their database operations without having to really understand any of the abstractions. This allows developers, DBA's and DevOps engineers to quickly automate their backups, create new SQL and NoSQL clusters, and monitor the … [Read more...] about How DevOps Should Use DBaaS (Database-as-a-Service) To Optimize Their Application Development?
Improving MySQL by Replicating to the In-Memory Database Tarantool
Replicating MySQL is one of the in-memory-database Tarantool's killer functions. It allows you to keep your existing MySQL database while at the same time accelerating it and scaling it out horizontally. Even if you aren't interested in extensive expansion, simply replacing existing replicas with Tarantool can save you money, because Tarantool is more efficient per core than … [Read more...] about Improving MySQL by Replicating to the In-Memory Database Tarantool
