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The Effect of Isolation Levels on Distributed SQL Performance Benchmarking

September 24, 2019

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The Effect of Isolation Levels on Distributed SQL Performance Benchmarking

This post addresses a concern raised about a benchmarking result we recently published comparing the performance of YugabyteDB, Amazon Aurora and CockroachDB. It was pointed out that we unfairly used the default isolation level for each database rather than use serializable isolation level in all databases (even though serializable level was not required for these workloads). In addition, we are also happy to share additional results with the workloads run at YugabyteDB’s serializable isolation level.

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Announcing YugabyteDB 2.0 GA: Jepsen Tested, High-Performance Distributed SQL

September 17, 2019

By Kannan Muthukkaruppan

Release Announcements

Announcing YugabyteDB 2.0 GA: Jepsen Tested, High-Performance Distributed SQL

YugabyteDB 2.0 is now available! This release features the production-ready Yugabyte SQL (YSQL) API. Discover new updates, including performance benchmarks, Jepsen test results, and a sneak peek at upcoming Beta features.

PostgreSQL Compatibility in YugabyteDB 2.0

September 17, 2019

By Jimmy Guerrero

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PostgreSQL Compatibility in YugabyteDB 2.0

YugabyteDB 2.0 is now generally available, featuring the production readiness of the PostgreSQL compatible Yugabyte SQL API (YSQL). In addition to Jepsen testing results, new performance benchmarks, and ecosystem integrations, YugabyteDB 2.0 offers a high degree of PostgreSQL compatibility, with plans for future support.

Zero-Downtime Migrations from Oracle to a Cloud-Native PostgreSQL

September 17, 2019

By Rajkumar Sen

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Zero-Downtime Migrations from Oracle to a Cloud-Native PostgreSQL

Today, we are proud to announce that Blitzz and

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YugabyteDB vs CockroachDB vs. Amazon Aurora: Comparing PostgreSQL-Compatible Database Performance

September 17, 2019

By Karthik Ranganathan

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YugabyteDB vs CockroachDB vs. Amazon Aurora: Comparing PostgreSQL-Compatible Database Performance

One of the flagship features of the Yugabyte distributed SQL database is the PostgreSQL-compatible YSQL API. Let’s take a look at the performance and scalability of YSQL and compare it to two other PostgreSQL-compatible databases—Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL and CockroachDB.

Announcing the Rook Operator for YugabyteDB

September 12, 2019

By Andrew Nelson

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Announcing the Rook Operator for YugabyteDB

We are excited to congratulate the Rook community on the release on 1.1! We are also pleased to announce that the Rook operator for YugabyteDB is now available from rook.io and also on Github. This release extends the Rook storage operator as a custom resource, as well as provides an additional way to easily create, natively view and manage YugabyteDB within a Kubernetes cluster. In this blog we’ll summarize how to get started with the operator.

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Best Practices and Recommendations for Distributed SQL on Kubernetes

September 11, 2019

By Andrew Nelson

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Best Practices and Recommendations for Distributed SQL on Kubernetes

YugabyteDB and Kubernetes have very complementary design principles because they both rely on an extensible and flexible API layer, as well as a scale-out architecture for performance and availability. In this blog post we’ll look at best practices and recommendations when choosing Kubernetes as the cluster foundation for a distributed SQL system. This will begin with a review of relevant architectural decisions of the YugabyteDB. Then we’ll walk you through how to handle the provisioning,

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YugabyteDB’s Distributed SQL API Jepsen Test Results

September 4, 2019

By Karthik Ranganathan

Performance Benchmarks

YugabyteDB’s Distributed SQL API Jepsen Test Results

YugabyteDB v1.3.1.2’s SQL API successfully passed Jepsen testing, led by Kyle Kingsbury, except for transactional DDL support—a feature we’ll soon add. YSQL will be production-ready in the upcoming YugabyteDB v2.0 release.

Getting Started with TablePlus on a Distributed SQL Database

August 23, 2019

By Jimmy Guerrero

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Getting Started with TablePlus on a Distributed SQL Database

If you’re a database developer, you already understand the importance of a tool to manage your databases. Whether it is for creating schemas, ad-hoc querying, backups, or diving deeper to troubleshoot a database issue, a database tool can make your life much easier and increase your productivity. In a previous posts we covered how to get started with DBeaver, PGAdmin, and SQL Workbench/J. in this post we’ll show you how to get up and running with YugabyteDB and TablePlus.

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Andrew Nelson: Why I Joined Yugabyte as a Developer Advocate

August 21, 2019

By Andrew Nelson

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Andrew Nelson: Why I Joined Yugabyte as a Developer Advocate

I recently joined Yugabyte as a Developer Advocate focused on Kubernetes. I will focus on the usability and extensibility of YugabyteDB as a data platform within the Kubernetes and public cloud ecosystem. However, in broader terms, I will be able to leverage YugabyteDB as a cloud-native database that can easily deployed in multi-cloud environments. There are a few things I am looking forward to in my new role:

Working for another fast-growing startup
Being able to leverage my skills in Kubernetes
Learning more about a next-generation database at the ground floor
Working for an open-source company

Early Years

When I was graduating from college with a degree in Software Engineering,

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