top 5 ways to scale sql with no new hardware

Top 5 Ways to Scale SQLwith No New Hardware

Achieve up to 24x performance improvement without any changes to applications or database servers.

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Scaling SQL databases is a major challenge


High Costs:Requires purchasing new,

more powerful server hardware and additional licenses


High Time Investment:Deploying secondary (slave)

servers forces significant app code changes for read/write split


Brittle Architecture:The 1:1 tie of apps to the

database perpetuates instability – every database hiccup makes

the app throw up


App Dependency:Adding caching requires code changes and new business logic in all supported apps


Top 5 Ways to Scale SQL with No New Hardware

• Auto Read/Write Split• Replication-aware Load

Balancing• Connection Management

and Surge Queuing• Real-time Analytics• App-transparent Caching


Auto Read/Write Split

Automatically identify which queries are reads vs. writes

Appropriately distribute queries between the primary (master) server and a pool of secondary (slave) servers

No need to add code to applications


Replication-aware Load Balancing

Assure that data being read is current, even from secondary servers

Monitor the replication lag between primary and secondary servers

– Avoid any server whose replication lag exceeds your threshold for delay


Connection Management and Surge Queuing

Connection offload, pooling, and management

Persistent SQL connections to database servers

‘Surge queue’ for traffic peaks

– Prevent database server overloads and downtime due to crashes

– Prevent connection errors without provisioning extra resources for surge loads


Real-time Analytics for Tuning

Performance-centric view of database traffic, including: – SQL connections

– Cache usage

– Queries processed by the database servers

Generate query patterns to quickly identify queries to cache

Find performance bottlenecks and perform audits


App-transparent Caching

In-memory cache serves up responses to frequently executed SQL responses

– Accelerates application performance

– Reduces load on database servers

– Increases the number of transactions an existing server can handle

Add or remove caching rules with no app changes


How can you augment your SQL capabilities, with no

app or database changes?


How can you augment your SQL capabilities, with no

app or database changes?

Database load balancing software

Database load balancing software – paired with your

SQL database


How Database Load Balancing Software Lets You Scale SQL with No New Hardware

• Scale out your database infrastructure in as little as an hour

• No modifications to applications

• No new database hardware or licenses

• Increase efficiency and operational sustainability

• Respond quickly to changes in your environment

• Stay ahead of capacity requirements for future needs


Top 5 Ways to Scale SQLwith No New Hardware

Achieve up to 24x performance improvement without any changes to applications or database servers.

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