Ben Bromhead

Jan 6, 2025 | instaclustr.com | Paul Brebner |Ben Bromhead |Ben Slater

At a medieval feast where food is better! This picture illustrate the theme of this and the next blog: “more is often better”! (Source: Adobe Stock)In two recent blogs, I investigated the new Apache Kafka® Tiered Storage architecture which enables Kafka to stream more (essentially unlimited data) for less cost (by storing more older records on cloud-native storage). In Part 1 I explored how local vs.

Nov 6, 2024 | instaclustr.com | Chris Carter |Ben Bromhead |Ben Slater |Paul Brebner

Valkey® – the next-generation in-memory database solution that steps in as the leading successor to Redis – is now available on the NetApp® Instaclustr Managed Platform. Born earlier this year after Redis™ transitioned to a closed source model, the Valkey project addresses the need for a robust, open source alternative that upholds the ethos of transparency and community collaboration.

Oct 18, 2024 | tdwi.org | Ben Bromhead

Here’s why vector search is increasingly critical to AI success, and how open source can fit into that equation. AI hallucination is a mortal threat to AI-powered applications, and vector search capabilities are an increasingly critical asset as enterprises strive to meet fast-moving AI objectives. Ok, well maybe not as mortal of a threat as mass misinformation, increase in energy and water consumption, deepfakes, and, if you buy into it…our impending doom due to AGI.

Sep 18, 2024 | instaclustr.com | Paul Brebner |Ben Bromhead |Ben Slater

In Part 1 of this blog, we introduced Apache Kafka® Tiered Storage and had an initial look at how it works in practice on a public preview version of Instaclustr’s managed Apache Kafka service. In this part, we will have a closer look at Performance, dam the river, and conclude. Kafka Tiered Storage PerformanceMistaya Canyon – Icefields Parkway in Banff National Park, Canada.

Sep 2, 2024 | instaclustr.com | Mo Ansari |Ben Bromhead |Ben Slater |Paul Brebner

Open source Apache Cassandra® continues to stand out as an enterprise-proven solution for organizations seeking high availability, scalability and performance in a NoSQL database. (And hey, the brand-new 5.0 version is only making those statements even more true!) There’s a reason this database is trusted by some of the world’s largest and most successful companies.