
Ben Slater
Writer at Freelance
SVP Marketing @BeameryHQ | Building Enterprise Software Companies | @UniofOxford alum
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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.
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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.
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Oct 30, 2024 |
arxiv.org | Ben Slater |Marko Tešić |Konstantinos Voudouris |Jonathan Prunty
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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.
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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.
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