The modern sense of NoSQL, which dates from 2009, refers to databases that are not built on relational tables, unlike SQL databases. Often, NoSQL databases boast better design flexibility, horizontal ...

In a distributed database, the data systems are held in different physical locations but can be accessed by all computers on a system. Processing is also shared among the many nodes—a database ...

Kevin Xu is general manager of global strategy and operations at PingCAP. TiDB is an open-source, cloud-native, MySQL-compatible distributed database that handles hybrid transactional and analytical ...

Fans of the simple life found relief of late as a once torrential stream of new distributed databases seemed to slow. But the spigot is still on. As new requirements percolate, additional databases ...

24-month review of 265 distributed backend projects examines scaling, database performance, architectural rework and ...

Oracle announced the general availability of its Globally Distributed Autonomous Database, marking a significant enhancement in its database technology. Juan Loaiza, EVP, Mission Critical Databases ...

High-performance database startup Yugabyte Inc. is updating its namesake platform YugabyteDB, targeting developers who prefer to run their applications on the open-source PostgreSQL database. With ...

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The advantage of using one connection for multiple statements is that it reduces the overhead of establishing multiple connections, while allowing multiple statements to access the database. The ...