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VictoriaLogs Unleashed: Cluster Version Now Available for Exceptional, Linear Scaling

You asked, and we listened! We’re thrilled to announce the release of the VictoriaLogs Cluster version – one of the most requested and anticipated updates from our user community. This marks a significant leap forward for VictoriaLogs, empowering users to handle log volumes and ingestion rates far beyond the limits of a single node.

Flavors of PostgreSQL: Choosing the Right Database for Your Next Build

In this deep dive, we’ll explore the modern PostgreSQL landscape—from core extensions to cloud-native forks—and help you confidently choose the right implementation based on your technical and business needs. AIVEN DATA PLATFORM The Aiven Platform is more than a collection of open source services for streaming, storing and analyzing data. The platform ensures that all services run reliably and securely in the clouds of your choice, are observable, and can easily be integrated with each other and with external 3rd party tools.

Meet dbForge AI Assistant: Your Invaluable Sidekick That Reinvents SQL Coding

If writing SQL code is part of your daily work, you won’t be surprised by things like context-aware code completion, as-you-type syntax validation, and debugging. All of them are designed to enhance and speed up your SQL coding. But what if we said that you could completely reshape your experience with an AI-powered assistant? What if you could have your error-free queries generated, analyzed, and optimized in just a couple of moments?

Grafana Tempo 2.8 release: memory improvements, new TraceQL features, and more

Grafana Tempo 2.8 is officially here, delivering new TraceQL features, performance improvements, and bug fixes, as well as some breaking changes. Watch the video below to learn more about the TraceQL features, or continue reading to get a quick overview of these and other updates. If you’re looking for something more in-depth for all of the changes that happened in this release, head over to the Grafana Tempo 2.8 release notes or the changelog.

Compare two PostgreSQL databases with Redgate pgCompare

In this 3 minute video, Redgate Advocate Grant Fritchey walks you through Redgate's latest comparison technology, Redgate pgCompare. With Redgate pgCompare, you can quickly compare two PostgreSQL databases and synchronize the changes. Redgate pgCompare is in preview and available to download for free. Take it for a spin and share your feedback.

Moving from Relational to Time Series Databases

I’ve been building apps with SQL Server for years. Everything worked well until I started dealing with sensor data, stock trade volume, and IoT telemetry. As the volume of time-stamped records grew into the millions, I saw relational databases struggling with workloads they weren’t designed for. That’s when I explored time series databases. The performance improvements were significant, but what surprised me was the mental shift required.

Integrations made easy with VictoriaMetrics Cloud

VictoriaMetrics Cloud continues to evolve as the most efficient, scalable and open platform in the observability landscape. In our last Q1 update blogpost, we shared new features such as seamless OpenTelemetry integrations, new Organizations support, and improvements in the Explore UI and APIs. This time we wanted to take a minute to showcase how we’re taking the interoperability journey very seriously. Integrations in VictoriaMetrics Cloud Haven’t tried VictoriaMetrics Cloud yet?