On April 2, 2019 Intel Optane Persistent Memory became the first commercially available storage class memory (SCM). SCM is a storage device that sits on a memory bus; in contrast, traditional storage devices like SSD are attached to the PCIe bus. We were interested how SCM, being much closer to the
We Replaced an SSD with Storage Class Memory. Here is What We Learned.
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The company is expanding its US network in a big way, and it’s turned to two edge data center startups for help. In January, Cloudflare, which helps companies make their web services run faster and be more secure – and which more recently started to use its global data center network to also provide cloud computing services – said it would expand the network in the US with three dozen new locations. Shortly thereafter, the company said it would add even more locations in the US – about the same amount as in the first announcement.
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In this post, we’re going to take a deeper dive into the Postgres and PostGIS internals to find out how this actually works. By the time we surface you will have a better understanding of the advanced technical capabilities and unparalleled extensibility of Postgres. You’ll also appreciate how the open philosophy of Postgres has fostered a development community whose collaboration over many years has provided powerful features that benefit numerous users.
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