Read/Write Splitting
Master-slave replication for read scaling. Routing strategies, consistency lag considerations, and when this pattern helps vs hurts your architecture.
Posts tagged with #performance
Vacuuming and Reindexing in PostgreSQL
PostgreSQL's MVCC requires regular maintenance. This guide explains dead tuples, VACUUM vs VACUUM FULL, autovacuum tuning, REINDEX strategies, and how to monitor bloat with pg_stat_user_tables.
Kubernetes Resource Limits: CPU, Memory, and Quality of Service
Configure CPU and memory requests and limits to ensure fair scheduling, prevent resource starvation, and achieve predictable performance in Kubernetes clusters.
Bloom Filters: Space-Efficient Probabilistic Data Structure
How Bloom filters provide memory-efficient membership testing with configurable false positive rates for caches, databases, and distributed systems.
Load Balancing Algorithms: Round Robin, Least Connections, and Beyond
Explore load balancing algorithms used in microservices including round robin, least connections, weighted, IP hash, and adaptive algorithms.
Database Scaling: Vertical, Horizontal, and Read Replicas
Learn strategies for scaling databases beyond a single instance: vertical scaling, read replicas, write scaling, and when to choose each approach.
Search Scaling: Sharding, Routing, and Horizontal Growth
Learn how to scale search systems horizontally with index sharding strategies, query routing, replication patterns, and cluster management techniques.
Table Partitioning: Range, Hash, and List Strategies
Learn how table partitioning improves query performance and maintenance, including range partitioning, hash partitioning, and partition pruning.
Cache Eviction Policies: LRU, LFU, FIFO, and Beyond
A comprehensive guide to cache eviction policies — LRU, LFU, FIFO, Random — with implementation trade-offs, decision frameworks, and real-world case studies.
Cache Patterns: Thundering Herd, Stampede Prevention, and Cache Warming
A comprehensive guide to advanced cache patterns — thundering herd, cache stampede prevention with distributed locking and probabilistic early expiration, and cache warming strategies.