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We've spent the past year replacing the Vitess SQL evaluation engine with a virtual machine. We've seen huge performance improvement, better maintainability, and performance on-par with MySQL's original C++ evaluation engine. Vicent Martí explains how we did this in Go. https://lnkd.in/gBNmdxna

PlanetScale has deployed millions of EBS volumes in data centers around the world. Nicholas Van Wiggeren?shares insight on the real failure rate of these volumes, and how even minor failures can have a large impact on production workloads. Read it on our blog: https://pscale.link/ebs

?? ?? If you're attending Game Developers Conference GDC this week, come find us at Booth S452 right next to alt.ctrl.GDC! We'll be handing out our brand new iops hats and answering any questions you have about PlanetScale Metal. If you'd like a 1:1 chat with our Solutions team for a quick custom quote, you can schedule some time at the booth or let us know ahead of time here: https://lnkd.in/gyh6ziSQ.

Intercom saw a significant improvement in both tail latency and hardware cost reduction after switching to Metal. “PlanetScale Metal has been a game changer for Intercom. All of our biggest, most critical PlanetScale databases now run on Metal.” Read their story here: pscale.link/int

Why settle for slow? Our latest interactive blog covers the history of IO devices, how storage works in the cloud, and why separation of storage and compute is bad for OLTP databases. Read it here: https://pscale.link/io

"We are very happy with our decision to migrate to PlanetScale Metal which enabled us to achieve the rare outcome of improvements in performance, cost, and reliability – a win for our customers and our business." - Aaron Young, Eng Manager @ Block https://lnkd.in/g2AxFRNy

? Introducing PlanetScale Metal ? - Blazing fast NVMe drives - Unlimited IOPS - Drastic reductions in latency - And best price:performance ratio of any database available in AWS or GCP Block, Intercom, Depot, and more have been running Metal in production for months and have recognized both performance gains and cost savings.?Read their stories here: - Block - https://pscale.link/bl - Intercom - https://pscale.link/int - Depot - https://pscale.link/dep Why Metal? Network-attached storage isn’t ideal for databases. Separating storage and compute creates inherent problems, most notably high and widely variable latency as well as lower throughput and higher costs. Writes to network-attached volumes pass through a NIC, network gear, and another machine before landing on a hard drive. No amount of engineering from the cloud providers can mask the physical reality that network-attached storage is far away. NVMe changes everything. I/O latency is lower now because SSDs don’t need to seek and because the interconnects have gotten faster. Throughput is higher because the interconnects have higher bandwidth. And that’s really the magic behind PlanetScale Metal: Hardware is really good now. The rest is PlanetScale doing everything it takes to let that hardware shine while upholding immaculate reliability. Read more about why we built it and how it works: https://lnkd.in/gAbJvMw2 Durability through replication, backup, and restore is powerful. PlanetScale Metal databases utilize semi-synchronous, row-based, MySQL replication from a primary to two or more replicas distributed across three availability zones. Databases are backed up daily at minimum, with the option to add more frequent backups as needed. Backups are also validated and tested at the time of backup to make sure they work when you need them. PlanetScale Metal is the go-to option for the most demanding, critical workloads. For databases where microseconds matter. I/O-optimized by default – it can handle anything you throw at it. And with Vitess under the hood, you’ll never have to worry about outgrowing it. Metal is GA and ready for production use. Sign up for PlanetScale to get started or read below to learn more: https://lnkd.in/gW76nv2F

?? Join us on March 19th at the PlanetScale office for an evening of food, drinks, music, and conversation. Only 3 blocks from the Moscone Center, it's the perfect setting to unwind and relax after GDC. RSVPs appreciated ??

?? If you're attending GDC, come hang out with me and the PlanetScale team! We're hosting a happy hour Wednesday evening at the new PlanetScale office. We'll have a food truck, bartender, and DJ. Everyone is welcome even if you just pop in to grab some food and say hi. RSVP below: https://lu.ma/h0w31q9p

Use PlanetScale to operate your sharded database. We support: - Workflows for going unsharded → sharded - Scaling your shards to use larger or smaller instances - Workflows for increasing or decreasing the number of shards (new) All with no downtime.