Articles on performance
The mystery of etcd's rationed requests
With etcd in beta at Compose, the complexity of workloads on the database has been steadily increasing. That increasing workl…
Improved Performance for Redis Cache Mode on Compose
tl;dr - We've boosted the reliability of Cache Mode on Compose by disabling backups and persistence by default on all Redis d…
Faster Performance with Unlogged Tables in PostgreSQL
In the first "Addon" article of this cycle of Compose's Write Stuff, Lucero Del Alba takes a look at how to get better perfo…
Compose PostgreSQL's new Performance and Extensions views
The PostgreSQL team at Compose have been busy working on ways for you to get more control over your PostgreSQL deployments an…
Comparing Hosted Database Performance
While Compose is all about open source databases we also live in the cloud and so does Gary Sieling, who's written this Write…
Improve Performance by Removing Query Logic
You know what the following is? db.blog_posts.find({status: {$in: ["draft", "waiting on proof", "approved"]}}).sort({_id: -1}…
Debunking Myth of RAID 10 as Best Practice on AWS
For the most amazing performance on AWS, use RAID 10 with provisioned i/ops (henceforth piops). A combination of RAID 10 and…
MongoDB Slow Queries Tracker & Profiler
Update: This feature was deprecated in March 2016. For further details see this Compose Note. “How can I get more performance…
MongoHQ + New Relic = <3
With the release of the New Relic Platform, customers can instantly route MongoHQ database performance metrics to New Relic.…
Get Database Alerts - Anywhere
We are excited to announce MongoHQ Alerts feature which will push realtime alerts about your database environment. The typica…