Articles by Shiv Iyer

About Shiv Iyer
Open Source Database Systems Engineer with a deep understanding of Optimizer Internals, Performance Engineering, Scalability and Data SRE. Shiv currently is the Founder, Investor, Board Member and CEO of multiple Database Systems Infrastructure Operations companies in the Transaction Processing Computing and ColumnStores ecosystem. He is also a frequent speaker in open source software conferences globally.
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MySQL Performance

MySQL Inner Joins: Optimizing for High-Performance Queries

Optimizing Inner Joins for High-Performance MySQL Queries Inner JOINs in MySQL can have a substantial impact on query performance, potentially leading to increased memory and CPU utilization. This effect is particularly pronounced when dealing with [...]
PostgreSQL Performance: Strategic Use of SKIP_DATABASE_STATS and ONLY_DATABASE_STATS
MongoDB

Securing MongoDB Logins

Securing MongoDB Logins: Best Practices for Creating Users, Managing Roles, and Ensuring Safe Authentication In MongoDB, creating secure logins and managing access control is crucial for protecting your database. MongoDB uses role-based access control (RBAC) […]
MongoDB

Optimizing MongoDB Checkpointing for Performance

Optimizing MongoDB Checkpointing for Performance: Strategies to Reduce Disk I/O, Cache Pressure, and CPU Overhead Impact of Frequent Checkpointing on MongoDB Performance In MongoDB, checkpointing is a process where in-memory changes (from the cache) are […]