If you have used MongoDB, you probably have noticed that it follows a default disk usage policy a bit like "take what you can, give nothing back." However, there will be situations where you don't want to allow MongoDB to keep hogging all of your disk space to itself. So, how would you reclaim this disk space? Read on and find out.
Code that makes use of external dependencies can be difficult to test. If you are using AWS, then you have no doubt run into issues in testing your code. This article takes you through how to get around this little hurdle by using AWS Stubs if you are using Ruby.
In this piece, we interview Joshua Drake and Amanda Gilmore, speakers at PGConf US 2016, for a bit of background info about each of their personal experiences with Postgres and catch a quick glimpse of what they'll be covering in their upcoming talks.
In this post, we look at the graph data model used by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) and show how to construct it using Cypher in Neo4j. We dissect an example from the leaked data, recreating it using Cypher, and show how the model could be extended.
The following article highlights nine aspects of PL/SQL error management (you should be aware of before embarking on your next app dev effort. It also offers links to a number of Oracle LiveSQL scripts you can run to validate the good-to-knows.
In this series, we’re going to take a look at performing CRUD (Create Retrieve Update Delete) operations using the cx_Oracle driver. Read on to see the initial setup.
When you're building a log management system, here are some things to keep in mind in order to enable better transparency, streamline operations, and support DevOps methods.
"Big data" and "data lake" only have meaning to an organization’s vision when they solve business problems by enabling data democratization, re-use, exploration, and analytics. Read on to learn what a data lake is, its various benefits, and what's to come.