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Feb 7, 2017

The Perils of Building Indexes on MongoDB®

Indexes are a critical part of any database operation. Defining the right indexes can make a huge difference to the...

Jan 24, 2017

MongoDB® Performance: Running MongoDB Map-Reduce Operations On Secondaries

Map-reduce is perhaps the most versatile of the aggregation operations that MongoDB supports. Map-Reduce is a popular programming model that...

Jan 17, 2017

Using Redis® with Node.js and Socket.IO

In this article, we’ll show you how to build a real-time chat application using the following technologies: Redis Node.js + Express.js...

Nov 21, 2016

Press Release: ScaleGrid Announces Hosting Service for Redis® on AWS

ScaleGrid is happy to announce the general availability of our hosting services for Redis®* in all of the Amazon Web Services...

Oct 20, 2016

MongoDB® Tutorial: Connecting to MongoDB in Scala

MongoDB® has an extensive driver set for many programming languages. In the following tutorial, we will show you the various...

Aug 30, 2016

MongoDB® Schema Design: There Is Always A Schema

MongoDB Schema Design When MongoDB was introduced a few years ago, one of the important features touted was the ability...

Aug 9, 2016

MongoDB® vs Cassandra

MongoDB® vs Cassandra Are you considering MongoDB® vs Cassandra as the data store for your next project? Would you like...

Jun 6, 2016

Introduction to Redis® Data Structures: Sorted Sets

Sorted Set is some of the most advanced data structures in Redis. Sorted set is essentially a unique collection of ordered Redis...

Apr 26, 2016

Introduction to Redis® Data Structures: Bitmaps

Bitmaps (also called bit arrays, bit vectors etc.) is the data structure that immediately pops in your head when the...

Apr 15, 2016

Understanding MongoDB® Backup Options

Backup and restore workflows are extremely important for any production MongoDB cluster. Apart from the actual functionality of backup and restore,...

Apr 2, 2016

Managing Long-Running Operations in MongoDB®

MongoDB® gives you a number of tools to manage long-running operations in the system. It’s extremely important to keep track...

Mar 11, 2016

Configuring MongoDB-CR Authentication as Default on MongoDB 3.x

All users created in MongoDB 3.x are created with SCRAM-SHA1 which breaks backward compatibility with tools that expect MongoDB-CR. There’s a...

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