We had some really exciting problems to solve for the last customer! Especially because the database wasn’t exactly small.
Here are some key data: CPU: 2 sockets x 24 cores x 2 threads = 96 vCores, 756 G RAM, 2 x 10 Tbyte PCIe SSD in RAID-10 and 7 Tbyte data, several thousand clients, rapidly growing.
The current throughput: 1 M SELECT/min, 56 k INSERT/min, 44 k UPDATE/min, 7 k DELETE/min averaged over 30 days. With a strong upward trend. Application and queries not consistently optimised. Database …
