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December 27, 2024
Separating Orca into a Postgres extension: purpose and implementation details
In this article, we will talk about why we decided to move the Orca query planner from the core of Greengage Database (based on Greenplum) to an extension and how we implemented it
November 22, 2024
Greenplum vs Citus. Part 2
This article is a continuation of the comparison of Greenplum with Citus. Here, we discuss data distribution and cluster balancing
September 19, 2024
Greenplum vs Citus. Part 1
With this article, we open a series of materials dedicated to a comparative review of distributed DBMS technologies. Let’s start with a comparison of Greenplum with Citus
June 24, 2024
What’s new in Greenplum 7. Conclusion
Here is the final, third part of the overview describing changes in Greenplum 7. We will talk about changes in table partitioning and resource groups, JIT compilation of expressions, and much more
June 17, 2024
What’s new in Greenplum 7. Part 2
In this article, we will continue talking about the new features that are available in Greenplum 7
June 10, 2024
What’s new in Greenplum 7. Part 1
In this article, we will talk about the new features that are available in Greenplum 7
June 5, 2024
ADB-TO-ADB connector
This article describes the details of our connector implementation for running so-called heterogeneous queries across different Arenadata DB and/or Greenplum clusters
May 14, 2024
How to create a documentation portal from scratch
In this article, we will tell you how we created the documentation portal in Arenadata from scratch
December 14, 2022
How to speed up backup and save storage space: on the example of ArenadataDB ddboost and Dell EMC Data Domain
In this article, we will look at the integration of the gpbackup/gprestore logical backup and recovery utilities with the Dell EMC Data Domain software and hardware solution
December 01, 2021
Three ways to track Greenplum queries that use too much resources
In this article, we want to share our experiences and talk about three proven ways to monitor the utilization of system resources consumed by queries in Greenplum
July 22, 2021
How and why we developed a Spark connector for Greenplum
In this article, we will tell you how and why we created our own tool for data exchange between Arenadata DB (analytical MPP DBMS based on Greenplum) and Apache Spark (framework for distributed processing of data that is a part of the Arenadata Hadoop ecosystem)