Multiversion concurrency control (MVCC) is a database optimization technique. MVCC creates duplicate copies of records so that data can be safely read and updated at the same time. With MVCC, database ...

There is nothing more detrimental to database performance than a team of Java programmers armed with a stack of requirements, a database, and a rudimentary knowledge of Java Database Connectivity ...

There’s been a lot of discussion recently about autonomous databases, which offer the promise of keeping database systems stable and performant while alleviating much of the tuning and configuration ...

There are many ways to describe a database: the role it plays in a distributed architecture, the various internal components that make it work, and the various levels that define specific roles and ...