Ahmed AbdelHamid

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Which is better, gp2 or gp3 EBS volume types?

Which is better, gp2 or gp3 EBS volume types?

This post compares gp2 and gp3 volume types in terms of pricing and performance.

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Embedding Wasm - part 1 - Introduction

Embedding Wasm - part 1 - Introduction

In this post I gave a high-level idea about WebAssembly echo-system and went through compiling and executing a simple application.

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Connecting to a database from AWS Lambda function

Connecting to a database from AWS Lambda function

Lambda adds few challenges to use a backend DB. This includes network connectivity, connection management and secure credentials handling.

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Amazon DynamoDB at a glance

Amazon DynamoDB at a glance

This is a short overview of Amazon DynamoDB service.

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Amazon Redshift Spectrum at a glance

Amazon Redshift Spectrum at a glance

This is a description of Amazon Redshift Spectrum in few short points.

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Amazon Redshift at a glance

Amazon Redshift at a glance

This is a description of Amazon Redshift in few short points.

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Amazon Managed Apache Cassandra Service at a glance

Amazon Managed Apache Cassandra Service at a glance

This is a description of Amazon Managed Apache Cassandra Service in few short points.

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Stop using show processlist in a busy MySQL server

Stop using show processlist in a busy MySQL server

I'm comparing the internal workings and performance impact of 3 methods of listing MySQL threads.

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Amazon Aurora MySQL and wait timeout

Amazon Aurora MySQL and wait timeout

Aurora MySQL handles idle connections timeout in a different way.

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Amazon Aurora MySQL considerations and restrictions

Amazon Aurora MySQL considerations and restrictions

I'm sharing my experience using Aurora MySQL. It is a very powerful service, but it comes with its limitations and challenges.

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MySQL server is getting out of disk space

MySQL server is getting out of disk space

The impact of binlogs on MySQL performance and availability is usually not considered. One of these impacts is the extra storage consumption.

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