Database Management

In  general  terms,  resilience  is  the  ability  to  withstand  adversity  and  bounce  back  from  difficult  life events.  Regarding  database  systems,  it  means  having  your  database  always  available  or  recovering quickly  from  unexpected  business  disruptions  such  as  hardware  failure,  power  outages,  or  cyber-attacks. Over the years, financial institutions worldwide  have experienced service downtime, some of which could be attributed to the level of resilience built into the system. It is, therefore, necessary to  ensure  that  databases  for  financial  applications  are  reliable,  scalable,  and  resilient  to  meet  the demands  of  the  users. There  are  many  strategies  to  ensure  databases  can  withstand  unexpected events,...

Databases are a critical component of applications that power small and large businesses. The information stored in the databases gets frequently retrieved or accessed by applications to meet the demands of the users, who will rely on the output as input into other processes. It is vital to ensure fast access to retrieve records stored in the database within a reasonable threshold. To ensure that information is readily available when needed, some tasks can be carried out once in the lifetime of an application, and there will be no issues, whereas others must be done regularly for the life span...