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title: "This week's database news, issue 31"
publication: "DB Weekly"
issue: 31
published_at: "2014-09-26"
canonical_url: "https://dbweekly.com/issues/31"
---

This week's database news, issue 31

This week's database news, supported by Rackspace[Read this e-mail on the Web](http://dbweekly.com/issues/31)

DB WeeklyIssue 31 — September 26, 2014

Supported by [![\](http://dbweekly.com/images/rackspacetrans.png)](http://rackspace.com/?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email)

[Scaling NoSQL Databases: 5 Tips for Increasing Performance](http://radar.oreilly.com/2014/09/scaling-nosql-databases-5-tips-for-increasing-performance.html?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email)O'Reilly RadarA look at how NoSQL databases scale vertically and horizontally, and what you should consider when building a DB cluster.


[MongoDB Users: Get Ready for the AWS Reboot](https://www.mongodb.com/blog/post/mongodb-users-get-ready-aws-reboot?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email)MongoDBOver the next few days, AWS will be issuing an emergency patch, and will be rebooting a substantial number of EC2 instances. Here’s a (non-exhaustive) AWS-reboot-preparedness checklist for Mongo users.


[Why ‘managed’ matters in cloud: Overcoming challenges of rapid growth](http://venturebeat.com/2014/09/18/why-managed-matters-in-cloud-overcoming-challenges-of-rapid-growth/?cm_mmc=managed-_-cloud-_-contentnam-_-dbweekly-VBsumall)RackspaceSponsoredRapid growth can be a double-edged sword. There are times when success can be a company’s worst enemy, especially if their cloud platform can’t handle such swift growth and acceleration. Since we formed more than three years ago, we’ve crunched over 4 terabytes of data, and that’s growing at a rate of about 30 percent per month. We had a choice: manage our infrastructure or build and market product. [Read how](http://venturebeat.com/2014/09/18/why-managed-matters-in-cloud-overcoming-challenges-of-rapid-growth/?cm_mmc=managed-_-cloud-_-contentnam-_-dbweekly-VBsumall) we were able to keep our business growing.

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[Finding Duplicate Indexes](http://www.databasesoup.com/2014/09/finding-duplicate-indexes.html?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email)Database SoupA look at some SQL queries you can use to seek out duplicate and overlapping indexes on your database.


[NoSQL with MySQL](http://www.drdobbs.com/database/nosql-with-mysql/240167115?utm_source=dbweekly&utm_medium=email)Dr Dobb'sOracle added NoSQL capabilities to the InnoDB engine in MySQL 5.6, providing a 9x improvement in transaction performance. Here’s how to use its NoSQL-esque features.


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