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Elastic Scaling in Actian Data Platform

Actian Corporation

October 4, 2019

elastic scaling in actian data platform

By moving applications to the cloud, users can benefit from various opportunities the cloud environment offers.

One of these opportunities is the availability of a seemingly infinite amount of resources, enabling users to match their requirements by scaling their applications according to their load. Nevertheless, load may change over time and does not always follow a predictable behavior.

Actian will therefore offer a new elastic scaling feature, allowing users to quickly respond to requirement changes by scaling the system in a fast way without a shutdown. This solution brief provides a peek under the hood of the new elastic scaling feature, describing the basic concepts behind it from an engineering point of view.

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About Actian Corporation

Actian makes data easy. Our data platform simplifies how people connect, manage, and analyze data across cloud, hybrid, and on-premises environments. With decades of experience in data management and analytics, Actian delivers high-performance solutions that empower businesses to make data-driven decisions. Actian is recognized by leading analysts and has received industry awards for performance and innovation. Our teams share proven use cases at conferences (e.g., Strata Data) and contribute to open-source projects. On the Actian blog, we cover topics ranging from real-time data ingestion, data analytics, data governance, data management, data quality, data intelligence to AI-driven analytics.