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Vertica on Kubernetes

Matt Spilchen, Senior Systems Software Engineer
June 6, 2022

Vertica released the VerticaDB operator in August, 2021, which began Vertica’s integration with Kubernetes. The operator automates many Vertica administrator tasks, such as restarting Vertica if any of the nodes go down, upgrading Vertica to a new version while keeping the database online, and integrating with the Kubernetes horizontal pod autoscaler. This blog post shows...

How to run Vertica CE in Windows 10 using Docker

Alexandr Skorobogatov
September 14, 2021

Sometimes we want to test a new version of Vertica. In the past, the best way to do that was to use a Vertica Community Edition (CE) virtual machine. But starting with Vertica version 10.1, there is an easier way to achieve this. There is an official Docker image for the latest Vertica CE version...

Kubernetes StatefulSets Makes Containerization of Vertica a Piece of Cake

Paige Roberts, Vertica Open Source Relations Manager
June 2, 2021

Containerization is an idea that seems tasty and wonderful at first. Automated deployment on any platform is a particularly enticing advantage, especially for Vertica, a database with infrastructure freedom as a core principle. Fast deployment without human intervention makes containers incredibly useful, especially in environments that require dynamic scaling. And containers are small, quick to...

Join us in the Vertica Unify Developer Lounge: An interview with Vertica’s CTO Chuck Bear

Joy King, VP Product & GTM Strategy, Vertica
May 10, 2021

Every Vertica conference provides users and big data enthusiasts an opportunity to network with their peers in data analytics. But for attendees to find the exact Vertica engineer for questions and answers, there’s nothing like the popular Developer Lounge, which returns this year at Vertica Unify 2021. It’s the place for Vertica users to meet...