Sync is now SOC2 Type I Compliant!
Sync is now SOC2 Type I Compliant!
Introduction In the world of Data, iron clad security is table stakes when considering 3rd party vendors to work with. Here at Sync, we take our customer’s security seriously and want to assure that their sensitive information is handled with utmost care. This is why we are thrilled to announce that Sync has successfully achieved
Jeffrey Chou
02 Oct 2023
News
What’s the difference between Databricks’s Overwatch and System Tables tools?
What’s the difference between Databricks’s Overwatch and System Tables tools?
Databricks recently released System Tables, to help users understand and monitor their usage. They also had the older and more skunk works project called Overwatch, which also provides usage and infrastructure information. So what’s the difference between the two? When should I use either one? Let’s dive in! Introduction Databricks as a whole is a
Jeffrey Chou
Blog
The Easy and Comprehensive Guide To Understanding Databricks Pricing: How It Works and How To Reduce Your Cost
The Easy and Comprehensive Guide To Understanding Databricks Pricing: How It Works and How To Reduce Your Cost
Databricks is a popular unified analytics platform and a go-to solution for many organizations looking to harness the power of big data. Its collaborative workspaces have become the industry standard for data engineering and data science teams and an ideal environment for building, training and deploying machine learning and AI models at scale. However—as with
Jeffrey Chou
28 Sep 2023
Blog
New Gradient quick-start notebooks- Optimize your Databricks jobs in minutes
New Gradient quick-start notebooks- Optimize your Databricks jobs in minutes
Since we launched Gradient to help control and optimize Databricks Jobs, one piece of feedback from users was crystal clear to us: “It’s hard to set up” And we totally agreed. By nature, Gradient is a pretty deep infrastructure product that needs not only your Spark eventlogs but also cluster information from your cloud provider.
Pete Tamisin
22 Sep 2023
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Why Your Data Pipelines Need Closed-Loop Feedback Control
Why Your Data Pipelines Need Closed-Loop Feedback Control
Realities of company and cloud complexities require new levels of control and autonomy to meet business goals at scale
Jeffrey Chou
10 Sep 2023
Blog
Are Databricks clusters with Photon and Graviton instances worth it?
Are Databricks clusters with Photon and Graviton instances worth it?
Configuring Databricks clusters can seem more like art than science. We’ve reported in the past about ways to optimize worker and driver nodes, and how the proper selection of instances impacts a job’s cost and performance. We’ve also discussed how autoscaling performs, and how it’s not always the most efficient choice for static jobs. In
Jeffrey Chou
17 Aug 2023
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