Unlock Databricks cost transparency
Unlock Databricks cost transparency
In the world of big data and cloud computing, managing costs effectively is a significant challenge. While Databricks provides powerful tools for data engineers and analysts, understanding the complete cost picture can be complex. Databricks customers receive two separate bills – one for their Databricks usage and another from their cloud provider where clusters were
Kartik Nagappa
15 Nov 2024
Blog
AdTech company saves 300 eng hours, meets SLAs, and saves $10K with Gradient
AdTech company saves 300 eng hours, meets SLAs, and saves $10K with Gradient
Today, balancing performance requirements with cost efficiency is a critical challenge for both data engineers and executives. A leading advertising analytics platform faced this significant challenge. With strict customer-facing runtime Service Level Agreements (SLAs) to meet efficiently, the company needed a solution that could optimize their data infrastructure for both performance and compute costs. This
Noa Shavit
30 Oct 2024
Blog, Case Study
A new approach to managing compute resources: Insights from Sync
A new approach to managing compute resources: Insights from Sync
Today, data engineers face considerable challenges optimizing the performance of their data pipelines while managing ever rising cloud infrastructure costs. On a recent episode of the Unapologetically technical podcast, Sync Co-founder and CEO, Jeff Chou, shed light on the innovative solutions that are reshaping how we approach these challenges. Read on for the key insights,
Noa Shavit
10 Sep 2024
Blog, Videos
How to evaluate the performance of your Databricks Jobs clusters with Gradient
How to evaluate the performance of your Databricks Jobs clusters with Gradient
Many data engineers and platform managers at companies want to understand “How are my pipelines doing from a cost and performance perspective?” It turns out this very benign and simple question is riddled in complexity. Fundamentally there are so many things that can change from run to run, that even determining if it’s the same
Jeffrey Chou
03 Sep 2024
Blog, Case Study
Meet the team at Databricks Data + AI World Tour in London and New York City!
Meet the team at Databricks Data + AI World Tour in London and New York City!
Sync computing is a proud sponsor of Databricks Data + AI World Tour in London and New Your
Noa Shavit
15 Aug 2024
Blog
Best Practices to Manage Databricks Clusters at Scale to Lower Costs
Best Practices to Manage Databricks Clusters at Scale to Lower Costs
Managing Databricks clusters efficiently is a critical challenge for many organizations, especially as they scale on the platform. As the amount of data organizations process grows rapidly, so do compute costs. Most organizations tackle this by having their data engineers manually optimize clusters, which quickly becomes a bottleneck as the organization scales from dozens to
Noa Shavit
08 Aug 2024
Blog, Videos