Brendan Gregg

DECEMBER 31, 2017

My last talk for 2017 was at AWS re:Invent, on "How Netflix Tunes EC2 Instances for Performance," an updated version of my [2014] talk. Our team looks after the BaseAMI, kernel tuning, OS performance tools and profilers, and self-service tools like Vector. Not a lot has changed with these tunables since my [2014] talk.

Tuning 61

Tuning AWS Best Practices Network 61

Brendan Gregg

DECEMBER 30, 2017

My last talk for 2017 was at AWS re:Invent, on "How Netflix Tunes EC2 Instances for Performance," an updated version of my [2014] talk. Our team looks after the BaseAMI, kernel tuning, OS performance tools and profilers, and self-service tools like Vector. Not a lot has changed with these tunables since my [2014] talk.

Tuning 52

Tuning AWS Best Practices Network 52

Dynatrace

AUGUST 16, 2021

These problems are the drivers behind Dynatrace’s solution offering called Cloud Automation and this two-part blog series shows how to tackle these problems using GitHub Actions. Topics in this blog series. The post Part 1: How Dynatrace and GitHub help you deliver better software faster appeared first on Dynatrace blog.

Software 246

Software Software Open Source Azure 246

Brendan Gregg

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

These strange questions came to the fore back in 2014 when Netflix was switching services from CentOS Linux to Ubuntu, and I helped debug several weird performance issues including one I'll describe here. html [unroll the loop]: /blog/2014-04-26/the-noploop-cpu-benchmark.html How long does it take to read the time?

Speed 126

Speed Java AWS Virtualization 126

Brendan Gregg

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

These strange questions came to the fore back in 2014 when Netflix was switching services from CentOS Linux to Ubuntu, and I helped debug several weird performance issues including one I'll describe here. html [unroll the loop]: /blog/2014-04-26/the-noploop-cpu-benchmark.html [unused]: [link] [unused2]: [link]

Speed 40

Speed Java AWS Virtualization 40

SQL Performance

JUNE 21, 2019

I wrote a blog about it years ago too, however as time has marched on, guidance has changed a bit. Jonathan Kehayias has written an blog post How much memory does my SQL Server actually need , with a formula that helps establish the baseline for the maximum memory value. There are exceptions to every rule or best practice.

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Servers Azure Hardware Database 49

O'Reilly

JULY 25, 2023

So far I’ve read a gazillion blog posts about people’s experiences with these AI coding assistance tools. With the proper prompting and fine-tuning, I’m sure they can do much better here, and organizations like Khan Academy are already customizing GPT-4 to become a personalized tutor.

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Programming Code Design Benchmarking 98