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What is container orchestration?

Dynatrace

Docker Swarm First introduced in 2014 by Docker, Docker Swarm is an orchestration engine that popularized the use of containers with developers. Kubernetes Also developed in 2014 and often referred to as K8s, Kubernetes has emerged as a de facto standard for container orchestration, surpassing Docker Swarm and Apache Mesos in popularity.

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What is function as a service? App development gets FaaS and furious

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Cloud providers then manage physical hardware, virtual machines, and web server software management. The FaaS model of cloud computing debuted in 2014 with startups like hook.io. This enables teams to quickly develop and test key functions without the headaches typically associated with in-house infrastructure management.

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The Return of the Frame Pointers

Brendan Gregg

2014: Java in Flames Broken Java Stacks (2014) When I joined Netflix in 2014, I found Java's lack of frame pointer support broke all application stacks (pictured in my 2014 Surge talk on the right). Google should be no surprise because they pioneered continuous profiling.) Back-end servers.

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What is Kubernetes?

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Since Kubernetes emerged in 2014, it has become a popular solution for scaling, managing, and automating the deployments of containerized applications in distributed environments. This virtualization makes it possible to efficiently deploy and securely run a container independently of the hosting infrastructure. What is Kubernetes?

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USENIX SREcon APAC 2022: Computing Performance: What's on the Horizon

Brendan Gregg

Titus, the Netflix container management platform, is now open source,” [link] Apr 2018 - [Cutress 19] Dr. DDR6: Here's What to Expect in RAM Modules,” [link] Nov 2020 - [Salter 20] Jim Salter, “Western Digital releases new 18TB, 20TB EAMR drives,” [link] Jul 2020 - [Spier 20] Martin Spier, Brendan Gregg, et al.,

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What is Kubernetes? Orchestrating the world at the age of a first grader

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These packages, known as container images, are immutable and because they abstract the environment on which they run, they ’re portable and can be moved from one environment to another , regardless of what platform it’s running on, i.e. a physical or virtual machine, on-premise, data center , or in the public cloud. .

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USENIX LISA2021 Computing Performance: On the Horizon

Brendan Gregg

BBR: Congestion-Based Congestion Control,” [link] 2016 - [Gregg 16] Brendan Gregg, “Unikernel Profiling: Flame Graphs from dom0,” [link] Jan 2016 - [Gregg 16b] Brendan Gregg, “Linux 4.X