Brendan Gregg

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Hardware virtualization for cloud computing has come a long way, improving performance using technologies such as VT-x, SR-IOV, VT-d, NVMe, and APICv. At Netflix, we've been using these technologies as they've been made available for instance types in the AWS EC2 cloud. Each dimension has progressed through these stages: 1.

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Virtualization AWS Hardware Storage 111

Brendan Gregg

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

Hardware virtualization for cloud computing has come a long way, improving performance using technologies such as VT-x, SR-IOV, VT-d, NVMe, and APICv. At Netflix, we've been using these technologies as they've been made available for instance types in the AWS EC2 cloud. Each dimension has progressed through these stages: 1.

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Virtualization AWS Hardware Storage 40

Brendan Gregg

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

CLI tools The Cassandra systems were EC2 virtual machine (Xen) instances. Note that Ubuntu also has a frame to show entry into vDSO (virtual dynamic shared object). Aftermath I provided details to AWS and Canonical, and then moved onto the other performance issues as part of the migration.

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Dynatrace

APRIL 5, 2021

Similar to AWS Lambda , Azure Functions is a serverless compute service by Microsoft that can run code in response to predetermined events or conditions (triggers), such as an order arriving on an IoT system, or a specific queue receiving a new message. Consider using virtual machines or specialized frameworks for these types of tasks.

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Adrian Cockcroft

AUGUST 1, 2022

TheCube is running a virtual Supercloud event on August 9th , and I’m taking part in a panel moderated by John Furrier, along with two old “ clouderati ” friends Lori MacVittie of F5, who write a blog on Supercloud a few months ago, and Chris Hoff of Lastpass, a security expert who helped lead BofA’s technology platform for several years.

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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. Virtual Memory. Alex Maestretti (security) co-presented SecOps 2021 Today: Using AWS Services to Deliver SecOps. My talk included a section on Linux kernel tunables, as follows. Huge Pages.

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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. Virtual Memory. Alex Maestretti (security) co-presented SecOps 2021 Today: Using AWS Services to Deliver SecOps. My talk included a section on Linux kernel tunables, as follows. Huge Pages.

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