HammerDB

JUNE 27, 2022

It enables the user to measure database performance and make comparative judgements about database hardware and software. These factors meant that often when looking for database performance information, the results for a particular combination of software and hardware were not available. What is HammerDB? Why HammerDB was developed.

Benchmarking 62

Benchmarking Open Source C++ Cache 62

Brendan Gregg

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

My personal opinion is that I don't see a widespread need for more capacity given horizontal scaling and servers that can already exceed 1 Tbyte of DRAM; bandwidth is also helpful, but I'd be concerned about the increased latency for adding a hop to more memory.

Performance 52

Performance Latency Cache Virtualization 52

Brendan Gregg

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

CLI tools The Cassandra systems were EC2 virtual machine (Xen) instances. This server is spending about a third of its CPU cycles just checking the time! As a Xen guest, this profile was gathered using perf(1) and the kernel's software cpu-clock soft interrupts, not the hardware NMI. 30.14% in the middle of the flame graph.

Speed 126

Speed Java AWS Virtualization 126

SQL Performance

APRIL 27, 2020

Many of the newer features we have in SQL Server were initially launched in Azure SQL Database, including (but not limited to) Always Encrypted, Dynamic Data Masking, Row Level Security, and Query Store. Gen 5 is the primary hardware option now for most regions since Gen 4 is aging out. DTU Pricing Tier. GB per vCore.

Azure 55

Azure Database Serverless Hardware 55

Testsigma

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Speaking of Android OS, in 2019, there were around 2.5 Once you have chosen your target devices, consider the architectural aspect of your hardware. You need strong and reliable servers to manage mobile devices and execute test scripts. You need strong and reliable servers to manage mobile devices and execute test scripts.

Mobile 52

Mobile Testing Hardware DevOps 52

Brendan Gregg

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

CLI tools The Cassandra systems were EC2 virtual machine (Xen) instances. This server is spending about a third of its CPU cycles just checking the time! As a Xen guest, this profile was gathered using perf(1) and the kernel's software cpu-clock soft interrupts, not the hardware NMI. 30.14% in the middle of the flame graph.

Speed 52

Speed Java AWS Virtualization 52

HammerDB

OCTOBER 12, 2018

As is also the case this limitation is at the database level (especially the storage engine) rather than the hardware level. Historically MySQL has been positioned for supporting web-based applications this is in contrast to enterprise based database workloads that have been served by commercial databases such as Oracle, Db2 and SQL Server.

Best Practices 40

Best Practices Scalability Performance C++ 40

Brendan Gregg

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

CLI tools The Cassandra systems were EC2 virtual machine (Xen) instances. This server is spending about a third of its CPU cycles just checking the time! As a Xen guest, this profile was gathered using perf(1) and the kernel's software cpu-clock soft interrupts, not the hardware NMI. 30.14% in the middle of the flame graph.

Speed 40

Speed Java AWS Virtualization 40

O'Reilly

JULY 15, 2020

Combined, technology verticals—software, computers/hardware, and telecommunications—account for about 35% of the audience (Figure 2). The share of adoption for the 12-month period between January of 2019 and January of 2020 likewise suggests that microservices remains a topic of interest to O’Reilly users.

Database 134

Database Architecture Education Systems 134

Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 11, 2021

In the end, it’s not the load events or server response times that define the experience, but the perception of how snappy the interface feels. It used to provide an insight into how quickly the server outputs any data. This knowledge will give you the best optimization target for ongoing efforts. What does it mean?

Performance 145

Performance Cache Media Metrics 145