Brendan Gregg

JULY 4, 2021

It's an exciting time for developments in computer performance, not just for the BPF technology (which I often [write about]) but also for processors with 3D stacking and cloud vendor CPUs (e.g., This was a chance to talk about other things I've been working on, such as the present and future of hardware performance.

Performance 140

Performance Latency Hardware Storage 140

Dynatrace

JUNE 25, 2020

The network latency between cluster nodes should be around 10 ms or less. Our Premium High Availability comes with the following features: Active-active deployment model for optimum hardware utilization. Minimized cross-data center network traffic. – A Dynatrace customer, Head of Performance Engineering.

Availability 251

Availability Hardware Latency Traffic 251

The Morning Paper

MARCH 8, 2020

Building an elastic query engine on disaggregated storage , Vuppalapati, NSDI’20. This paper presents Snowflake design and implementation along with a discussion on how recent changes in cloud infrastructure (emerging hardware, fine-grained billing, etc.) But the ephemeral storage service for intermediate data is not based on S3.

Storage 112

Storage Engineering Cache Serverless 112

Dynatrace

DECEMBER 8, 2021

As the entire application shares the same computing environment, it collects all logs in the same location, and developers can gain insight from a single storage area. The components of partitioned applications generally communicate over a network call. 5 challenges to achieving observability at scale. Read eBook now!

Cloud 231

Cloud Serverless Hardware Operating System 231

Scalegrid

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

However, data loss is always possible due to hardware malfunction, software defects, or other unforeseen circumstances, just like with any computer system. The biggest drawbacks are that a full backup can be time-consuming, and they require a significant amount of storage space.

Best Practices 130

Best Practices Storage Strategy Database 130

Percona

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Q3: What performance issues, if any, does Kubernetes introduce? Kubernetes performance is heavily influenced by the underlying hardware. Running a database on a Kubernetes cluster should deliver similar performance, with less than a 1% difference when compared to running it on standalone hardware.

Open Source 83

Open Source Hardware Storage Database 83

Dynatrace

AUGUST 11, 2022

Before an organization moves to function as a service, it’s important to understand how it works, its benefits and challenges, its effect on scalability, and why cloud-native observability is essential for attaining peak performance. Cloud providers then manage physical hardware, virtual machines, and web server software management.

Development 256

Development Serverless Best Practices Lambda 256

The Morning Paper

JANUARY 28, 2020

Narrowing the gap between serverless and its state with storage functions , Zhang et al., Shredder is " a low-latency multi-tenant cloud store that allows small units of computation to be performed directly within storage nodes. " High performance. SoCC’19. "Narrowing Introducing Shredder.

Serverless 99

Serverless Storage Latency Cloud 99

Percona

JUNE 22, 2023

As a MySQL database administrator, keeping a close eye on the performance of your MySQL server is crucial to ensure optimal database operations. A monitoring tool like Percona Monitoring and Management (PMM) is a popular choice among open source options for effectively monitoring MySQL performance.

Performance 102

Performance Monitoring Traffic Database 102

HammerDB

APRIL 19, 2023

Predicting application performance is a difficult art, but an important one when choosing the target deployment environment. In this blog, we aim to call out some key considerations when trying to assess MySQL performance for your application. For storage, FIO is generally used.

Performance 54

Performance Benchmarking Cache Storage 54

Scalegrid

JANUARY 5, 2024

The DBMS is key to maintaining these aspects by offering a storage system that allows users to perform operations such as data insertion, deletion, and selection, thereby promoting enhanced data integration across diverse applications and platforms. Practical Applications of DBMS DBMS finds practical applications in various fields.

Efficiency 147

Efficiency Storage Database Scalability 147

Percona

AUGUST 30, 2023

In general terms, here are potential trouble spots: Hardware failure: Manufacturing defects, wear and tear, physical damage, and other factors can cause hardware to fail. heat) can damage hardware components and prompt data loss. Human mistakes: Incorrect configuration is an all-too-common cause of hardware and software failure.

Database 85

Database Hardware Open Source Strategy 85

Dynatrace

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

It differentiates Dynatrace as an AWS Partner Network (APN) member with a fully tested product on AWS Outposts. “We Dynatrace can help customers monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize application performance for workloads operating on AWS Outposts, in AWS Regions, and on customer-owned hardware for a truly consistent hybrid experience.”.

AWS 205

AWS Design Storage Cloud 205

Dynatrace

AUGUST 5, 2022

Consumers store messages in a queue — usually in a buffer or on a storage medium — until they can process and delete them. It provides a consistent platform that integrates with a variety of message queuing types to enable consistent performance regardless of the platform. A producer creates the message, and a consumer processes it.

Monitoring 205

Monitoring Serverless Programming Speed 205

Dynatrace

AUGUST 5, 2022

Consumers store messages in a queue — usually in a buffer or on a storage medium — until they can process and delete them. It provides a consistent platform that integrates with a variety of message queuing types to enable consistent performance regardless of the platform. A producer creates the message, and a consumer processes it.

Monitoring 205

Monitoring Serverless Programming Speed 205

The Netflix TechBlog

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

But it’s not easy: to pull this off, VFX studios need to build and operate serious technical infrastructure (compute, storage, networking, and software licensing), otherwise known as a “ render farm.” Many shows have needs that exceed 100,000 frames, so aggregate rendering time can impact the timely delivery of a show on Netflix.

Cloud 282

Cloud Entertainment AWS Infrastructure 282

Brendan Gregg

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

At USENIX SREcon22 APAC I gave the opening keynote on the future of computer performance, rounding up the latest developments and making predictions of where I see things heading. This talk originated from my updates to [Systems Performance 2nd Edition], and this was the first time I've given this talk in person! Or even on a plane.

Performance 110

Performance Latency Cache Virtualization 110

Scalegrid

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Buckle up as we delve into the world of Redis® monitoring, exploring the most important Redis® metrics, discussing essential tools, and even peering into the future of Redis® performance management. Key Takeaways Redis® monitoring is essential for safeguarding performance, reliability, and security.

Strategy 130

Strategy Monitoring Latency DevOps 130

Dynatrace

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Deployment performs the whole rollout, instrumentation, configuration, connection, and automatic detection of monitored entities in your environment. Easier rollout thanks to log storage best practices. Easier rollout thanks to log storage best practices. Advanced customization of OneAgent deployments made easy.

Best Practices 202

Best Practices Storage Java Benchmarking 202

Alex Russell

MARCH 6, 2021

Thanks to progress in networks and browsers (but not devices), a more generous global budget cap has emerged for sites constructed the "modern" way: ~100KiB of HTML/CSS/fonts and ~300-350KiB of JS (compressed) is the new rule-of-thumb limit for at least the next year or two. Live by the link, die by the link.

Performance 124

Performance Network Cache Metrics 124

Dynatrace

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

A log is a detailed, timestamped record of an event generated by an operating system, computing environment, application, server, or network device. Logs can include data about user inputs, system processes, and hardware states. Optimized system performance. Increased collaboration.

Analytics 214

Analytics Monitoring Artificial Intelligence DevOps 214

Percona

AUGUST 22, 2023

We’ll wrap it up by suggesting high availability open source solutions, and we’ll introduce you to support options for ensuring continuous high performance from your systems. Without enough infrastructure (physical or virtualized servers, networking, etc.), What does high availability mean? What is fault tolerance?

Availability 77

Availability Hardware Open Source Database 77

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. The latest AWS hypervisor, Nitro, uses everything to provide a new hardware-assisted hypervisor that is easy to use and has near bare-metal performance.

Virtualization 111

Virtualization AWS Hardware Storage 111

The Morning Paper

OCTOBER 4, 2020

Understanding operational 5G: a first measurement study on its coverage, performance and energy consumption , Xu et al., The first 5G networks are now deployed and operational. The study is based on one of the world’s first commercial 5G network deployments (launched in April 2019), a 0.5 SIGCOMM’20.

Energy 130

Energy Latency Performance Network 130

High Scalability

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Each cloud-native evolution is about using the hardware more efficiently. Network effects are not the same as monopoly control. Cloud providers incur huge fixed costs for creating and maintaining a network of datacenters spread throughout the word. And even that list is not invulnerable. Neither are clouds.

Cloud 187

Cloud Hardware Infrastructure Innovation 187

Brendan Gregg

JULY 4, 2021

It's an exciting time for developments in computer performance, not just for the BPF technology (which I often [write about]) but also for processors with 3D stacking and cloud vendor CPUs (e.g., This was a chance to talk about other things I've been working on, such as the present and future of hardware performance.

Performance 52

Performance Latency Hardware Storage 52

Percona

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Figure 1: PMM Home Dashboard From the Amazon Web Services (AWS) documentation , an instance is considered over-provisioned when at least one specification of your instance, such as CPU, memory, or network, can be sized down while still meeting the performance requirements of your workload and no specification is under-provisioned.

Cloud 116

Cloud Serverless AWS Storage 116

Tim Kadlec

JANUARY 9, 2019

One question I’ve seen posed a few times in the past several months is whether performance really is a moral or ethical concern, or if that’s all heavy-handed exaggeration. When you stop to consider all the implications of poor performance, it’s hard not to come to the conclusion that poor performance is an ethical issue.

Performance 111

Performance Energy Internet Internet 111

Scalegrid

JANUARY 8, 2024

Real-world examples like Spotify’s multi-cloud strategy for cost reduction and performance, and Netflix’s hybrid cloud setup for efficient content streaming and creation, illustrate the practical applications of each model. In this scenario, two notable models – multi-cloud and hybrid cloud have emerged. But what do these entail?

Strategy 147

Strategy Cloud Scalability Artificial Intelligence 147

Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 11, 2021

Front-End Performance Checklist 2021. Front-End Performance Checklist 2021. This guide has been kindly supported by our friends at LogRocket , a service that combines frontend performance monitoring , session replay, and product analytics to help you build better customer experiences. Web performance is a tricky beast, isn’t it?

Performance 145

Performance Cache Media Metrics 145

Scalegrid

JANUARY 25, 2024

Redis® is an in-memory database that provides blazingly fast performance. This makes it a compelling alternative to disk-based databases when performance is a concern. You might already use ScaleGrid hosting for Redis hosting to power your performance-sensitive applications.

Metrics 130

Metrics Monitoring Latency Cache 130

Percona

JUNE 22, 2023

Defining high availability In general terms, high availability refers to the continuous operation of a system with little to no interruption to end users in the event of hardware or software failures, power outages, or other disruptions. How does high availability work? Redundancy is also critical for disaster recovery.

Availability 105

Availability Database Open Source Hardware 105

O'Reilly

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

It progressed from “raw compute and storage” to “reimplementing key services in push-button fashion” to “becoming the backbone of AI work”—all under the umbrella of “renting time and storage on someone else’s computers.” Cloud computing? ” scenarios at industrial scale.

Hardware 97

Hardware Storage Big Data Blockchain 97

Percona

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Community support One of the most significant advantages of open source databases is the expansive global community of users, developers, DBAs, and enthusiasts who collaborate to provide a seemingly never-ending array of how-tos, resources, guidance, and solutions to help you make your database more performant and secure.

Open Source 89

Open Source Database Hardware Strategy 89

All Things Distributed

MARCH 11, 2016

Looking back over the past 10 years, there are hundreds of lessons that we’ve learned about building and operating services that need to be secure, reliable, scalable, with predictable performance at the lowest possible cost. This is a given, whether you are using the highest quality hardware or lowest cost components.

AWS 144

AWS Hardware Retail Virtualization 144

Brendan Gregg

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

At USENIX SREcon22 APAC I gave the opening keynote on the future of computer performance, rounding up the latest developments and making predictions of where I see things heading. This talk originated from my updates to Systems Performance 2nd Edition , and this was the first time I've given this talk in person!

Performance 52

Performance Latency Cache Virtualization 52

Percona

JULY 7, 2023

It enables businesses and organizations to meet uptime and service level objectives, protect business-critical data, and maintain performant databases. Also, in general terms, a high availability PostgreSQL solution must cover four key areas: Infrastructure: This is the physical or virtual hardware database systems rely on to run.

Availability 82

Availability Open Source Architecture Database 82