Brendan Gregg

MARCH 16, 2024

The problem is that this system has a default libc that has been compiled without frame pointers, so any stack walking stops at the libc layer, producing a partial stack that's missing the application frames. It shouldn't be 10%, unless it's cache effects. Don't blame the straw, in this case, don't blame the frame pointers.

Java 145

Java Cache Google Hardware 145

ScaleOut Software

JUNE 22, 2020

From Distributed Caches to Real-Time Digital Twins. Going back to the mid-1990s, online systems have seen relentless, explosive growth in usage, driven by ecommerce, mobile applications, and more recently, IoT.

Ecommerce 52

Ecommerce Cache Scalability IoT 52

ScaleOut Software

JUNE 22, 2020

From Distributed Caches to Real-Time Digital Twins. Going back to the mid-1990s, online systems have seen relentless, explosive growth in usage, driven by ecommerce, mobile applications, and more recently, IoT.

Ecommerce 52

Ecommerce Cache Scalability IoT 52

SQL Server According to Bob

JANUARY 11, 2020

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Servers 40

Servers Cache Database Media 40

SQL Performance

MARCH 30, 2021

The fundamentals of row mode parallel execution haven’t changed since SQL Server 2005, so the following discussion is broadly applicable. A parallel query might start out requesting DOP 8, but be progressively downgraded to DOP 4, DOP 2, and finally DOP 1 due to a lack of system resources at that moment. MonthlyPosts AS. (

Cache 98

Cache Servers Operating System Processing 98

All Things Distributed

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

Not everybody agreed that the "N-ary Storage Model" (NSM) was the best approach for all workloads but it stayed dominant until hardware constraints, especially on caches, forced the community to revisit some of the alternatives. The first practical modern implementation is probably C-Store by Stonebraker, et al.

Storage 90

Storage Hardware Cache C++ 90

IO River

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

CloudFront makes a simple choice here as it offers direct integration with all these services to let you cache responses across its global edge locations. Therefore, there might be cases where your system could experience a downtime during the migration process. How does vendor lock-in occur?

Lambda 52

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