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Observability platform vs. observability tools

Dynatrace

Complex information systems fail in unexpected ways. Observability gives developers and system operators real-time awareness of a highly distributed system’s current state based on the data it generates. With observability, teams can understand what part of a system is performing poorly and how to correct the problem.

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AWS EC2 Virtualization 2017: Introducing Nitro

Brendan Gregg

Virtualized in Software**: While this can support an unmodified guest OS, many operations are emulated and slow. It's using software and coordination between the hypervisor and guest to improve performance. . --> Remember the original VMware x86 hypervisor from 1998? Each dimension has progressed through these stages: 1.

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SQL Server I/O Basics Chapter #2

SQL Server According to Bob

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The Amazing Evolution of In-Memory Computing

ScaleOut Software

Going back to the mid-1990s, online systems have seen relentless, explosive growth in usage, driven by ecommerce, mobile applications, and more recently, IoT. For example, one of ScaleOut Software’s customers recently upgraded from just using distributed caching to scale its ecommerce application.

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The Amazing Evolution of In-Memory Computing

ScaleOut Software

Going back to the mid-1990s, online systems have seen relentless, explosive growth in usage, driven by ecommerce, mobile applications, and more recently, IoT. For example, one of ScaleOut Software’s customers recently upgraded from just using distributed caching to scale its ecommerce application.

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SQL Server On Linux: Forced Unit Access (Fua) Internals

SQL Server According to Bob

Durability: “In database systems , durability is the ACID property which guarantees transactions that have committed will survive permanently. For example, if a flight booking reports that a seat has successfully been booked, then the seat will remain booked even if the system crashes.” – [link]. The Back Story.

Servers 90
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AWS EC2 Virtualization 2017: Introducing Nitro

Brendan Gregg

Virtualized in Software**: While this can support an unmodified guest OS, many operations are emulated and slow. It's using software and coordination between the hypervisor and guest to improve performance. . --> Remember the original VMware x86 hypervisor from 1998? Each dimension has progressed through these stages: 1.