Percona

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Transparent Huge Pages (THP) is a memory management feature in Linux operating systems that aims to enhance system performance. The concept of HugePages in Linux has existed for many years, first introduced in 2007. In order to understand THP, we should first start with a brief description of Linux HugePages.

Database 87

Database Servers Open Source C++ 87

Smashing Magazine

JULY 29, 2021

As for absolute units, we will dive in and see how they are affected by other things, such as the screen and the device’s operating system. In 2007, for example, the most common desktop resolution was 1024 × 768 pixels. On design systems, CSS/JS and UX. The most common absolute unit is the pixel ( px ).

Operating System 145

Operating System Mobile Testing Systems 145

John McCalpin

APRIL 2, 2020

The presentation discusses a family of simple performance models that I developed over the last 20 years — originally in support of processor and system design at SGI (1996-1999), IBM (1999-2005), and AMD (2006-2008), but more recently in support of system procurements at The Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) (2009-present).

Benchmarking 59

Benchmarking Performance Latency Architecture 59

All Things Distributed

OCTOBER 2, 2017

With these requirements in mind, and a willingness to question the status quo, a small group of distributed systems experts came together and designed a horizontally scalable distributed database that would scale out for both reads and writes to meet the long-term needs of our business.

Internet 128

Internet Internet AWS Performance 128

High Scalability

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Egnyte is a secure Content Collaboration and Data Governance platform, founded in 2007 when Google drive wasn't born and AWS S3 was cost-prohibitive. Our only option was to roll up our sleeves and build basic cloud file system components such as object store ourselves. Why did you decide to build this system? Excellent question.

Architecture 52

Architecture Cache Azure Storage 52