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New (Old) Paper.

n0derunner

A 2007 paper, that still has lots to say on the subject of benchmarking storage and filesystems. A Nine year study of filesystem and storage benchmarking Download. Use a mix of macro and micro benchmarks Understand what you are testing, cached results are fine – as long as that is what you had intended.

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Using the Transparent Data Encryption Extension PG_TDE With PostgreSQL

Percona

Since our previous blog post, Adding Transparent Data Encryption to PostgreSQL with pg_tde: Please Test , it received new features such as TOAST data encryption and HashiCorp Vault support for key storage. Pg_tde currently supports a local file-based key storage intended only for development and storage using Hashicorp Vault.

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InnoDB Performance Optimization Basics

Percona

This blog is in reference to our previous ones for ‘Innodb Performance Optimizations Basics’ 2007 and 2013. Storage The type of storage and disk used for database servers can have a significant impact on performance and reliability. have been released since then with some major changes. Setting oom_score_adj to -800.

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Home Screen Advantage

Alex Russell

The data loss will be catastrophic for many, as will the removal of foundational features like reliable data storage, app-like UI, settings integration, Push Notifications, and unread counts. Even if you believe (as I do) their obligations attached back in September, there's at least an argument to be tested. A recitation of facts.

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Progress Delayed Is Progress Denied

Alex Russell

Thanks to the Web Platform Tests project and wpt.fyi , we have the makings of an answer for the first: Tests that fail only in a given browser. wpt.fyi 's new Compat 2021 dashboard narrows this full range of tests to a subset chosen to represent the most painful compatibility bugs : Stable-channel Compat 2021 results over time.

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Egnyte Architecture: Lessons learned in building and scaling a multi petabyte content platform

High Scalability

It is limited by the disk space; it can’t expand storage elastically; it chokes if you run few I/O intensive processes or try collaborating with 100 other users. 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. Recommendations.