PDC

APRIL 14, 2019

Published twice per year (in June and November) since 1993, the Top500 list records the development of supercomputers over the past two to three decades. For example, PDC’s Beskow system has 11 cabinets, 515 blades, 2,060 compute nodes, and a total of 67,456 cores. Performance development. Source: [link].

Energy 40

Energy Benchmarking Efficiency Website 40

All Things Distributed

JUNE 20, 2017

In 2008, AWS opened a point of presence (PoP) in Hong Kong to enable customers to serve content to their end users with low latency. They chose to use AWS in order to focus on developing their platform, instead of managing infrastructure. They believe that they have reduced development time from 20 to 30 percent by having done so.

AWS 149

AWS Logistics Cloud Social Media 149

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., I also wrote about these topics in detail for my recent [Systems Performance 2nd Edition] book. Ford, et al., “TCP

Performance 52

Performance Latency Hardware Storage 52

SQL Performance

MARCH 15, 2021

In my last post , I illustrated one reason you should stop using deprecated system tables like sysprocesses. Since SQL Server 2012 (and, to a much lesser extent, since SQL Server 2008), the most complete and flexible solution for monitoring events on a SQL Server instance has been Extended Events.

Servers 64

Servers Azure Best Practices Monitoring 64

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! Ford, et al., “TCP

Performance 52

Performance Latency Cache Virtualization 52

The Agile Manager

DECEMBER 31, 2018

The Financial Times recently ran a long article describing the breakdown of governance over the Crossrail development , the first new underground railway in London in over a century. Soon after," writes Dr. Kay, "Prince was forced from office and Citigroup was bailed out by the US taxpayer."

Government 40

Government Development Systems 40

The Agile Manager

JULY 31, 2020

Even as the pandemic hits sales, [automakers] need to pour vast sums into developing electrical vehicles - with absolutely no guarantee of success. -- FT Lex, July 29, 2020 Socioeconomic systems in transition are impossible to navigate.

Innovation 52

Innovation Automotive Transportation Strategy 52

Testsigma

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Keeping development and usage aside, a lot of people do want to contribute to open-source projects but are not sure where to start. For example, Django is an open-source project and is extremely big, complex and is huge in the web development world. The software is for everybody to use, contribute or provide any help that they want.

Open Source 52

Open Source Code Software Software 52

Sutter's Mill

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

6 Use Lock Hierarchies to Avoid Deadlock (Jan 2008). Feb 2008). 8 Going Superlinear (Mar 2008). 9 Super Linearity and the Bigger Machine (Apr 2008). 10 Interrupt Politely (May 2008). 11 Maximize Locality, Minimize Contention (Jun 2008). 12 Choose Concurrency-Friendly Data Structures (Jul 2008).

Programming 41

Programming Website Scalability Design 41

Sutter's Mill

AUGUST 27, 2010

6 Use Lock Hierarchies to Avoid Deadlock (Jan 2008). Feb 2008). 8 Going Superlinear (Mar 2008). 9 Super Linearity and the Bigger Machine (Apr 2008). 10 Interrupt Politely (May 2008). 11 Maximize Locality, Minimize Contention (Jun 2008). 12 Choose Concurrency-Friendly Data Structures (Jul 2008).

Website 40

Website Scalability Code Design 40

Dynatrace

JULY 24, 2023

The evolution of DevOps automation Since the concept of DevOps emerged around 2007 and 2008 in response to pain points with Agile development, DevOps automation has been continuously evolving. As a result, it saves critical developer time and expedites the mean time to resolution (MTTR).

DevOps 225

DevOps Traffic Efficiency Servers 225

Sutter's Mill

JULY 12, 2010

6 Use Lock Hierarchies to Avoid Deadlock (Jan 2008). Feb 2008). 8 Going Superlinear (Mar 2008). 9 Super Linearity and the Bigger Machine (Apr 2008). 10 Interrupt Politely (May 2008). 11 Maximize Locality, Minimize Contention (Jun 2008). 12 Choose Concurrency-Friendly Data Structures (Jul 2008).

C++ 40

C++ Java Programming Website 40

O'Reilly Software

OCTOBER 23, 2018

A look at the roles of architect and strategist, and how they help develop successful technology strategies for business. Technology systems are difficult to wrangle. Our systems grow in accidental complexity and complication over time. I should start by saying this section does not offer a treatise on how to do architecture.

Strategy 100

Strategy Architecture Technology Technology 100

Randon ASCII

FEBRUARY 11, 2018

Zombies probably won’t consume 32 GB of your memory like they did to me, but zombie processes do exist, and I can help you find them and make sure that developers fix them. I tweeted about my discovery and the investigation was picked up by another software developer and they reproed the bug using my ProcessCreateTests tool.

Processing 72

Processing Programming Code Cache 72

All Things Distributed

MARCH 24, 2011

Werner Vogels weblog on building scalable and robust distributed systems. The images from the 2008 TNW Conference have travelled around the world in my Animoto demo: This year TNW is showing that it is not just a conference for talkers but also for builders by organizing a massive Hackaton in the two days running up to the conference.

AWS 96

AWS Internet Internet Storage 96

Smashing Magazine

JUNE 3, 2022

These compiled systems for letters and symbols, which are representations of sounds and information, get a lot of use and are a large part of graphic communication. Fast forward to the early 1960s, phototypesetting systems appeared. Instead, we need to address multiple factors within the design system. Large preview ).

Performance 110

Performance Design Best Practices Testing 110

The Agile Manager

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

Think about policy renewal operations at insurance companies, or specialized software developers working in silos: they are information workers, but they are on an information assembly line, doing piecework and passing it onto the next person. "[Big Brain cells connect via trillions of synapses in adaptable and complex ways.

Education 45

Education Best Practices Retail Network 45

All Things Distributed

APRIL 5, 2012

Werner Vogels weblog on building scalable and robust distributed systems. Recently I had great conversations with Troy Otillio, Senior Development Manager at Intuit and Jack Murgia, Senior DevOps Engineer at Edmodo. and took near zero development effort. All Things Distributed. By Werner Vogels on 06 April 2012 06:00 AM.

Innovation 149

Innovation AWS Education Network 149

The Agile Manager

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Hire some developers fluent in a legacy technology, make sure you have an objective way of auditing their extraction of the rule base, and identify a cadre of employees who can understand those rules well enough to more comprehensively catalog and contextualize them. There are people behind the systems to which we're bound today.

Strategy 40

Strategy Java Code Systems 40

Smashing Magazine

AUGUST 20, 2021

Yet, for all these technological developments, it’s interesting that many of us are still serving sites in the same way Tim did with the very first website — a web server serving static website files. However, unlike the early days of the web, static sites are no longer limited to developers working in a code editor.

Ecommerce 139

Ecommerce Website Government Internet 139

The Agile Manager

APRIL 28, 2008

Indeterminate counterparty risk in a highly interconnected financial system means there’s a chance capital markets could get blindsided yet again, so hedge funds are front and centre of the regulatory debate. How can anybody expect that deterministic project planning will keep pace with changes and discoveries made during development?

Best Practices 40

Best Practices Innovation Mobile Systems 40

The Agile Manager

JANUARY 10, 2011

Tech, and especially tech services, went counter-cyclical a few months into the last recession (2008). That capital, while being deployed now, is still jittery and remains at risk of systemic shock. There's been a sea-change in the technology sector, from counter-cyclical to pro-cyclical.

Hardware 40

Hardware Internet Internet Mobile 40

The Netflix TechBlog

AUGUST 29, 2023

A brief history of IPC at Netflix Netflix was early to the cloud, particularly for large-scale companies: we began the migration in 2008, and by 2010, Netflix streaming was fully run on AWS. To improve availability, we designed systems where components could fail separately and avoid single points of failure.

Traffic 220

Traffic Latency Cloud C++ 220

SQL Performance

APRIL 26, 2019

Do not expect the data to start flowing into the tables immediately; this will take time to make its way through the system. He has been working with and supporting SQL Server predominantly in healthcare since 2008 in an administration, architecture, development, and BI capacity. PerformanceAnalysisDataDatabaseCounter.

Azure 40

Azure Database Metrics Servers 40

O'Reilly

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

” Consider the structural evolutions of that theme: Stage 1: Hadoop and Big Data By 2008, many companies found themselves at the intersection of “a steep increase in online activity” and “a sharp decline in costs for storage and computing.” This technique simulates interactions in a complex system.

Hardware 99

Hardware Storage Big Data Blockchain 99

O'Reilly

JULY 25, 2023

And if I switch tabs to view a paper from 2008, then a song from 2008 could start up. To provide some coherence to the music, I decided to use Taylor Swift songs since her discography covers the time span of most papers that I typically read: Her main albums were released in 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2017, 2019, 2020, and 2022.

Programming 98

Programming Code Design Benchmarking 98

The Agile Manager

MARCH 31, 2021

Shippers, facing excessive capacity after the financial crisis of 2008, either went out of business, merged, or did deals to fill their ships to capacity. The systemic fragility was as plain as day. This was a fragile system operating on borrowed time. The triggering event had happened before. This is not a black swan event.

Transportation 52

Transportation Retail Traffic Efficiency 52

All Things Distributed

MARCH 26, 2018

March 26, 2008 doesn't have any delicious desserts associated with it, but that's the day when we launched Availability Zones for Amazon EC2. Zones impact how we build, deploy, and operate software, as well as how we enforce security controls between our largest systems. The Amazon S3 team still celebrate with homemade pies!

AWS 134

AWS Latency Lambda Architecture 134

Alex Russell

AUGUST 30, 2021

Recent posts here covering the slow pace of WebKit development and ways the mobile browser market has evolved to disrespect user choice have sparked conversations with friends and colleagues. Also, allowing other web browser engines could put users at risk if developers abandon their apps or fail to address a security flaw quickly.

Engineering 98

Engineering Open Source Website Operating System 98

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

Randon ASCII

FEBRUARY 25, 2018

The developers who investigated knew immediately that something weird was happening but they couldn’t reproduce the bug locally so they were forced to make guesses. But, not surprisingly, when developers see a number around negative one billion their eyes glaze over and the numbers all start to look the same. And it didn’t crash.

Programming 79

Programming Hardware Cache Code 79

The Agile Manager

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Rewarding people for hitting financial targets created trading for trading's sake and runaway bonuses, culminating in an "I'll be gone, you'll be gone" culture that intensified the 2008 financial crisis. Companies have lost a lot of tribal knowledge about their systems and even their core business. Let that sink in for a moment.

Metrics 40

Metrics Games Education Efficiency 40

Highly Scalable

MARCH 10, 2015

Most of this article represents an overview of the results published by retailers and researchers who built practical decision making and optimization systems combining abstract economic models with data mining methods. The most typical use cases for this problem are recommender systems, personalized search results ranking, and targeted ads.

Retail 152

Retail C++ Analytics Metrics 152

Brendan Gregg

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Switching from Solaris to Linux has become much easier in the last two years, with Linux developments in ZFS, Zones, and DTrace. Linux has also been developing its own ZFS-like filesystem, btrfs. Since ZFS is an add-on developed out-of-tree, it will always be harder to get the same level of attention. LTS (April 2016).

Virtualization 76

Virtualization AWS Engineering Hardware 76

The Agile Manager

AUGUST 31, 2010

Developers come and go. Common sense and statistical analysis both conclude that an optimized system is sensitive to the tiniest of variations. On that subject of robustness, Taleb observed : Close to 1000 financial institutions have shut down in 2007 and 2008 from the underestimation of outsized market moves, with losses up to 3.6

Government 40

Government Efficiency Technology Technology 40