Brendan Gregg

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Hardware virtualization for cloud computing has come a long way, improving performance using technologies such as VT-x, SR-IOV, VT-d, NVMe, and APICv. At Netflix, we've been using these technologies as they've been made available for instance types in the AWS EC2 cloud.

Virtualization 111

Virtualization AWS Hardware Storage 111

Adrian Cockcroft

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

We used this model effectively at Netflix when I was their cloud architect from 2010 through 2013. The virtualization and networking platform could be datacenter based, with something like VMware, or cloud based using one of the cloud providers such as AWS EC2.

Engineering 137

Engineering Serverless Lambda AWS 137

All Things Distributed

MARCH 20, 2013

The Netflix OSS Cloud Prize. By Werner Vogels on 20 March 2013 05:00 PM. Netflix has over the years become one of the absolute best engineering powerhouses for building cloud-native applications. At AWS we are very proud to be their infrastructure partner and every day we learn from how they use our cloud services.

Cloud 109

Cloud AWS Open Source Infrastructure 109

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., This was a chance to talk about other things I've been working on, such as the present and future of hardware performance.

Performance 52

Performance Latency Hardware Storage 52

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!

Performance 52

Performance Latency Cache Virtualization 52

Scalegrid

JANUARY 24, 2019

ScaleGrid is no novice when it comes to deploying and managing complex, sharded clusters in the cloud, as they have provided one of the most powerful sharding tools for their MongoDB hosting solutions since 2013. High Performance. Secure the same level of high-performance as standalone Redis deployments.

Availability 113

Availability Open Source AWS DevOps 113

High Scalability

OCTOBER 19, 2018

It's HighScalability time: Now that's a cloud! Know anyone looking for a simple book explaining the cloud? Then please recommend my well reviewed book: Explain the Cloud Like I'm 10. Then please recommend my well reviewed book: Explain the Cloud Like I'm 10. 2080 Ti destroys V100 / Titan V on performance per dollar.

Internet 123

Internet Internet Scalability Lambda 123

All Things Distributed

JULY 7, 2013

Exerting Fine Grain Control Over Your Cloud Resources. By Werner Vogels on 07 July 2013 06:30 PM. As customers move increasing amounts of compute and database workloads over to AWS, they have expressed an increased desire for finer grain control over their underlying resources. Comments (). productionâ?? productionâ??

Cloud 114

Cloud AWS Database Scalability 114

Brendan Gregg

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

Hardware virtualization for cloud computing has come a long way, improving performance using technologies such as VT-x, SR-IOV, VT-d, NVMe, and APICv. At Netflix, we've been using these technologies as they've been made available for instance types in the AWS EC2 cloud.

Virtualization 40

Virtualization AWS Hardware Storage 40

Percona

DECEMBER 28, 2022

To understand this better let’s see what happens when we perform any DDL operation in a binary log-based replication environment and in the Aurora replication environment. If you are performing frequent DDL operations in your database, it is not recommended to take logical backups from Aurora Reader. Trying to reconnect.

Storage 93

Storage Servers AWS Database 93

All Things Distributed

APRIL 17, 2013

Expanding the Cloud: Faster, More Flexible Queries with DynamoDB. By Werner Vogels on 17 April 2013 10:30 AM. While DynamoDB already allows you to perform low-latency queries based on your tableâ?? While DynamoDB already allows you to perform low-latency queries based on your tableâ??s Comments (). Today, Iâ??m

Cloud 114

Cloud Latency Games Scalability 114

Percona

APRIL 12, 2023

Here are other key developments in company history: 2013: 10gen changes its name to MongoDB, Inc. The company also releases MongoDB Atlas, promoting it as the most cost-effective way to run MongoDB in the Cloud. Some might say this marked the beginning of MongoDB’s “cloud push” escalation.)

Open Source 83

Open Source Programming Database Servers 83

Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 11, 2021

Front-End Performance Checklist 2021. Front-End Performance Checklist 2021. This guide has been kindly supported by our friends at LogRocket , a service that combines frontend performance monitoring , session replay, and product analytics to help you build better customer experiences. Web performance is a tricky beast, isn’t it?

Performance 145

Performance Cache Media Metrics 145

All Things Distributed

MAY 22, 2013

By Werner Vogels on 22 May 2013 08:30 AM. s message of price , performance and simplicity has resonated with our customers. these are core principles for every AWS service. A lot of the power of AWS comes from the fact that we can invest in expertise in these sorts of areas and spread the benefits across all our customers.

Design 110

Design AWS Hardware Media 110

Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 6, 2020

Front-End Performance Checklist 2020 [PDF, Apple Pages, MS Word]. Front-End Performance Checklist 2020 [PDF, Apple Pages, MS Word]. Web performance is a tricky beast, isn’t it? How do we actually know where we stand in terms of performance, and what our performance bottlenecks exactly are? Vitaly Friedman.

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Performance Cache Network Metrics 145

All Things Distributed

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

Expanding the Cloud - Introducing AWS OpsWorks, a Powerful Application Management Solution. By Werner Vogels on 18 February 2013 11:30 PM. As with all the AWS Application Management services AWS OpsWorks is provided at no additional charge. AWS customers only pay for those resources that they have used.

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AWS Cloud Architecture Infrastructure 157

O'Reilly Software

MARCH 7, 2018

blocking), discarding data, or none—which can lead to resilience problems, poor performance, or worse: rapid unscheduled disassembly in production. To address the problem of flow control, an initiative called reactive streams was created in late 2013 to “provide a standard for asynchronous stream processing with non-blocking backpressure.”.

Transportation 72

Transportation Java Programming Architecture 72

All Things Distributed

DECEMBER 12, 2013

We launched DynamoDB last year to address the need for a cloud database that provides seamless scalability, irrespective of whether you are doing ten transactions or ten million transactions, while providing rock solid durability and availability. You saw the first iteration in April 2013 with the launch of Local Secondary Indexes (LSI).

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Games Scalability Database Retail 130