SQL Performance

APRIL 8, 2019

Back on December 5, 2017, Microsoft announced that they were using AMD EPYC 7551 processors in their storage-optimized Lv2-Series virtual machines. These VMs are not available in all regions, so you will want to check the availability in the Azure region that you are interested in using. Figure 2: Microsoft Project Olympus.

Azure 42

Azure Virtualization Storage Benchmarking 42

Percona

APRIL 12, 2023

Let’s start with this: MongoDB is accurately referred to as source-available software. 2016: The company adds service-loaded MongoDB Professional to its mix. Though still not “profitable” by many benchmarks, it’s a lot closer to being so, perhaps in a big way.) 2017: MongoDB goes public, trading as MDB.

Open Source 81

Open Source Programming Database Servers 81

Alex Russell

APRIL 29, 2021

This post mines publicly available data on the pace of compatibility fixes and feature additions to assess the claim. As an engineer on a browser team, I'm privy to the blow-by-blow of various performance projects, benchmark fire drills, and the ways performance marketing (deeply) impacts engineering priorities. Higher is better.

Media 145

Media Games Education Engineering 145

Alex Russell

MAY 9, 2022

It's challenging for teams climbing the maturity ladder to sift through the many available browser and tool-vendor data points to understand which ones to measure and manage. They are charting a course based on better information because they are cognizant that it is both valuable and potentially available. but against what baseline?

Performance 86

Performance Latency Metrics Engineering 86