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AWS re:Invent 2017: How Netflix Tunes EC2

Brendan Gregg

My last talk for 2017 was at AWS re:Invent, on "How Netflix Tunes EC2 Instances for Performance," an updated version of my [2014] talk. WARNING: These tunables were developed in late 2017, for Ubuntu Xenial instances on EC2.** Casey Rosenthal (traffic and chaos) Models of Availability. We help where we can. schedtool –B PID.

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AWS re:Invent 2017: How Netflix Tunes EC2

Brendan Gregg

My last talk for 2017 was at AWS re:Invent, on "How Netflix Tunes EC2 Instances for Performance," an updated version of my [2014] talk. WARNING: These tunables were developed in late 2017, for Ubuntu Xenial instances on EC2.** Casey Rosenthal (traffic and chaos) Models of Availability. We help where we can. schedtool –B PID.

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NULL complexities – Part 1

SQL Performance

Finally, I cover missing standard features related to NULL handling in T-SQL and suggest alternatives that are available in T-SQL. As a best practice, if you know that an attribute is not supposed to allow NULLs, make sure you enforce it with a NOT NULL constraint as part of the column definition.

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Measuring The Performance Of Typefaces For Users (Part 1)

Smashing Magazine

What would the world’s most ideal, best practice and design research-driven highly legible serif, sans serif, and slab serif possibly be like? 400 pages , jam-packed with in-depth user research and best practices. It is a very interesting idea that builds on previous best practices to find an optimal solution.

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Understanding the Importance of 5 Nines Availability

IO River

What is 5 Nines Availability?In However, consumers often prioritize availability in many systems. Furthermore, there are many recognized standards to measure the availability of a service or system, and the most common one is to measure it as a percentage."Five This level of availability equates to only about 5.26

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Understanding the Importance of 5 Nines Availability

IO River

What is 5 Nines Availability?In However, consumers often prioritize availability in many systems. Furthermore, there are many recognized standards to measure the availability of a service or system, and the most common one is to measure it as a percentage."Five This level of availability equates to only about 5.26

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Tuning SQL Server Reporting Services

SQL Performance

For years SSRS was bundled with the installation of SQL Server, which helped add to some of the confusion around licensing and support for the product, so beginning with SSRS 2017, the installation package for Reporting Services is a separate download. Unlike the system database tempdb, ReportServerTempDB is not recreated at startup.

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