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PostgreSQL Performance Tuning: Optimizing Database Parameters for Maximum Efficiency

Percona

This blog was originally published in August 2018 and was updated in May 2023. Key areas include: Configuration parameter tuning : This tuning involves altering variables such as memory allocation, disk I/O settings, and concurrent connections based on specific hardware and requirements.

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The Performance Inequality Gap, 2024

Alex Russell

HTML, CSS, images, and fonts can all be parsed and run at near wire speeds on low-end hardware, but JavaScript is at least three times more expensive, byte-for-byte. India's speed test medians are moving quickly, but variance is orders-of-magnitude wide, with 5G penetration below 25% in the most populous areas.

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HammerDB MySQL and MariaDB Best Practice for Performance and Scalability

HammerDB

As is also the case this limitation is at the database level (especially the storage engine) rather than the hardware level. For anyone benchmarking MySQL with HammerDB it is important to understand the differences from sysbench workloads as HammerDB is targeted at a testing a different usage model from sysbench. c_ytd_payment: 10.00

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Is Intel Doomed in the Server CPU Space?

SQL Performance

A close monitoring of the hardware enthusiast community, including many of the most respected hardware analysts and reviewers paints an even more dire picture about Intel in the server processor space. This made it easier for database professionals to make the case for a hardware upgrade, and made the typical upgrade more worthwhile.

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The Performance Inequality Gap, 2021

Alex Russell

India became a 4G-centric market sometime in 2018. Hardware Past As Performance Prologue. Using a global ASP as a benchmark can further mislead thanks to the distorting effect of ultra-high-end prices rising while shipment volumes stagnate. Recall that single-core performance most directly translates into speed on the web.

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Can You Afford It?: Real-world Web Performance Budgets

Alex Russell

Budgets are scaled to a benchmark network & device. JavaScript is the single most expensive part of any page in ways that are a function of both network capacity and device speed. Deciding what benchmark to use for a performance budget is crucial. Performance budgets are set early in the life of the project.

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Front-End Performance Checklist 2021

Smashing Magazine

You need a business stakeholder buy-in, and to get it, you need to establish a case study, or a proof of concept using the Performance API on how speed benefits metrics and Key Performance Indicators ( KPIs ) they care about. Note : If you use Page Speed Insights or Page Speed Insights API (no, it isn’t deprecated!),