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Using Huge Pages with PostgreSQL Running Inside Kubernetes

Percona

Modern servers operate with terabytes of RAM, and by default, processors work with virtual memory address translation for each 4KB page. Please check out the Why Linux HugePages are Super Important for Database Servers: A Case with PostgreSQL blog post for more information. It’s easy with anydbver and k3d.

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SQL Server on Linux: Scatter/Gather == Vectored I/O

SQL Server According to Bob

If my memory serves me correctly SQL Server started using the ReadFileScatter and WriteFileGather APIs in SQL Server 6.5 On Linux the capabilities are called “ Vectored I/O.” – Example writev SQL Server on Linux takes full advantage of vectored I/O, retaining the performance and design benefits.

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Percona Toolkit – A Quick Introduction to Summary

Percona

Percona Toolkit is a collection of advanced open source command-line tools, developed and used by the Percona technical staff, that are engineered to perform a variety of MySQL, MariaDB, MongoDB, and PostgreSQL server and system tasks that are too difficult or complex to perform manually. And you can get it from us at Percona. virtual = 2.2G

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HammerDB v4.3 New Features Pt1: Graphical Metrics for PostgreSQL

HammerDB

include/server -I/opt/postgresql-14.1/include/internal shared_preload_libraries = 'pg_stat_statements,pgsentinel' track_activity_query_size=2048 pg_stat_statements.save=on pg_stat_statements.track=all pgsentinel_pgssh.enable = true pgsentinel_ash.pull_frequency = 1 pgsentinel_ash.max_entries = 1000000. ./ -I/opt/postgresql-14.1/include/server

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SQL Server I/O Basics Chapter #2

SQL Server According to Bob

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