The Morning Paper

NOVEMBER 15, 2020

With more nodes and more coordination comes more complexity, both in design and operation. When used in prevention mode (IPS), this all has to happen inline over incoming traffic to block any traffic with suspicious signatures. Increasing the amount of work we can do on a single unit. Back of the envelope.

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The Morning Paper

JUNE 25, 2019

Designing far memory data structures: think outside the box Aguilera et al., Therefore, if we want to make full use of one-sided far memory, we need to think carefully about the design of our data structures to make that access efficient. This makes it challenging to design effective far memory data structures. HotOS’19.

Design 80

Design Cache Hardware Scalability 80

Percona

JULY 7, 2023

Unfortunately, using certain open source database software as part of an HA architecture can present significant challenges. Where a high availability design once worked well, it can no longer keep up with more complex requirements. Despite all its upside, PostgreSQL software presents such challenges. there cannot be high availability.

Availability 82

Availability Open Source Architecture Database 82

Percona

APRIL 17, 2023

The swap issue is explained in the excellent article by Jeremy Cole at the Swap Insanity and NUMA Architecture. This schema design approach ensures data consistency and enables complex queries involving multiple tables, but it can be rigid and may pose scaling challenges as data volume increases.

Best Practices 52

Best Practices Design Tuning Database 52

Percona

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

To address these challenges, architects must design robust and scalable MongoDB databases and adopt appropriate sharding strategies that can efficiently handle increasing workloads while ensuring continuous availability. 2) Hardware limitations Disk and memory are inexpensive nowadays. An example is running MongoDB on Mesos.

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Best Practices Traffic Database Servers 70

ACM Sigarch

OCTOBER 12, 2020

The focus of most published research in architecture is on applications implemented in high-performance, “ close-to-the-metal” languages essentially developed before computers got fast. To be clear, these languages were not designed to be fast or space-efficient, but for ease of use. As Leiserson et al.

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C++ Benchmarking Hardware Architecture 108

Percona

AUGUST 30, 2023

In general terms, here are potential trouble spots: Hardware failure: Manufacturing defects, wear and tear, physical damage, and other factors can cause hardware to fail. heat) can damage hardware components and prompt data loss. Human mistakes: Incorrect configuration is an all-too-common cause of hardware and software failure.

Database 85

Database Hardware Open Source Strategy 85

Scalegrid

JANUARY 8, 2024

Discover key insights and strategic advice in our article, designed to steer you toward the best cloud solution that fits your company’s priorities. Like ScaleGrid’s offerings for multi-cloud architecture compatibility, its solutions are well-suited for use within a single cloud provider or a hybrid cloud setup as well.

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Strategy Cloud Scalability Artificial Intelligence 147

Scalegrid

JANUARY 5, 2024

It was initially designed to mitigate the limitations of file management systems, including slow operations, inadequate security, and substantial data redundancy. However, some challenges may arise when scaling a DBMS, such as improper traffic distribution, inefficient database management, and performance issues.

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Efficiency Storage Database Scalability 147

The Netflix TechBlog

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Before designing a solution it’s important to understand the main product requirements for such a feature: The content needs to be new, relevant, and regional (not all countries have the same catalogue). To support the demands of our stakeholders we designed a Domain Specific Language (DSL) that we call an asset generation recipe.

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The Netflix TechBlog

JUNE 4, 2019

Because microprocessors are so fast, computer architecture design has evolved towards adding various levels of caching between compute units and the main memory, in order to hide the latency of bringing the bits to the brains. For services, the gains were even more impressive.

Cache 251

Cache Latency Airlines Logistics 251

All Things Distributed

MARCH 11, 2016

The expectation was that with each order or two of magnitude, we would need to revisit and revise the architecture to make sure we could address the issues of scale. We needed to build such an architecture that we could introduce new software components without taking the service down. Primitives not frameworks. your resource usage.

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AWS Hardware Retail Virtualization 144

Smashing Magazine

OCTOBER 11, 2022

All industries have a part to play, and that includes web design and development. For example, changing our database architecture to be more efficient could save on server costs. Terabyte of wasted traffic. On design systems, UX, web performance and CSS/JS. On the Fact Sheets page, we can save approx. With approx.

Strategy 124

Strategy Development Energy Website 124

John McCalpin

AUGUST 1, 2018

According to Dr. Bandwidth, performance analysis has two recurring themes: How fast should this code (or “simple” variations on this code) run on this hardware? The user environment defines the mapping of MPI ranks to hardware resources (cores, sockets, nodes). The MPI runtime library. in ways that are seldom transparent.

Hardware 40

Hardware Transportation Performance Latency 40

All Things Distributed

MARCH 7, 2013

Shazam needed to handle an enormous increase in traffic for the duration of the Super Bowl and used DynamoDB as part of their architecture. This rapid adoption has allowed us to benefit from the scale economies inherent in our architecture. When is it appropriate to use DynamoDB? As Amazonâ??s

Ecommerce 139

Ecommerce Storage Scalability Hardware 139

VoltDB

JUNE 1, 2017

An opening scene involving a traffic jam of Viking boats and a musical number (“Love Can’t Afjord to wait”). Hardware Optimizers” want to get the maximum utilization out of hardware. Private Clouds made of commodity hardware are perceived as the logical solution to this problem. Vikings fight zombies.

Hardware 56

Hardware Latency Virtualization Cloud 56

Percona

AUGUST 15, 2023

Below is an example architecture for Group Replication. Failover ensures that if the primary MySQL server becomes unavailable due to hardware failure or another issue, the system seamlessly switches to a standby replica. When a problem is detected, these tools automatically redirect traffic to a standby replica.

Servers 52

Servers Database Availability Traffic 52

Alex Russell

MARCH 6, 2021

Hardware Past As Performance Prologue. Regardless, the overall story for hardware progress remains grim, particularly when we recall how long device replacement cycles are: Tap for a larger version. Chip design choices and silicon economics are the defining feature of the still-growing Performance Inequality Gap. Mind The Gap.

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Performance Network Cache Metrics 124

The Morning Paper

MAY 14, 2019

Last time around we looked at the DeathStarBench suite of microservices-based benchmark applications and learned that microservices systems can be especially latency sensitive, and that hotspots can propagate through a microservices architecture in interesting ways. When available, it can use hardware level performance counters.

Big Data 45

Big Data Cloud Performance Hardware 45

ACM Sigarch

AUGUST 20, 2018

same instruction set architecture, same operating system, etc.). Looking at current hardware and software security research, however, we are seeing a number of technologies that are being developed that limit this type of broad interoperability. Individualizing digital systems.

Hardware 47

Hardware Operating System Architecture Software 47

Percona

JULY 1, 2023

Understanding DBaaS DBaaS cloud services allow users to use databases without configuring physical hardware and infrastructure or installing software. This eliminates the need for complex or scripted backup procedures and designated backup windows. Considering a Fully Managed DBaaS Offering For Your Business?

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AWS Database Serverless Storage 52

VoltDB

JUNE 1, 2017

An opening scene involving a traffic jam of Viking boats and a musical number (“Love Can’t Afjord to wait”). Hardware Optimizers” want to get the maximum utilization out of hardware. Private Clouds made of commodity hardware are perceived as the logical solution to this problem. Vikings fight zombies.

Hardware 40

Hardware Latency Virtualization Cloud 40

All Things Distributed

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

The reality is that many traditional BI solutions are built on top of legacy desktop and on-premises architectures that are decades old. Finally, their complex user experiences are designed for power users and not suitable for the fast-growing segment of business users.

Analytics 152

Analytics Availability Media Social Media 152

All Things Distributed

JANUARY 18, 2012

a Fast and Scalable NoSQL Database Service Designed for Internet Scale Applications. Today is a very exciting day as we release Amazon DynamoDB , a fast, highly reliable and cost-effective NoSQL database service designed for internet scale applications. Amazon DynamoDB â?? By Werner Vogels on 18 January 2012 07:00 AM. Comments ().

Scalability 167

Scalability Database Ecommerce Latency 167

All Things Distributed

JUNE 21, 2012

If we had chosen to use a more traditional database approach, we would still be in the process of designing the system for horizontal scalability in addition to negotiating license agreements.â??. They needed to be able to handle an enormous increase in traffic for the duration of the event and used DynamoDB as part of their architecture.

Games 142

Games Scalability AWS Database 142

Alex Russell

JULY 14, 2021

Meanwhile, on Android, the #2 and #3 sources of web traffic do not respect browser choice. The benefits to apps that adopt WebView-based IABs are numerous: WebViews are system components designed for use within other apps. Hardware access APIs, notably: Geolocation. Basic navigation and window management features to (e.g.

Google 121

Google Mobile Engineering Internet 121

Alex Russell

OCTOBER 22, 2017

One distinct trend is a belief that a JavaScript framework and Single-Page Architecture (SPA) is a must for PWA development. Contended, over-subscribed cells can make “fast” networks brutally slow, transport variance can make TCP much less efficient , and the bursty nature of web traffic works against us.

Performance 68

Performance Benchmarking Network Mobile 68

Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 11, 2021

Performance isn’t just a technical concern: it affects everything from accessibility to usability to search engine optimization, and when baking it into the workflow, design decisions have to be informed by their performance implications. Looking back now, things seem to have changed quite significantly. Large preview ). Large preview ).

Performance 145

Performance Cache Media Metrics 145

Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 6, 2020

Performance isn’t just a technical concern: it affects everything from accessibility to usability to search engine optimization, and when baking it into the workflow, design decisions have to be informed by their performance implications. Map design decisions against performance budget and the priorities defined early on.

Performance 145

Performance Cache Network Metrics 145

Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 7, 2019

Performance isn’t just a technical concern: it matters, and when baking it into the workflow, design decisions have to be informed by their performance implications. Without a strong alignment between dev/design and business/marketing teams, performance isn’t going to sustain long-term. Large preview ). Setting Realistic Goals.

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Performance Cache Network Metrics 104