Brendan Gregg

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

As I was determined to become great at my new occupation regardless of my location, I read every sysadmin book, article, and magazine I could find on the shelf. I didn't end up getting published in SysAdmin directly, but my performance work did make it as a feature article (thanks Matty). Or even on a plane.

Performance 52

Performance Latency Cache Virtualization 52

O'Reilly

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

That pricing won’t be sustainable, particularly as hardware shortages drive up the cost of building infrastructure. These models are typically smaller (7 to 14 billion parameters) and easier to fine-tune, and they can run on very limited hardware; many can run on laptops, cell phones, or nanocomputers such as the Raspberry Pi.

Open Source 106

Open Source Artificial Intelligence Google Infrastructure 106

SQL Performance

JANUARY 22, 2020

However, strongly-typed isn't really strictly "strongly-typed" as you would expect, as this article is going to demonstrate, and performance could be impacted as a result. By their very definition, table-valued parameters are strongly-typed to a user-defined table type that must exist within the database where the call is being made.

Servers 55

Servers Azure Hardware Network 55

SQL Server According to Bob

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Durability is a cornerstone of any database system and starting with SQL Server 2017 on Linux Cumulative Update 6 (CU6), SQL Server on Linux enables “Forced Flush” behavior as described in this article , improving durability on non-Fua optimized systems. “Be Linux may need similar utilities to control various hardware cache installations.

Servers 90

Servers Media Cache Storage 90

Percona

JULY 1, 2023

Understanding DBaaS DBaaS cloud services allow users to use databases without configuring physical hardware and infrastructure or installing software. If you need to enable Amazon RDS remote access, this article will help you do so. Considering a Fully Managed DBaaS Offering For Your Business? Want to learn more? Contact us today.

AWS 52

AWS Database Serverless Storage 52

High Scalability

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

In this article, I will share the current architecture and some of the lessons we learned scaling it along with some of the things we are looking to improve upon in the near future. Tens of petabytes of data stored in our servers and other object stores such as GCS, S3 and Azure Blobstore. Egnyte Connect Platform. Data interdependence.

Architecture 52

Architecture Cache Azure Storage 52

Sutter's Mill

JUNE 21, 2012

While visiting Facebook earlier this month, I gave a shorter version of my “Welcome to the Jungle” talk, based on the eponymous WttJ article. Now welcome to the hardware jungle. I also mentioned this in the original WttJ article this is based on; just search for “reliability.”). Title: Herb Sutter: Welcome to the Jungle.

Latency 40

Latency Transportation Hardware Education 40