The Netflix TechBlog

JUNE 4, 2019

We were able to meaningfully improve both the predictability and performance of these containers by taking some of the CPU isolation responsibility away from the operating system and moving towards a data driven solution involving combinatorial optimization and machine learning.

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Brendan Gregg

DECEMBER 31, 2017

A video of the talk is on youtube : The slides are on slideshare : I love this talk as I get to share more about what the Performance and Operating Systems team at Netflix does, rather than just my work. File System. Networking. Casey Rosenthal (traffic and chaos) Models of Availability. Storage I/O.

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Brendan Gregg

DECEMBER 30, 2017

A video of the talk is on youtube : The slides are on slideshare : I love this talk as I get to share more about what the Performance and Operating Systems team at Netflix does, rather than just my work. File System. Networking. Casey Rosenthal (traffic and chaos) Models of Availability. Storage I/O.

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Tuning AWS Best Practices Network 52

Percona

APRIL 17, 2023

In this blog post, we will discuss the best practices on the MongoDB ecosystem applied at the Operating System (OS) and MongoDB levels. We’ll also go over some best practices for MongoDB security as well as MongoDB data modeling. Without further ado, let’s start with the OS settings.

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Adrian Cockcroft

JUNE 21, 2022

The early days at Sun Cambridge were special, I absorbed a lot about networking and the technical side of the role from my fellow systems engineer Martin Baines, and we were driving all over the region in cool company cars (I had a Citroen BX 16V) selling a really hot product.

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Dynatrace

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

To function effectively, containers need to be able to communicate with each other and with network services. However, to be secure, containers must be properly isolated from each other and from the host system itself. Network scanners that see systems from the “outside” perspective. Network scanners.

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Open Source Benchmarking Best Practices Network 252

Dotcom-Montior

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Today’s applications are built on multiple technologies, relying on vast networks of third-party providers and CDN’s. Additionally, end users can access your site or applications from anywhere in the world using different browsers, operating systems, and mobile devices, all with varying connection speeds.

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Scalegrid

JANUARY 12, 2024

Various forms can take shape when discussing workloads within the realm of cloud computing environments – examples include order management databases, collaboration tools, videoconferencing systems, virtual desktops, and disaster recovery mechanisms. Storage is a critical aspect to consider when working with cloud workloads.

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Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 15, 2019

This includes the work done by the server, the client and the intermediary communications networks that transmit data between the two. All of the major browsers provide developer tools that allow us to measure network activity. Reduce Network Requests. Data transfer is one thing that we can measure quite easily. Large preview ).

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Percona

AUGUST 30, 2023

Without data backup mechanisms, there can be data loss or system downtime. Even worse, entire operating systems can crash, also resulting in data loss. Disaster recovery (DR) strategies are essential to ensuring the integrity, availability, and reliability of data, particularly in the event of unexpected failures or errors.

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Dynatrace

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Let’s explore this concept as we look at the best practices and solutions you should keep in mind to overcome the wall and keep up with today’s fast-paced and intricate cloud landscape. When an application runs on a single large computing element, a single operating system can monitor every aspect of the system.

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Smashing Magazine

MARCH 7, 2022

That user preference is available in two (hopefully soon to be three!) This is available behind a flag in Chrome, but not yet on by default while it finishes standardization. This is helpful for those on poor or expensive networks, so they don’t have to pay an exorbitant cost just to visit your website. Save Data API.

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Dynatrace

OCTOBER 17, 2019

And with today’s increasing financial, availability, performance and innovation requirements meaning applications need to be geographically dispersed to constantly changing dynamic powerhouses, it has become simply not possible to provision, update, monitor and decommissions them by only leveraging manual processes.

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SQL Server According to Bob

JULY 13, 2016

And the Operating System environment for Windows Server has become more robust but has introduced more features and complexity. So the initial time to run this all depends on your network speed. The setup and installer logs are all available as with any normal SQL Server setup experience. How do I know this?

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Percona

JUNE 6, 2023

When it comes to backups, there are multiple types available, each with its own advantages and limitations. In order to implement effective full backups of your database, you must follow some best practices. Network Bandwidth Utilization : This is another potential disadvantage when it comes to full backups.

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Storage Strategy Network Efficiency 68

Smashing Magazine

OCTOBER 6, 2021

The “Changes” panel should be already available by default and next to the “Computed” tab. To simplify this behavior, a best practice is to ensure your styles include resetting all elements to use border-box. Additionally, you can persist your changes by using the local overrides feature.

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O'Reilly

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

These are tasks that comprise gaps in the midst of critical workflows or processes; tasks that (as often as not) connect or span separate programs, systems, or networks. Fourth , RPA expects program, system, and even network heterogeneity. Just by manipulating the mouse and clicking a sequence of “Yes,” “OK,” etc.,

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Processing Programming Virtualization Technology 83

The Morning Paper

MARCH 1, 2020

We looked at a couple of papers that had pre-prints available last week, today we’ll be looking at one of the most anticipated papers of this year’s crop: Amazon’s Firecracker. for block IO, process scheduling and memory management, and the TUN/TAP virtual network interfaces). Integrating Firecracker into AWS.

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Scalegrid

JULY 13, 2020

Compare PostgreSQL vs. Oracle functionality across available tools, capabilities and services. Compare ease of use across compatibility, extensions, tuning, operating systems, languages and support providers. PostgreSQL is an open source object-relational database system with over 30 years of active development.

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SQL Server According to Bob

JANUARY 11, 2020

Subsystem / Path The ​​ I/O subsystem or path ​​ includes ​​ those ​​ components ​​ that are ​​ used to support an I/O operation. aspx ) and ​​ Sparse Files ​​ ( [link] f ault.asp?url=/library/en-us/fileio/fs/sparse_files.asp

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Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 7, 2019

Time to Interactive (TTI) The point at which layout has stabilized, key webfonts are visible, and the main thread is available enough to handle user input — basically the time mark when a user can interact with the UI. If you don’t have a device at hand, emulate mobile experience on desktop by testing on a throttled network (e.g.

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