DZone

JANUARY 23, 2022

Hardware - servers/storage hardware/software faults such as disk failure, disk full, other hardware failures, servers running out of allocated resources, server software behaving abnormally, intra DC network connectivity issues, etc. Redundancy in power, network, cooling systems, and possibly everything else relevant.

Hardware 243

Hardware DevOps Network Storage 243

DZone

APRIL 21, 2023

Test tools are software or hardware designed to test a system or application. Various test tools are available for different types of testing, including unit testing, integration testing, and more.

Testing Tools 187

Testing Tools Best Practices Testing Hardware 187

Scalegrid

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Key Takeaways Distributed storage systems benefit organizations by enhancing data availability, fault tolerance, and system scalability, leading to cost savings from reduced hardware needs, energy consumption, and personnel. Variations within these storage systems are called distributed file systems.

Storage 130

Storage Systems Big Data Azure 130

Smashing Magazine

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Touch Design For Mobile Interfaces: Defining Mobile Devices (Excerpt). Touch Design For Mobile Interfaces: Defining Mobile Devices (Excerpt). Mobile phones are rapidly becoming touchscreens and touchscreen phones are increasingly all-touch, with the largest possible display area and fewer and fewer hardware buttons.

Mobile 103

Mobile Design Internet Internet 103

Scalegrid

MAY 13, 2020

Greenplum Database is an open-source , hardware-agnostic MPP database for analytics, based on PostgreSQL and developed by Pivotal who was later acquired by VMware. Greenplum uses an MPP database design that can help you develop a scalable, high performance deployment. Greenplum Architectural Design. What Exactly is Greenplum?

Big Data 321

Big Data Database Artificial Intelligence Open Source 321

Smashing Magazine

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Meet Touch Design For Mobile Interfaces, A New Smashing Book By Steven Hoober. Meet Touch Design For Mobile Interfaces, A New Smashing Book By Steven Hoober. Touch Design for Mobile Interfaces presents and shares real information on hardware, people, interactions, and environments. Cover design by Espen Brunborg.

Mobile 87

Mobile Design Best Practices Website 87

High Scalability

DECEMBER 16, 2022

This means that users only pay for the computing resources they actually use, rather than having to invest in expensive hardware and software upfront. Another key benefit of cloud computing is its reliability and availability. This can result in significant cost savings, as well as increased flexibility and agility.

Cloud 201

Cloud Serverless Internet Internet 201

Dynatrace

DECEMBER 15, 2022

ITOps refers to the process of acquiring, designing, deploying, configuring, and maintaining equipment and services that support an organization’s desired business outcomes. Besides the traditional system hardware, storage, routers, and software, ITOps also includes virtual components of the network and cloud infrastructure.

Artificial Intelligence 195

Artificial Intelligence DevOps Hardware Virtualization 195

Dynatrace

DECEMBER 8, 2021

This centralization means all aspects of the system can share underlying hardware, are generally written in the same programming language, and the operating system level monitoring and diagnostic tools can help developers understand the entire state of the system. Dynamic applications with ephemeral services.

Cloud 220

Cloud Serverless Hardware Operating System 220

Percona

APRIL 17, 2023

Note that the intent of tuning the settings is not exclusively about improving performance but also enhancing the high availability and resilience of the MongoDB database. There is an issue with this, which causes the OS to swap even with memory available. Spoiler alert: This post focuses on MongoDB 3.6.X 25.84 - Total 21.04

Best Practices 52

Best Practices Design Tuning Database 52

The Morning Paper

JUNE 25, 2019

Designing far memory data structures: think outside the box Aguilera et al., Far memory brings many potential benefits over near memory: higher memory capacity through disaggregation, separate scaling between processing and far memory, better availability due to separate fault domains for far memory, and better shareability among processors.

Design 80

Design Cache Hardware Scalability 80

Scalegrid

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

The advantages of DBaaS Businesses can use their database services without having to purchase new hardware or set it up. Automated backups mean your database will never be lost and it will always be available for your company. Developers become more efficient while maintaining data integrity.

Healthcare 130

Healthcare Hardware Database Scalability 130

The Morning Paper

NOVEMBER 15, 2020

With more nodes and more coordination comes more complexity, both in design and operation. So we need low latency, but we also need very high throughput: A recurring theme in IDS/IPS literature is the gap between the workloads they need to handle and the capabilities of existing hardware/software implementations. Back of the envelope.

Servers 128

Servers Hardware Latency Design 128

The Morning Paper

MAY 12, 2019

An open-source benchmark suite for microservices and their hardware-software implications for cloud & edge systems Gan et al., It’s a pretty impressive effort to pull together and make available in open source (not yet available as I write this) such a suite, and I’m sure explains much of the long list of 24 authors on this paper.

Open Source 61

Open Source Hardware Benchmarking Systems 61

Dynatrace

AUGUST 11, 2022

Cloud providers then manage physical hardware, virtual machines, and web server software management. Increased availability. Because FaaS is a cloud-native approach, it makes great use of multisite cloud architecture to improve availability and reliability. Consider the challenges of function as a service.

Development 243

Development Serverless Best Practices Lambda 243

ACM Sigarch

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Although, only recently the security attacks on quantum computers have begun to be demonstrated, this brings to the forefront the need to consider security of quantum computer architectures as a first-class design objective. Given their promise, these computers are available, in some cases even freely, for access as cloud-based devices.

Architecture 72

Architecture Hardware Programming Cloud 72

Dynatrace

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Instead of worrying about infrastructure management functions, such as capacity provisioning and hardware maintenance, teams can focus on application design, deployment, and delivery. Serverless architecture offers several benefits for enterprises. Simplicity. The first benefit is simplicity. Let’s explore each in more detail.

Serverless 273

Serverless AWS Lambda Storage 273

Percona

JUNE 26, 2023

So we need to check whether this base / 16384 / 16391 file is available in / base location. So we need to check whether this base / 16384 / 16391 file is available in / base location. We need to identify whether it was deleted manually by mistake or was due to hardware failure.

Hardware 77

Hardware C++ Database Open Source 77

KeyCDN

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

PWAs are designed to work offline, be fast, and provide a seamless user experience across different devices. Motion UI Motion UI is a design trend involving animation and other interactive elements to create a more dynamic and engaging user experience. They thus adapt to the user's browser, screen size, and device specifications.

Artificial Intelligence 111

Artificial Intelligence Development Serverless Website 111

Percona

MARCH 28, 2023

” This acts as a step to ensure durability by recovering lost data from the same journal files in case of crashes, power, and hardware failures between the checkpoints (see below) Here’s what the process looks like. So, what happens when there’s an unexpected crash or hardware failure? wt list -c WiredTigerCheckpoint.33:

Hardware 89

Hardware C++ Storage Cache 89

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 89

Database Hardware Open Source Strategy 89

ACM Sigarch

AUGUST 3, 2023

(Editor’s Note: This post was submitted as a rebuttal to Andrew Chien’s July 24 SIGARCH Blog Post ) The recent post “ Why Embodied Carbon is a poor Architecture Design metric, and Operational Carbon remains an important Problem ” by Prof. Andrew Chien rightfully raises awareness of the challenges of reducing operational carbon.

Energy 98

Energy Architecture Hardware Metrics 98

Testlodge

APRIL 14, 2021

A software tester’s work life includes making sure that systems that have been designed to achieve specific results behave exactly as they should. These systems are a combination of different hardware and software which have been configured to perform the desired task. Types of Configuration Testing. Configuration Testing Objectives.

Testing 89

Testing Hardware Virtualization Operating System 89

Dynatrace

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Cloud migration is the process of transferring some or all your data, software, and operations to a cloud-based computing environment that offers unlimited scale and high availability. They need enough hardware to serve their anticipated volume and keep things running smoothly without buying too much or too little. Reduced cost.

Cloud 160

Cloud Traffic Best Practices Strategy 160

All Things Distributed

MAY 22, 2013

Amazon Redshift and Designing for Security. How do you handle availability, security, and integration?â?? ve talked about performance and availability in Amazon Redshift before. Amazon Redshift can also be set up to encrypt all data at rest using hardware-accelerated AES-256. All Things Distributed. Comments ().

Design 110

Design AWS Hardware Media 110

SQL Server According to Bob

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

When we released Always On Availability Groups in SQL Server 2012 as a new and powerful way to achieve high availability, hardware environments included NUMA machines with low-end multi-core processors and SATA and SAN drives for storage (some SSDs). As we moved towards SQL Server 2014, the pace of hardware accelerated.

Availability 40

Availability Servers Hardware Benchmarking 40

Percona

JANUARY 3, 2024

The proxy is designed to run continuously without needing to be restarted. sec) Conclusion These methods provide solutions for ProxySQL backups and restores, which play a pivotal role in safeguarding the integrity of your data and providing defense against various disasters, hardware malfunctions, data loss, and corruption.

Traffic 110

Traffic Hardware Cache Servers 110

Dynatrace

APRIL 5, 2021

This is where Lambda comes in: Developers can deploy programs with no concern for the underlying hardware, connecting to services in the broader ecosystem, creating APIs, preparing data, or sending push notifications directly in the cloud, to list just a few examples. How does AWS Lambda work? Optimizing Lambda for performance.

Lambda 175

Lambda AWS Serverless Hardware 175

The Netflix TechBlog

AUGUST 30, 2021

Complementing the hardware is the software on the RAE and in the cloud, and bridging the software on both ends is a bi-directional control plane. For example, when running tests, the state of the device will change from “available for testing” to “in test.” In this blog post, we will focus on the latter feature set.

Latency 213

Latency Traffic Transportation Hardware 213

Testlodge

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Software testers explore the effectiveness of processes that should lead to quality software products to make sure they perform the purpose for which they have been designed. For medium to large scale applications, compatible with all commonly available operating systems and internet browsers is essential.

Testing 78

Testing Hardware Operating System Mobile 78

The Netflix TechBlog

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

AV1 playback on TV platforms relies on hardware solutions, which generally take longer to be deployed. Throughout 2020 the industry made impressive progress on AV1 hardware solutions. While software decoders enable AV1 playback for more powerful devices, a majority of Netflix members enjoy their favorite shows on TVs.

Media 246

Media Open Source Efficiency Software Engineering 246

Percona

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

This results in expedited query execution, reduced resource utilization, and more efficient exploitation of the available hardware resources. This not only enhances performance but also enables you to make more efficient use of your hardware resources, potentially resulting in cost savings on infrastructure.

Tuning 52

Tuning Database Performance Hardware 52

Adrian Cockcroft

JANUARY 17, 2022

There were five trends and topics for 2021, Serverless First, Chaos Engineering, Wardley Mapping, Huge Hardware, Sustainability. The need for systems to be resilient is still increasing, and chaos engineering tools and techniques are developing as a key way to validate that resilience is working as designed.

Serverless 98

Serverless Hardware AWS Architecture 98

ACM Sigarch

APRIL 26, 2018

BPU: Brain Processing Unit is the design of the AI chips by Horizon Robotics. With its modular architecture, DLA is scalable, highly configurable, and designed to simplify integration and portability. HPU: Holographic Processing Unit (HPU) is the specific hardware of Microsoft’s Hololens.

Hardware 99

Hardware Artificial Intelligence Architecture Google 99

Scalegrid

JANUARY 25, 2024

Understanding Redis Performance Indicators Redis is designed to handle high traffic and low latency with its in-memory data store and efficient data structures. It’s important to note that recommended throughput levels may vary depending on factors such as operating system type, network bandwidth availability, and hardware quality.

Metrics 130

Metrics Monitoring Latency Cache 130

Percona

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Rather than listing the concepts, function calls, etc, available in Citus, which frankly is a bit boring, I’m going to explore scaling out a database system starting with a single host. The “wal_level” is set at logical. Redundancy can potentially decrease overall performance.

Database 106

Database Benchmarking Latency C++ 106

The Netflix TechBlog

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

At Netflix, we periodically reevaluate our workloads to optimize utilization of available capacity. In this blogpost we describe one such problem and the tools we used to solve it. The problem It started off as a routine migration. We decided to move one of our Java microservices?—?let’s let’s call it GS2?—?to

Hardware 363

Hardware Cache Performance Latency 363