Brendan Gregg

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

At USENIX SREcon22 APAC I gave the opening keynote on the future of computer performance, rounding up the latest developments and making predictions of where I see things heading. This talk originated from my updates to [Systems Performance 2nd Edition], and this was the first time I've given this talk in person!

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Brendan Gregg

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Hardware virtualization for cloud computing has come a long way, improving performance using technologies such as VT-x, SR-IOV, VT-d, NVMe, and APICv. At Netflix, we've been using these technologies as they've been made available for instance types in the AWS EC2 cloud. Each dimension has progressed through these stages: 1.

Virtualization 111

Virtualization AWS Hardware Storage 111

O'Reilly

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

The results gave us insight into what our subscribers are paid, where they’re located, what industries they work for, what their concerns are, and what sorts of career development opportunities they’re pursuing. Cloud certifications, specifically in AWS and Microsoft Azure, were most strongly associated with salary increases.

Azure 145

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Brendan Gregg

JULY 4, 2021

It's an exciting time for developments in computer performance, not just for the BPF technology (which I often [write about]) but also for processors with 3D stacking and cloud vendor CPUs (e.g., This was a chance to talk about other things I've been working on, such as the present and future of hardware performance.

Performance 52

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VoltDB

JUNE 1, 2017

It was – like the hypothetical movie I describe above – more than a little bit odd, as you could leave a session discussing ever more abstract layers of virtualization and walk into one where they emphasized the critical importance of pinning a network interface to a specific VM for optimal performance.

Hardware 56

Hardware Latency Virtualization Cloud 56

Brendan Gregg

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

At USENIX SREcon22 APAC I gave the opening keynote on the future of computer performance, rounding up the latest developments and making predictions of where I see things heading. This talk originated from my updates to Systems Performance 2nd Edition , and this was the first time I've given this talk in person!

Performance 52

Performance Latency Cache Virtualization 52

Dotcom-Montior

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

those resources now belong to cloud providers, such as AWS Lambda, Google Cloud Platform, Microsoft Azure, and others. In serverless architecture, when applications are developed, they are typically composed of many different services. Focus on Application Development. Monitoring Serverless Applications with Dotcom-Monitor.

Serverless 57

Serverless Monitoring Lambda Latency 57

VoltDB

JUNE 1, 2017

It was – like the hypothetical movie I describe above – more than a little bit odd, as you could leave a session discussing ever more abstract layers of virtualization and walk into one where they emphasized the critical importance of pinning a network interface to a specific VM for optimal performance.

Hardware 40

Hardware Latency Virtualization Cloud 40

Dynatrace

JANUARY 26, 2021

Traditional computing models rely on virtual or physical machines, where each instance includes a complete operating system, CPU cycles, and memory. VMware commercialized the idea of virtual machines, and cloud providers embraced the same concept with services like Amazon EC2, Google Compute, and Azure virtual machines.

Serverless 243

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Dynatrace

AUGUST 11, 2022

Effective application development requires speed and specificity. Applications must work as intended and make their way through development pipelines as quickly as possible. FaaS enables enterprises to deliver on the evolving expectations of fast and furious app development. But what is FaaS? How does function as a service work?

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Development Serverless Best Practices Lambda 250

Adrian Cockcroft

JUNE 21, 2022

I became the Sun UK local specialist in performance and hardware, and as Sun transitioned from a desktop workstation company to sell high end multiprocessor servers I was helping customers find and fix scalability problems. We had specializations in hardware, operating systems, databases, graphics, etc. He hasn’t changed.

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Tuning Benchmarking Engineering C++ 52

Brendan Gregg

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

Hardware virtualization for cloud computing has come a long way, improving performance using technologies such as VT-x, SR-IOV, VT-d, NVMe, and APICv. At Netflix, we've been using these technologies as they've been made available for instance types in the AWS EC2 cloud. Each dimension has progressed through these stages: 1.

Virtualization 40

Virtualization AWS Hardware Storage 40

All Things Distributed

DECEMBER 20, 2017

Developments like cloud computing, the internet of things, artificial intelligence, and machine learning are proving that IT has (again) become a strategic business driver. Kärcher benefits as well: By developing this service, the company gets exact insight into how the machines are actually used by its customers.

Artificial Intelligence 79

Artificial Intelligence Social Media Logistics AWS 79

The Morning Paper

MARCH 1, 2020

Firecracker is the virtual machine monitor (VMM) that powers AWS Lambda and AWS Fargate, and has been used in production at AWS since 2018. The traditional view is that there is a choice between virtualization with strong security and high overhead, and container technologies with weaker security and minimal overhead.

Serverless 101

Serverless Virtualization Lambda AWS 101

KeyCDN

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Smart developers are always looking ahead for ways to adapt to the ever-changing world of web development. Staying on top of the latest web development trends could eventually help you land a job that doesn't exist yet. Here is a roundup of frontend web development trends to keep an eye on in 2023. Source: web.dev 2.

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Artificial Intelligence Development Serverless Website 111

Dynatrace

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Container environments enable enterprises to quickly deploy and develop cloud-native applications that can run anywhere. Instead, enterprises manage individual containers on virtual machines (VMs). In FaaS environments, providers manage all the hardware. Managed orchestration. Serverless container services. CaaS vs. FaaS.

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Serverless Azure Hardware Transportation 218

All Things Distributed

MARCH 11, 2016

The epoch of AWS is the launch of Amazon S3 on March 14, 2006, now almost 10 years ago. Given that AWS is a pioneer in building and operating these services world-wide, these lessons have been of crucial importance to our business. This is a given, whether you are using the highest quality hardware or lowest cost components.

AWS 144

AWS Hardware Retail Virtualization 144

O'Reilly

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Even with cloud-based foundation models like GPT-4, which eliminate the need to develop your own model or provide your own infrastructure, fine-tuning a model for any particular use case is still a major undertaking. Training models and developing complex applications on top of those models is becoming easier.

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Open Source Artificial Intelligence Google Infrastructure 106

Nick Desaulniers

APRIL 6, 2020

has given me much fulfilment and a long list of truly awful bugs to recount. My freshly built Linux kernel, built with a large new compiler feature that’s been in development for months is finally now building but is not booting. Recent work. May I present to you episode I; “ Off by Two.” No output. a “gadget.”)

C++ 67

C++ Hardware Code Virtualization 67

Brendan Gregg

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Switching from Solaris to Linux has become much easier in the last two years, with Linux developments in ZFS, Zones, and DTrace. Linux has also been developing its own ZFS-like filesystem, btrfs. Since ZFS is an add-on developed out-of-tree, it will always be harder to get the same level of attention. LTS (April 2016).

Virtualization 76

Virtualization AWS Engineering Hardware 76

Adrian Cockcroft

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

For many companies, that high ROI project may have nothing to do with IT, but for now lets keep focused on sustainable development and operations practices, which tend to dominate for “digital” product companies.

Energy 52

Energy Cloud Traffic Transportation 52

HammerDB

JANUARY 5, 2019

Note that the main developer of HammerDB is Intel employee (#IAMINTEL) however HammerDB is a personal open source project and any opinions are specific to the context of HammerDB as an independent personal project and are not related to Intel in any way. can you be sure that it scales?

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Benchmarking Database Social Media Scalability 40

All Things Distributed

JANUARY 18, 2012

s Dynamo technology , which was one of the first non-relational databases developed at Amazon. With Amazon DynamoDB, developers scaling cloud-based applications can start small with just the capacity they need and then increase the request capacity of a given table as their app grows in popularity. History of NoSQL at Amazon â??

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Scalability Database Ecommerce Latency 167

Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 11, 2021

In many organizations, front-end developers know exactly what common underlying problems are and what strategies should be used to fix them. So every time a conversation about further development happens, performance is a part of that conversation as well. Establish a performance culture. Large preview ). Large preview ).

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