Brendan Gregg

MARCH 16, 2024

Apart from library code, maybe your application doesn't have frame pointers either, in which case everything is broken. Only in extreme circumstances does the cost (in processor time and I-cache footprint) translate to a tangible benefit - circumstances which usually resort to hand-coded assembly anyway.

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HammerDB

JUNE 27, 2022

HammerDB is a software application for database benchmarking. Databases are highly sophisticated software, and to design and run a fair benchmark workload is a complex undertaking. The Transaction Processing Performance Council (TPC) was founded to bring standards to database benchmarking, and the history of the TPC can be found here.

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HammerDB

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

HammerDB is a load testing and benchmarking application for relational databases. However, it is crucial that the benchmarking application does not have inherent bottlenecks that artificially limits the scalability of the database. Basic Benchmarking Concepts. To benchmark a database we introduce the concept of a Virtual User.

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Dynatrace

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Dynatrace has offered a Lambda code module for Node.js exports.handler = async function(event, context) { console.log("EVENT: n" + JSON.stringify(event, null, 2)); return context.logStreamName; }. The virtual CPU is turned off. This is a Lambda function for Node.js, and it would likely be in an index.js

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Dynatrace

APRIL 8, 2021

In short, Lambda functions can take on almost all of the operational duties of running an application; all you need to do is provide the code that should be executed on a given event or trigger. These served as our benchmark when creating our Lambda monitoring extension. A quick primer on Lambda functions.

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Dynatrace

APRIL 8, 2021

In short, Lambda functions can take on almost all of the operational duties of running an application; all you need to do is provide the code that should be executed on a given event or trigger. These served as our benchmark when creating our Lambda monitoring extension. A quick primer on Lambda functions.

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Percona

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

MySQL triggers are a powerful tool for database administrators and developers, enabling them to automate tasks, enforce data consistency, and respond to events within the database seamlessly. These events, known as trigger events, can include actions like inserting, updating, or deleting records in database tables.

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Percona

JUNE 22, 2023

Defining high availability In general terms, high availability refers to the continuous operation of a system with little to no interruption to end users in the event of hardware or software failures, power outages, or other disruptions. Redundancy is also critical for disaster recovery.

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Percona

AUGUST 22, 2023

High availability refers to the continuous operation of a database system with little to no interruption to end users in the event of system failures, power outages, or other disruptions. Without enough infrastructure (physical or virtualized servers, networking, etc.), What does high availability mean? What is fault tolerance?

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Alex Russell

APRIL 29, 2021

As an engineer on a browser team, I'm privy to the blow-by-blow of various performance projects, benchmark fire drills, and the ways performance marketing (deeply) impacts engineering priorities. With each team, benchmarks lost are understood as bugs. Pointer Events. No browser is always fastest in every area today.

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SQL Performance

AUGUST 27, 2019

On August 7, 2019, AMD finally unveiled their new 7nm EPYC 7002 Series of server processors, formerly code-named "Rome" at the AMD EPYC Horizon Event in San Francisco. The initial reviews and benchmarks for these processors have been very impressive: AMD EPYC 7002 Series Rome Delivers a Knockout. Lower power usage.

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Alex Russell

MAY 9, 2022

Who owns this code? Strong Level 3 managers will realise that many performance events (both better and worse than average) occur along a user journey. This often happens out of an ad-hoc virtual team that forms in earlier stages but is now formalised and has long-term staffing. Why is it there? Photo by Mastars.

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SQL Server According to Bob

JANUARY 11, 2020

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SQL Server According to Bob

JANUARY 11, 2020

The modifications persist even in the event of a system failure. The BPool consumes the majority of the user mode address space leaving only a few 100 MB of the virtual address range free for thread stacks, DLLs, and other activities. Durability After a transaction has completed, its effects are permanently in place in the system.

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Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 11, 2021

Have we optimized enough with tree-shaking, scope hoisting, code-splitting, and all the fancy loading patterns with intersection observer, progressive hydration, clients hints, HTTP/3, service workers and — oh my — edge workers? It’s much easier to reach performance goals when the code base is fresh or is just being refactored.

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