Adrian Cockcroft

JUNE 21, 2022

Another big jump, but now it was my job to run benchmarks in the lab, and write white papers that explained the new products to the world, as they were launched. I was mostly coding in C, tuning FORTRAN, and when I needed to do a lot of data analysis of benchmark results used the S-PLUS statistics language, that is the predecessor to R.

Tuning 52

Tuning Benchmarking Engineering C++ 52

The Morning Paper

MAY 27, 2019

Microbenchmarks (MiBench) and the FreeBSD system call timing benchmarks show modest performance impact in some cases, and performance improvements in others (3.4% faster for system calls). For a macro-benchmark PostgreSQL’s initdb tool was used. The protections are hardware implemented and cannot be forged in software.

C++ 61

C++ Hardware Virtualization Benchmarking 61

HammerDB

JANUARY 5, 2019

Some opinions claim that “Benchmarks are meaningless”, “benchmarks are irrelevant” or “benchmarks are nothing like your real applications” However for others “Benchmarks matter,” as they “account for the processing architecture and speed, memory, storage subsystems and the database engine.”

Benchmarking 40

Benchmarking Database Social Media Scalability 40

Dynatrace

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Many good security tools provide that function, and benchmarks from the Center for Internet Security (CIS) are clear and prescriptive. These products see systems from the “outside” perspective—which is to say, the attacker’s perspective. Harden the host operating system. Why is container security tricky?

Open Source 255

Open Source Benchmarking Best Practices Network 255

Percona

MARCH 23, 2023

Hardware Memory The amount of RAM to be provisioned for database servers can vary greatly depending on the size of the database and the specific requirements of the company. Storage The type of storage and disk used for database servers can have a significant impact on performance and reliability. Benchmark before you decide.

Performance 123

Performance Hardware Tuning Storage 123

HammerDB

JUNE 27, 2022

HammerDB is a software application for database benchmarking. It enables the user to measure database performance and make comparative judgements about database hardware and software. HammerDB has graphical and command line interfaces for the Windows and Linux operating systems. Why HammerDB was developed.

Benchmarking 62

Benchmarking Open Source C++ Cache 62

HammerDB

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

HammerDB is a load testing and benchmarking application for relational databases. All the databases that HammerDB tests implement a form of MVCC (multi-version concurrency control). On high-performance multi-core systems all the supported databases can return performance in the many millions of transactions per minute.

Programming 67

Programming Benchmarking Virtualization C++ 67

Percona

JULY 1, 2023

Now that Database-as-a-service (DBaaS) is in high demand, there are multiple questions regarding AWS services that cannot always be answered easily: When should I use Aurora and when should I use RDS MySQL ? What we should really compare is the MySQL and Aurora database engines provided by Amazon RDS. How do I choose which one to use?

AWS 52

AWS Database Serverless Storage 52

Scalegrid

JANUARY 12, 2024

Simply put, it’s the set of computational tasks that cloud systems perform, such as hosting databases, enabling collaboration tools, or running compute-intensive algorithms. Such solutions also incorporate features like disaster recovery and built-in safeguards that ensure data integrity across diverse operating systems.

Cloud 130

Cloud Virtualization Storage Efficiency 130

HammerDB

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

However if you have downloaded the source code and are looking to add features or make modifications such as adding new databases you may be wondering once you have the source code where to start. However HammerDB will not be able to connect to a database yet and the librarycheck command included with the CLI gives an indication why.

Architecture 40

Architecture Virtualization Open Source C++ 40

SQL Performance

DECEMBER 17, 2019

You will still have to maintain your operating system, SQL Server and databases just like you would in an on-premises scenario. In exchange for this, your databases and applications will work just the same as they would in an on-premises installation, which makes this an easy way to start using Azure. Esv3-series.

Azure 72

Azure Virtualization Servers Storage 72

Percona

AUGUST 30, 2018

One of the common ways to classify database workloads is whether it is “read intensive” or “write intensive”. Because recognizing if the workload is read intensive or write intensive will impact your hardware choices, database configuration as well as what techniques you can apply for performance optimization and scalability.

Benchmarking 46

Benchmarking Database Operating System Architecture 46

SQL Server According to Bob

AUGUST 23, 2021

The job object can be configured to limit the resource usage on the system, including which nodes and CPUs the processes started under its control​​ may ​​ utilize. For this example, assume the host machine is single node, 8 CPU system.

Servers 40

Servers Azure Operating System Database 40

SQL Server According to Bob

JANUARY 11, 2020

KB sectors run on smaller sectors   14 System and sample databases   15 Determining the formatted sector size of database   15 What sector sizes does SQL Server support? ​​ SQL Server ​​ copy-on-write actions are used to maintain snapshot databases in SQL Server 2005.

Servers 40

Servers Cache Database Media 40

SQL Server According to Bob

JANUARY 11, 2020

Microsoft SQL Server I/O Basics Author: ​​ Bob Dorr, Microsoft SQL Server Escalation Published: ​​ December, 2004 SUMMARY: ​​ Learn the I/O requirements for Microsoft SQL Server database file operations. This will help you increase system performance and avoid I/O environment errors.

Servers 40

Servers Cache Media Hardware 40

Scalegrid

JULY 13, 2020

Oracle Database is a commercial, proprietary multi-model database management system produced by Oracle Corporation, and the largest relational database management system (RDBMS) in the world. While Oracle remains the #1 database on the market, its popularity has steadily declined by over 18% since 2013.

Open Source 244

Open Source Tuning C++ Database 244

High Scalability

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

Chokepoint : Even sharded Berkeley DB was choking under the stress and there was a database crash with recovery taking hours, it had to be replaced. Automate schema management for some remaining databases. What operating systems do you use? Which database do you use? How is your database architected?

Architecture 52

Architecture Cache Azure Storage 52