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. is access to hardware devices. This is as it should be. Compression Streams.

Media 145

Media Games Education Engineering 145

Scalegrid

JULY 13, 2020

Oracle support for hardware and software packages is typically available at 22% of their licensing fees. PostgreSQL support is available free from the community, and there are also many support providers available for advanced assistance. So Which Is Best? Want a deeper look into the total cost of ownership of PostgreSQL vs. Oracle?

Open Source 244

Open Source Tuning C++ Database 244

Percona

JULY 1, 2023

Understanding DBaaS DBaaS cloud services allow users to use databases without configuring physical hardware and infrastructure or installing software. Download our eBook, “ Enterprise Guide to Cloud Databases ” to help you make more informed decisions and avoid costly mistakes as you develop and execute your cloud strategy.

AWS 52

AWS Database Serverless Storage 52

Alex Russell

MARCH 6, 2021

Hardware Past As Performance Prologue. Using a global ASP as a benchmark can further mislead thanks to the distorting effect of ultra-high-end prices rising while shipment volumes stagnate. But the hardware future is not evenly distributed, and web workloads aren't heavily parallel. Today, either method returns a similar answer.

Performance 124

Performance Network Cache Metrics 124

Speed Curve

JULY 3, 2023

Poorly executed stylesheets can create a host of performance problems, ranging from stylesheets taking too long to download and parse, to improperly placed stylesheets that block the rest of the page from rendering. These numbers should not be taken as a benchmark for your own site. How does page bloat hurt Core Web Vitals?

Mobile 52

Mobile Google Metrics Retail 52

Alex Russell

OCTOBER 22, 2017

Budgets are scaled to a benchmark network & device. Script execution delays interactivity in a few ways: If the script executes for more than 50ms, time-to-interactive is delayed by the entire amount of time it takes to download, compile, and execute the JS. Deciding what benchmark to use for a performance budget is crucial.

Performance 68

Performance Benchmarking Network Mobile 68

HammerDB

OCTOBER 12, 2018

As is also the case this limitation is at the database level (especially the storage engine) rather than the hardware level. For anyone benchmarking MySQL with HammerDB it is important to understand the differences from sysbench workloads as HammerDB is targeted at a testing a different usage model from sysbench. perf special.

Best Practices 40

Best Practices Scalability Performance C++ 40

Alex Russell

JANUARY 30, 2024

HTML, CSS, images, and fonts can all be parsed and run at near wire speeds on low-end hardware, but JavaScript is at least three times more expensive, byte-for-byte. It's cheeky, but a weighted average of the P75 of download speeds (3/4ths of all connections are faster) should get us in the ballpark.

Performance 90

Performance Network Mobile Speed 90

SQL Server According to Bob

JANUARY 11, 2020

Then follow the instructions to either download the BOL or browse online. Example 1: ​​ Hardware failure (CPU board) Battery backup on the caching controller maintained the data. Important Always consult with your hardware manufacturer for proper stable media strategies.

Servers 40

Servers Cache Media Hardware 40

Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 11, 2021

Download The Checklist (PDF, Apple Pages, MS Word). You can also just download the checklist PDF (166 KB) or download editable Apple Pages file (275 KB) or the.docx file (151 KB). You can download the spreadsheet as Google Sheets, Excel, OpenOffice document or CSV. Quick Wins. Happy optimizing, everyone!).

Performance 145

Performance Cache Media Metrics 145

Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 6, 2020

Download The Checklist (PDF, Apple Pages, MS Word). You can also just download the checklist PDF (166 KB) or download editable Apple Pages file (275 KB) or the.docx file (151 KB). On the other hand, we have hardware constraints on memory and CPU due to JavaScript parsing times (we’ll talk about them in detail later).

Performance 145

Performance Cache Network Metrics 145

SQL Server According to Bob

JANUARY 11, 2020

ReadFile WriteFile ReadFileScatter WriteFileGather GetOverlappedResult ​​ For extended details on the 823 error, see ​​ Error message 823 may indicate hardware problems or system problems ​​ ( [link] i crosoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb ​​ Contact your hardware manufacture for assistance.

Servers 40

Servers Cache Database Media 40

High Scalability

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

As events are immutable we were caching them in Memcache for 12 hours but even them downloading the same events so many times from Memcache was causing network issues. For our web UI, we use requireJS and various other ways to download only the required modules. How are software and hardware upgrades rolled out?

Architecture 52

Architecture Cache Azure Storage 52