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., A typical architecture diagram for one of these services looks like this: Suitably armed with a set of benchmark microservices applications, the investigation can begin! ASPLOS’19.

Open Source 61

Open Source Hardware Benchmarking Systems 61

Brendan Gregg

JUNE 29, 2018

These have inspired me to summarize another performance activity: evaluating benchmark accuracy. Accurate benchmarking rewards engineering investment that actually improves performance, but, unfortunately, inaccurate benchmarking is more common. If the benchmark reported 20k ops/sec, you should ask: why not 40k ops/sec?

Benchmarking 40

Benchmarking Latency Cache Network 40

Percona

DECEMBER 26, 2023

This allows for much better data accuracy, especially in the case of high-resolution or unreliable networks. A script executing a benchmarking run: #!/bin/bash Multi-Dimensional Grouping : While pg_stat_statements groups counters by userid, dbid, queryid, pg_stat_monitor uses a more detailed group for higher precision.

Benchmarking 120

Benchmarking Metrics C++ Database 120

Dynatrace

AUGUST 3, 2022

Zero day refers to security vulnerabilities that are discovered in software when teams had “zero days” to work on an update or a patch to remediate the issue and, hence, are already at risk. If a malicious attacker can identify a key software vulnerability, they can exploit the vulnerability, allowing them to gain access to your systems.

Java 179

Java Traffic Benchmarking Strategy 179

Dynatrace

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

IT infrastructure is the heart of your digital business and connects every area – physical and virtual servers, storage, databases, networks, cloud services. If you don’t have insight into the software and services that operate your business, you can’t efficiently run your business. Dynatrace news. It’s not hype, it’s the way forward.

Infrastructure 189

Infrastructure Monitoring Virtualization Serverless 189

Scalegrid

JANUARY 25, 2024

Key metrics like throughput, request latency, and memory utilization are essential for assessing Redis health, with tools like the MONITOR command and Redis-benchmark for latency and throughput analysis and MEMORY USAGE/STATS commands for evaluating memory. offers the Software Watchdog specifically designed for this purpose.

Metrics 130

Metrics Monitoring Latency Cache 130

HammerDB

APRIL 19, 2023

Among the different components of modern software solutions, the database is one of the most critical. As database performance is heavily influenced by the performance of storage, network, memory, and processors, we must understand the upper limit of these key components. NETWORK METRICS sysstat_net_ens260f1_rx_kB/s 38,241 22,700 1.68

Performance 54

Performance Benchmarking Cache Storage 54

Dynatrace

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Five-nines availability: The ultimate benchmark of system availability. Instead, to speed up response times, applications are now processing most data at the network’s perimeter, closest to the data’s origin. But is five nines availability attainable? Each decimal point closer to 100 equals higher uptime.

Infrastructure 173

Infrastructure Availability Systems Retail 173

The Netflix TechBlog

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

4:45pm-5:45pm NFX 209 File system as a service at Netflix Kishore Kasi , Senior Software Engineer Abstract : As Netflix grows in original content creation, its need for storage is also increasing at a rapid pace. In order to maintain performance, benchmarking is a vital part of our system’s lifecycle. Wednesday?—?December

AWS 100

AWS Entertainment Open Source Benchmarking 100

The Netflix TechBlog

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

4:45pm-5:45pm NFX 209 File system as a service at Netflix Kishore Kasi , Senior Software Engineer Abstract : As Netflix grows in original content creation, its need for storage is also increasing at a rapid pace. In order to maintain performance, benchmarking is a vital part of our system’s lifecycle. Wednesday?—?December

AWS 100

AWS Entertainment Open Source Benchmarking 100

Scalegrid

JANUARY 12, 2024

This is sometimes referred to as using an “over-cloud” model that involves a centrally managed resource pool that spans all parts of a connected global network with internal connections between regional borders, such as two instances in IAD-ORD for NYC-JS webpage DNS routing. This also aids scalability down the line.

Cloud 130

Cloud Virtualization Storage Efficiency 130

Testsigma

MAY 19, 2020

Software testing is the process of finding bugs or discrepancies in a software. Even though the job of a software tester is to catch errors committed by developers, software testers themselves are not immune to errors. Introduction. Few Common Testing Mistakes. Starting without a Defined Scope of Testing. Happy Testing!

Software 85

Software Software Testing Open Source 85

Dynatrace

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Dynatrace OneAgent deployment and life-cycle management are already widely considered to be industry benchmarks for reliability and efficiency. The /opt directory is typically used for deployment of additional software running on the Unix system. You can also easily choose an existing network zone or host group. Dynatrace news.

Best Practices 185

Best Practices Storage Java Benchmarking 185

Percona

APRIL 12, 2023

Let’s start with this: MongoDB is accurately referred to as source-available software. Many open source proponents, including the Open Source Initiative (OSI) , do not consider software under the SSPL to be open source. We agree with the OSI’s determination that any software under the SSPL cannot be open source.

Open Source 81

Open Source Programming Database Servers 81

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. Without enough infrastructure (physical or virtualized servers, networking, etc.),

Availability 105

Availability Database Open Source Hardware 105

Dynatrace

MARCH 25, 2022

With an observability platform powered by contextual software intelligence, organizations can gather data on incidents in real-time and proactively. What device are they using over what type of network? That enables them to weave automated incident management into their IT systems and prevent outages before they occur. Accessibility.

Benchmarking 163

Benchmarking Efficiency DevOps Tuning 163

The Netflix TechBlog

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Reconstructing a streaming session was a tedious and time consuming process that involved tracing all interactions (requests) between the Netflix app, our Content Delivery Network (CDN), and backend microservices. The scope and complexity of our software systems continue to increase as Netflix grows. What’s next?

Infrastructure 233

Infrastructure Transportation Storage Open Source 233

High Scalability

OCTOBER 19, 2018

four petabytes : added to Internet Archive per year; 60,000 : patents donated by Microsoft to the Open Invention Network; 30 million : DuckDuckGo daily searches; 5 seconds : Google+ session length; 1 trillion : ARM device goal; $40B : Softbank investment in 5G; 30 : Happy Birthday IRC!; They'll love it and you'll be their hero forever.

Internet 123

Internet Internet Scalability Lambda 123

Alex Russell

JANUARY 30, 2024

It's time once again to update our priors regarding the global device and network situation. seconds on the target device and network profile, consuming 120KiB of critical path resources to become interactive, only 8KiB of which is script. What's changed since last year? and 75KiB of JavaScript. These are generous targets.

Performance 90

Performance Network Mobile Speed 90

High Scalability

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

million : new image/caption training set; 32,408,715 : queries sent to Pwned Passwords; 53% : Memory ICs Total 2018 Semi Capex; 11 : story Facebook datacenter prison in Singapore; $740,357 : ave cost of network downtime; Quotable Quotes: @BenedictEvans : Recorded music: $18 billion. They'll love you even more. Cars: $1 trillion.

Internet 137

Internet Internet Scalability Lambda 137

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. Basic Benchmarking Concepts.

Programming 67

Programming Benchmarking Virtualization C++ 67

The Netflix TechBlog

MAY 21, 2019

Netflix engineers run a series of tests and benchmarks to validate the device across multiple dimensions including compatibility of the device with the Netflix SDK, device performance, audio-video playback quality, license handling, encryption and security. The neural network (NN)-based agent uses a deep net with fully connected layers.

Testing 163

Testing AWS Lambda Network 163

Scalegrid

MARCH 22, 2024

It’s important to ensure the bells and whistles of any software-as-a-service (SaaS) they offer can support where you aim to take your business, keeping your strategy tight and on track. Choosing the right tech and plans from your cloud provider means ensuring they fit well with what you’re already doing and where you plan to head.

Strategy 130

Strategy Cloud Government Innovation 130

Percona

AUGUST 22, 2023

Without enough infrastructure (physical or virtualized servers, networking, etc.), Topology management — This is the software management related specifically to the database and managing its ability to stay consistent in the event of a failure. there cannot be high availability. Which option fits your budget?

Availability 78

Availability Hardware Open Source Database 78

IO River

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The OSI Model is like a layer cake of how data moves through networks. This means it specifically looks at the content of the data (like the writing inside our letters from the analogy) rather than just the envelope.So, what is the difference between a Firewall at the application level and network level?Network-level

Traffic 52

Traffic Network Logistics Architecture 52

Percona

JUNE 22, 2023

Indexing efficiency Monitoring indexing efficiency in MySQL involves analyzing query performance, using EXPLAIN statements, utilizing performance monitoring tools, reviewing error logs, performing regular index maintenance, and benchmarking/testing. This KPI is also directly related to Query Performance and helps improve it.

Performance 102

Performance Monitoring Traffic Database 102

Scalegrid

JULY 13, 2020

Software Update License & Support (annual). $0. There is also a wide network of Oracle partners available to help you negotiate a discount , typically ranging from 15%-30%, though larger discounts of up to 40%-60% are available for larger accounts. Oracle Enterprise Edition. Single Database Edition Costs. $0. Not available.

Open Source 244

Open Source Tuning C++ Database 244

Smashing Magazine

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

The resource loading waterfall is a cascade of files downloaded from the network server to the client to load your website from start to finish. It essentially describes the lifetime of each file you download to load your page from the network. You can see this by opening your browser and looking in the Networking tab.

Performance 127

Performance Cache Servers Social Media 127

The Morning Paper

AUGUST 29, 2019

use the TPC-H benchmark to assess Redshift, Redshift Spectrum, Athena, Presto, Hive, and Vertica to find out what works best and the trade-offs involved. For those systems where you provide your own compute instances, the default configuration tested used a 4-node r4.8xlarge cluster with 10Gb/s networking. Key findings.

Architecture 76

Architecture Cloud Storage Serverless 76

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. All modern browsers are fast, Chromium and Safari/WebKit included. Gamepad API.

Media 145

Media Games Education Engineering 145

The Netflix TechBlog

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

4:45pm-5:45pm NFX 209 File system as a service at Netflix Kishore Kasi , Senior Software Engineer Abstract : As Netflix grows in original content creation, its need for storage is also increasing at a rapid pace. In order to maintain performance, benchmarking is a vital part of our system’s lifecycle. Wednesday?—?December

AWS 37

AWS Entertainment Open Source Benchmarking 37

IO River

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

The OSI Model is like a layer cake of how data moves through networks. This means it specifically looks at the content of the data (like the writing inside our letters from the analogy) rather than just the envelope.So, what is the difference between a Firewall at the application level and network level?Network-level

Traffic 40

Traffic Network Logistics Architecture 40

CSS - Tricks

APRIL 1, 2021

Google’s industry benchmarks from 2018 also provide a striking breakdown of how each second of loading affects bounce rates. Using a network request inspector, I’m going to see if there’s anything we can remove via the Network panel in DevTools. In DevTools, the Network inspector helps us see what the first webpage is doing too.

Cache 92

Cache Social Media Media Website 92

Rigor

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Can you test with 3G, 4G, or different networking connections? If virtualized, what is the technology used (VM, Docker, software package)? Competitive & Industry Benchmarking. With a Synthetic product, benchmarking a competitor’s site is as easy as testing your own site…you simply provide a URL.

Monitoring 59

Monitoring Benchmarking Mobile Traffic 59

KeyCDN

AUGUST 15, 2019

Before you begin tuning your website or application, you must first figure out which metrics matter most to your users and establish some achievable benchmarks. In the context of web development, performance testing entails using software tools to simulate how an application runs under specific circumstances.

Testing Tools 55

Testing Tools Best Practices Performance Testing Testing 55

The Morning Paper

MAY 14, 2019

Last time around we looked at the DeathStarBench suite of microservices-based benchmark applications and learned that microservices systems can be especially latency sensitive, and that hotspots can propagate through a microservices architecture in interesting ways. ASPLOS’19. Distributed tracing and instrumentation.

Big Data 45

Big Data Cloud Performance Hardware 45

Rigor

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Synthetic monitoring actively allows users to monitor the performance of their website or application with a set of controlled variables (geography, network, device, browser, cached vs. uncached) over time. Benchmark Against Competitors. Monitor in a Controlled Environment.

Monitoring 40

Monitoring Benchmarking Website Traffic 40