The Netflix TechBlog

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Striking a balance between eBPF’s benefits and system load is crucial, ensuring it enhances rather than hinders our operational efficiency. bpftop simplifies the performance optimization process for eBPF programs by enabling an efficient cycle of benchmarking, code refinement, and immediate feedback.

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Performance Benchmarking Programming Open Source 174

Dynatrace

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Application developers commonly leverage open-source software when building containerized applications. In fact, the market research firm Forrester says that the average container image is comprised of 70% open-source software.[1] 1] And unfortunately, open-source software is often fraught with security vulnerabilities.

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Open Source Benchmarking Best Practices Network 247

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. The unstoppable rise of open source databases. What’s causing this massive shift? Check out the PostgreSQL vs. Oracle Infographic.

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Open Source Tuning C++ Database 244

Dynatrace

OCTOBER 2, 2023

However, the distributed system of a microservices architecture comes with its own cost: increased application complexity and convoluted testing. In fact, it can be difficult to make code changes that won’t disrupt the entire system. Use SLAs, SLOs, and SLIs as performance benchmarks for newly migrated microservices.

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Architecture Artificial Intelligence Cloud Open Source 228

Percona

DECEMBER 11, 2023

This segregation facilitates optimized I/O operations, preventing potential bottlenecks and enhancing overall system performance. We performed a standard benchmarking test using the sysbench tool to compare the performance of a DLV instance vs a standard RDS MySQL instance, as shared in the following section. Get in touch

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AWS Benchmarking Performance Traffic 101

Alex Podelko

APRIL 18, 2021

MongoDB shared a lot of information on how we do performance testing and even open sourced some parts of it. These two papers provide many more insights: Automated system performance testing at MongoDB , DBTest 2020 [ Video ]. [Another interesting project in that area is keptn , but that is about it. The MongoDB Podcast, Ep.

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Performance Testing Performance Testing Education 182

The Morning Paper

MARCH 10, 2020

Characterizing, modeling, and benchmarking RocksDB key-value workloads at Facebook , Cao et al., Or in the case of key-value stores, what you benchmark. So if you want to design a system that will offer good real-world performance, it’s really useful to have benchmarks that accurately represent real-world workloads.

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Benchmarking Storage Cache Open Source 59

Percona

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Querying the data While it is reasonable to create panels showing real-time load in order to explore better the types of queries that can be run against pg_stat_monitor, it is more practical to copy and query the data into tables after the benchmarking has completed its run. A script executing a benchmarking run: #!/bin/bash

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Benchmarking Metrics C++ Database 125

Percona

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Rather than listing the concepts, function calls, etc, available in Citus, which frankly is a bit boring, I’m going to explore scaling out a database system starting with a single host. And now, execute the benchmark: -- execute the following on the coordinator node pgbench -c 20 -j 3 -T 60 -P 3 pgbench The results are not pretty.

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Database Benchmarking Latency C++ 108

Percona

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Sure, database migration is complex, particularly when you’re looking to migrate from a proprietary database to an open source one. This is particularly true when you’re migrating to an open source database that those on your staff may or may not be intimately familiar with.

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Database Open Source Benchmarking Strategy 87

Percona

APRIL 6, 2023

PostgreSQL is a popular open source relational database management system many organizations use to store and manage their data. Two benchmarks from users can be found here: [1] [2] 4. One of the key benefits of using PostgreSQL is its reliability, scalability, and performance.

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Cache Open Source Benchmarking Database 118

HammerDB

OCTOBER 18, 2019

HammerDB doesn’t publish competitive database benchmarks, instead we always encourage people to be better informed by running their own. So over at Phoronix some database benchmarks were published showing PostgreSQL 12 Performance With AMD EPYC 7742 vs. Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 Benchmarks . uname -a Linux ubuntu19 5.3.0-rc3-custom

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Benchmarking Performance Hardware C++ 63

HammerDB

JUNE 27, 2022

HammerDB is a software application for database benchmarking. HammerDB has graphical and command line interfaces for the Windows and Linux operating systems. Databases are highly sophisticated software, and to design and run a fair benchmark workload is a complex undertaking. HammerDB is open source software licensed under the.

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Benchmarking Open Source C++ Cache 62

The Netflix TechBlog

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

4:45pm-5:45pm NFX 202 A day in the life of a Netflix Engineer Dave Hahn , SRE Engineering Manager Abstract : Netflix is a large, ever-changing ecosystem serving millions of customers across the globe through cloud-based systems and a globally distributed CDN. We explore all the systems necessary to make and stream content from Netflix.

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AWS Entertainment Open Source Benchmarking 100

The Netflix TechBlog

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

4:45pm-5:45pm NFX 202 A day in the life of a Netflix Engineer Dave Hahn , SRE Engineering Manager Abstract : Netflix is a large, ever-changing ecosystem serving millions of customers across the globe through cloud-based systems and a globally distributed CDN. We explore all the systems necessary to make and stream content from Netflix.

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AWS Entertainment Open Source Benchmarking 100

Dynatrace

AUGUST 3, 2022

Malicious attackers have gotten increasingly better at identifying vulnerabilities and launching zero-day attacks to exploit these weak points in IT systems. A zero-day exploit is a technique an attacker uses to take advantage of an organization’s vulnerability and gain access to its systems.

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Java Traffic Benchmarking Strategy 185

Scalegrid

MARCH 28, 2024

Redis Revealed: An Overview Redis, a renowned open-source, in-memory remote dictionary server, stands out for its diverse data structures and advanced features. Memcached Explained: The Simplicity of Caching Alternatively, Memcached, a high-performance, open-source caching solution, prides itself on its simplicity.

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Cache Storage Scalability Architecture 130

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. Some disruption might occur, but it will be minimal. Fault tolerance aims for zero downtime and data loss.

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Availability Database Open Source Hardware 112

Scalegrid

MARCH 22, 2024

Register now for free and experience the seamless operation of your databases across multi-cloud and hybrid-cloud systems. You want to avoid the chaos of “shadow IT,” where stuff gets done outside your approved systems, and ensure that your security game is tight. Elevate your cloud strategy today with ScaleGrid!

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Strategy Cloud Government Innovation 130

The Netflix TechBlog

OCTOBER 19, 2020

which is difficult when troubleshooting distributed systems. Troubleshooting a session in Edgar When we started building Edgar four years ago, there were very few open-source distributed tracing systems that satisfied our needs. We buffer spans for a time period in order to collect all spans for a trace in the first job.

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Infrastructure Transportation Storage Open Source 233

HammerDB

APRIL 19, 2023

Therefore, before we attempt to measure our database performance, we should know the system or cloud instance to be tested in detail. Benchmarking the target Two of the more popular database benchmarks for MySQL are HammerDB and sysbench. Operating System: Ubuntu 22.04 Operating System: Ubuntu 22.04

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Performance Benchmarking Cache Storage 54

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.”

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Benchmarking Database Social Media Scalability 40

Percona

JUNE 22, 2023

A monitoring tool like Percona Monitoring and Management (PMM) is a popular choice among open source options for effectively monitoring MySQL performance. It is advisable to have a dedicated production MySQL Server that can independently claim the system resources as needed.

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Performance Monitoring Traffic Database 108

High Scalability

APRIL 3, 2019

PostgreSQL is an open source object-relational database system that has soared in popularity over the past 30 years from its active, loyal, and growing community. So what makes PostgreSQL so special, and how is it being used today?

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Database Cloud Open Source Systems 177

HammerDB

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Before introducing how this works it is important to acknowledge the ASHMON tool from which this functionality was adopted and more importantly its author Kyle Hailey for giving permission to add it as open source.

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Benchmarking Monitoring Performance C++ 40

Scalegrid

OCTOBER 24, 2019

AWS is the #1 cloud provider for open-source database hosting, and the go-to cloud for MySQL deployments. AWS High Performance XLarge (see system details below). MySQL Performance Benchmark Configuration. MySQL on AWS Performance Test. Amazon RDS. Instance Type. DB Instance r4.xlarge xlarge (Multi-AZ). Deployment Type.

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AWS Latency Performance Benchmarking 183

Percona

OCTOBER 12, 2023

An example of a flame graph can be found below: Each box is a function in the stack, and wider boxes mean more time the system was busy on CPU on these functions. Kubernetes limitations In Linux, by default, performance system events can’t be collected by unprivileged users. Try Percona Distribution for MySQL today!

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Code Tuning C++ Benchmarking 114

Percona

AUGUST 22, 2023

We’ll wrap it up by suggesting high availability open source solutions, and we’ll introduce you to support options for ensuring continuous high performance from your systems. High availability does not guarantee 100% uptime, but an HA system enables you to minimize downtime to the point you’re almost there.

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Availability Hardware Open Source Database 82

Smashing Magazine

MARCH 2, 2021

If you’d like to dive deeper into the performance of Android and iOS devices, you can check Geekbench Android Benchmarks for Android smartphones and tablets, and iOS Benchmarks for iPhones and iPads. A performance benchmark Lighthouse is well-known. billion by 2026. Its CI counterpart not so much. Large preview ). Conclusion.

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Mobile Testing Website Benchmarking 133

HammerDB

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

HammerDB is a load testing and benchmarking application for relational databases. On high-performance multi-core systems all the supported databases can return performance in the many millions of transactions per minute. Basic Benchmarking Concepts. To benchmark a database we introduce the concept of a Virtual User.

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Programming Benchmarking Virtualization C++ 67

Percona

APRIL 7, 2023

To illustrate this, I ran the Sysbench-TPCC synthetic benchmark against two different GCP instances running a freshly installed Percona Server for MySQL version 8.0.31 Percona Monitoring and Management is a best-of-breed open source database monitoring solution.

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Tuning Cache Servers Benchmarking 138

Percona

MARCH 23, 2023

Operating system Linux is the most common operating system for high-performance MySQL servers. Benchmark before you decide. innodb_numa_interleave (Static) – For ‘NUMA enabled systems’ with large amounts of memory (i.e.,> Transparent huge pages (THP) disabled.

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Performance Hardware Tuning Storage 129

Percona

JULY 25, 2023

Benchmarks xtrabackup –prepare on backup directory of other sizes like 10K, 50K, 100K, and 250K tables. Percona XtraBackup is a 100% open source backup solution for all versions of Percona Server for MySQL and MySQL that performs online non-blocking, tightly compressed, highly secure full backups on transactional systems.

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Cache Benchmarking Servers Design 89

Percona

JANUARY 24, 2023

This will be clearly visible in PostgreSQL performance benchmarks as a “ Sawtooth wave ” pattern observed by Vadim in his tests: As we can see, the throughput suddenly drops after every checkpoint due to heavy WAL writing and gradually picks up until the next checkpoint. But this comes with a considerable performance implication.

Database 120

Database Benchmarking Open Source Latency 120

HammerDB

DECEMBER 5, 2020

Additionally both commercial and open source tools based on the specifications also continued to use TPC-C and TPC-H to describe these workloads. In the days before highly performant SSDs and persistent memory, database benchmarks had a significant challenge in comparing performance due to the available I/O performance.

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C++ Benchmarking Virtualization Open Source 40

Testsigma

MAY 19, 2020

Beginners often underestimate the unreliability that gets added to the test automation system due to false positive and negative results. If your automation tests are generating false positive or negative results, then your test automation system cannot be relied upon. Starting Test Automation Without a Test Design.

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Software Software Testing Open Source 85

Percona

MAY 1, 2023

It is primarily the responsibility of the database administrator or developer to tune PostgreSQL according to their system’s workload. PostgreSQL performance optimization is an ongoing process involving monitoring, benchmarking, and adjustments to maintain high-performing PostgreSQL databases.

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Tuning Efficiency Database Performance 52