Dynatrace

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

The virtual CPU is turned off. Lambda functions often serve as a gluing tier or a gateway from on-premises systems to AWS services; they’re almost never standalone. Depending on how resilient the calling system is, a failure in a Lambda function can potentially take down an entire website or application. Stay tuned?for

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HammerDB

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

This post at an entry-level discusses the options you have to improve log throughput in your benchmark environment. . The first example shows a data load, the second a TPC-C based workload with 5 virtual users and the 2nd example with 10 virtual users. SQL> alter system flush buffer_cache; System altered.

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Percona

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Linux OS Tuning for MySQL Database Performance. In this post we will review the most important Linux settings to adjust for performance tuning and optimization of a MySQL database server. We’ll note how some of the Linux parameter settings used OS tuning may vary according to different system types: physical, virtual or cloud.

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Brendan Gregg

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

CLI tools The Cassandra systems were EC2 virtual machine (Xen) instances. Note that Ubuntu also has a frame to show entry into vDSO (virtual dynamic shared object). Microbenchmark os::javaTimeMillis() on both systems. Running this on the two systems saw similar results. Try changing the kernel clocksource.

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Percona

APRIL 12, 2023

Instead of relational (SQL) databases defined primarily through a hierarchy of related sets via tables and columns, their non-relational structure used a system of collections and documents. Though still not “profitable” by many benchmarks, it’s a lot closer to being so, perhaps in a big way.)

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Brendan Gregg

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

In this post I'll look at the Linux kernel page table isolation (KPTI) patches that workaround Meltdown: what overheads to expect, and ways to tune them. I then analyzed performance during the benchmark ([active benchmarking]), and used other benchmarks to confirm findings. This shows the system-wide syscall rate.

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Apica

MAY 10, 2019

The Apica LoadTest solution uses innovative technologies like monitoring nodes and load clusters to reliably deliver and sustain a large-scale load of virtual users (VUs) to Hollywood for different, realistic user scenarios all at the same time. Load and stress-testing benchmark goals for the backend technological components.

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Brendan Gregg

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

In this post I'll look at the Linux kernel page table isolation (KPTI) patches that workaround Meltdown: what overheads to expect, and ways to tune them. I then analyzed performance during the benchmark ([active benchmarking]), and used other benchmarks to confirm findings. This shows the system-wide syscall rate.

Performance 40

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HammerDB

OCTOBER 12, 2018

As with the previous guides as an Intel employee (#IAMINTEL) the examples are taken from a MySQL 8 on Linux on Intel system and the approach is the same for whatever system you are testing although some of the settings you see may be different. System Setup: CPU, Memory and I/O Configuration. HammerDB difference from Sysbench.

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Smashing Magazine

JUNE 3, 2022

These compiled systems for letters and symbols, which are representations of sounds and information, get a lot of use and are a large part of graphic communication. Fast forward to the early 1960s, phototypesetting systems appeared. Instead, we need to address multiple factors within the design system. Stay tuned!

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SQL Server According to Bob

JANUARY 11, 2020

This will help you increase system performance and avoid I/O environment errors. Important When planning, deploying, and maintaining a Microsoft SQL Server installation, ensure that the I/O system supports all the factors outlined in this article. The modifications persist even in the event of a system failure.

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SQL Server According to Bob

JANUARY 11, 2020

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