All Things Distributed

DECEMBER 5, 2010

DNS is one of the fundamental building blocks of internet applications and was high on the wish list of our customers for some time already. DNS is an absolutely critical piece of the internet infrastructure. There are two main types of DNS servers: authoritative servers and caching resolvers.

Cloud 117

Cloud Internet Internet AWS 117

MachMetrics

DECEMBER 14, 2019

In 2017, mobile internet usage passed desktop as the majority. Unfortunately, the data from Backlinko paints a bleak picture when it comes to mobile internet browsing. Obviously, the key phrase there is ‘fully loaded’ A lot of that time is behind the scenes scripts, tracking software, advertisements, etc.

Best Practices 105

Best Practices Speed Mobile Google 105

Brendan Gregg

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Google and Amazon’s latest AI chips have arrived," [link] , Oct 2022 [Intel 22] Intel, "Intel® Developer Cloud," [link] , accessed Dec 2022 I've taken care to cite the author names along with the talk titles and dates, including for Internet sources, instead of the common practice of just listing URLs.

Performance 52

Performance Latency Cache Virtualization 52

All Things Distributed

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Jul 4 - Leases: An efficient fault-tolerant mechanism for distributed file cache consistency , Gray, Cary, and David Cheriton, Vol. Aug 17 - SEDA: An Architecture for Well-Conditioned, Scalable Internet Services , Matt Welsh, David Culler, and Eric Brewer. Jul 6 - End-To-End Arguments in System Design , by J. Saltzer, D. Reed, and D.

Operating System 144

Operating System Cache AWS Scalability 144

Dotcom-Montior

JUNE 25, 2020

In this case, the fate of that particular email rests upon the configuration settings of the email server or the anti-spam software. This continuous tracking process can help maintain the company’s reputation amongst the site visitors and other internet users. Consequences of being added to DNS Blacklist.

Monitoring 86

Monitoring Traffic Website Database 86

MachMetrics

APRIL 24, 2019

If you use analytics software from a third party, like Google Analytics, these will show up as marks on PageSpeed Insights. Perhaps if you’re the front-page of the internet, but most likely we’re not. PSI Score Reality. Yes, Google is marking us down for using their own analytics tools.

Speed 111

Speed Best Practices Google Website 111

Official Blog - World Web Technology

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

A study by Wappalyzer says that PHP runs 82% of the Internet. Furthermore, PHP includes caching and opcode optimization tools that make things run even faster. The systems follow modern software engineering best practices and offer an organized way to build applications. Top Reasons Why Web Developers Choose PHP!

Website 59

Website Development Open Source Database 59

Smashing Magazine

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Due to the use of modern frameworks, advanced caching and rendering, and data transmission via API, properly developed PWAs can be a seven-league step up to boost the store’s speed. To specify, users can continue using those parts of the site that were cached if the Internet connection is unstable or when offline.

Code 75

Code Cache Retail Mobile 75

ACM Sigarch

MARCH 18, 2019

Computer systems, from the Internet-of-Things devices to datacenters, are complex and optimizing them can enhance capability and save money. For example, how many buffers must a cache have to record outstanding misses if it receives 2 memory references per cycle at 2.5 Figure 2: (Sub-)System for Little’s Law.

Systems 60

Systems Latency Performance Analytics 60

High Scalability

JULY 20, 2018

That means multiple data indirections mean multiple cache misses. Mark LaPedus : MRAM, a next-generation memory type, is being touted as a replacement for embedded flash and cache applications. Investing tons of efforts into IT, building complicated deployment and clustering software etc. They are very expensive.

Internet 121

Internet Internet Scalability Automotive 121

The Morning Paper

JANUARY 23, 2020

Trade-offs under pressure: heuristics and observations of teams resolving internet service outages , Allspaw, Masters thesis, Lund University 2015. This is part 2 of our look at Allspaw’s 2015 master thesis (here’s part 1 ). 1:06pm reports of the personalised homepage having issues start appearing from multiple sources.

Internet 53

Internet Internet Cache Engineering 53

All Things Distributed

OCTOBER 2, 2017

The cloud-hosted version would need to be: Scalable – The service would need to support hundreds of thousands, or even millions of AWS customers, each supporting their own internet-scale applications. Today, DynamoDB powers the next wave of high-performance, internet-scale applications that would overburden traditional relational databases.

Internet 128

Internet Internet AWS Performance 128

IO River

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Fundamentally, internet traffic can be broadly categorized into static and dynamic content. Yes, it’s a single file, but that’s not how it’s stored on the internet. Given its unchanging nature, static content is ideal for caching. BandwidthImagine the internet as a ramified web of pipelines, each varying in size.

Architecture 52

Architecture Performance Internet Internet 52

Highly Scalable

AUGUST 20, 2013

In many cases join is performed on a finite time window or other type of buffer e.g. LFU cache that contains most frequent tuples in the stream. For example, consider a system that calculates average purchase value in the internet shop for each hour. For example, consider a system that counts unique visitors on some internet site.

Big Data 154

Big Data Processing Lambda Database 154

Percona

JULY 17, 2023

MongoDB Community Edition software might set the stage for achieving your high-volume database goals, but you quickly learn that its features fall short of your enterprise needs. So you look at MongoDB Enterprise software, but its costly and complex licensing structure does not meet your budget goals.

Open Source 75

Open Source Database Scalability Software 75

IO River

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Fundamentally, internet traffic can be broadly categorized into static and dynamic content. Yes, it’s a single file, but that’s not how it’s stored on the internet. BandwidthImagine the internet as a ramified web of pipelines, each varying in size. A video, being a digital asset, is also based on these two parts.

Architecture 52

Architecture Performance Internet Internet 52

Smashing Magazine

AUGUST 20, 2021

I had my website with funny photos and links to favorite websites live on the internet, and better yet, I could edit directly on the server. It’s safe to say WordPress, the platform now powering 40% of the internet, won that battle, but MovableType paved the way for Jamstack CMSs in the future. But, when it worked, it was magical.

Ecommerce 140

Ecommerce Website Government Internet 140

Smashing Magazine

MAY 17, 2021

Our fast computers and fiber internet masked the experience real people have on our site. I founded Instant Domain Search in 2005 and kept it as a side-hustle while I worked on a Y Combinator company (Snipshot, W06), before working as a software engineer at Facebook. We still have a lot of work to do! Large preview ). Large preview ).

Google 95

Google Analytics Serverless Metrics 95

All Things Distributed

JUNE 21, 2017

Today, I'm excited to announce the general availability of Amazon DynamoDB Accelerator (DAX) , a fully managed, highly available, in-memory cache that can speed up DynamoDB response times from milliseconds to microseconds, even at millions of requests per second. Adding caching when your app is already experiencing load is not easy.

Speed 121

Speed Cache Latency AWS 121

Alex Russell

APRIL 29, 2021

In almost every area, Apple's low-quality implementation of features WebKit already supports requires workarounds not necessary for Firefox (Gecko) or Chrome/Edge/Brave/Samsung Internet (Blink). An extension to Service Workers that enables browsers to present users with cached content when offline. Converging Views. Content Indexing.

Media 145

Media Games Education Engineering 145

All Things Distributed

JULY 14, 2015

In just three short years, Amazon DynamoDB has emerged as the backbone for many powerful Internet applications such as AdRoll , Druva , DeviceScape , and Battlecamp. Using streams, you can apply the changes to a full-text search data store such as Elasticsearch, push incremental backups to Amazon S3, or maintain an up-to-date read cache.

Database 167

Database Lambda AWS IoT 167

Percona

MAY 15, 2023

One example could be using an RDBMS for most of the Online transaction processing ( OLTP) data shared by country and having the products as distributed memory cache with a different technology. At the same time, all the data related to orders, payments, and customer history can be consolidated in a data warehouse used to generate reporting.

Traffic 123

Traffic Scalability Database Servers 123

Smashing Magazine

JUNE 20, 2019

If I change my user-agent to Internet Explorer 11, I’m served the font in the WOFF format instead. Browser Caching. Another built-in optimization of Google Fonts is browser caching. The Google Fonts browser cache is set to expire after one year unless the cache is cleared sooner. — FAQ, Google Fonts.

Google 111

Google Performance Cache Website 111

All Things Distributed

OCTOBER 12, 2016

While caching continues to be a dominant use of ElastiCache for Redis, we see customers increasingly use it as an in-memory NoSQL database. is a software company providing unified business communications solutions for call centers, including real-time reporting and analytics. “We

Scalability 130

Scalability Analytics Cache AWS 130

Enprowess

JANUARY 12, 2022

Internet of Things (IoT). Besides that, these apps do well in areas with a slow internet connection. So it is convenient for all to use irrespective of internet speed and it works offline using cached data. Internet of Things (IoT). Internet of things (IoT) – Number of IoT devices 2015-2025 Statista.

Blockchain 59

Blockchain IoT Development Serverless 59

Dotcom-Montior

MARCH 6, 2022

Some of those factors include the following: URL Test Location Browser (Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, mobile browsers etc…) Connection Number of Tests Repeat View Elements Used in Waterfall Charts Interactive Slider : The Interactive Slider is an indicator of the performance of each element in terms of milliseconds. Queued request.

Performance 52

Performance Cache Website Speed 52

Smashing Magazine

JUNE 25, 2020

Today, we’ll address storing and serving files for both single-server and scalable deployments while considering factors like compression, caching, and availability. cents per gigabyte for storage versus 9 cents per gigabyte of data transfer out to the Internet at the time of writing). Client-Side Caching. Static Files.

Media 70

Media Cache Storage AWS 70

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. Database downtime can hurt or doom any company with anything to do with the internet.

Availability 107

Availability Database Open Source Hardware 107

Dotcom-Montior

MAY 6, 2020

Browser (Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, mobile browsers etc…). If the waiting time is too much, it may mean an overloaded network server or there may be an inefficient code, which must be fixed by software developers by finding the bugs and correcting the code. Moreover, caching utility may decrease the waiting time.

Performance 53

Performance Cache Website Speed 53

Smashing Magazine

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Samsung Internet. The platforms that continue to hold back support are: Internet Explorer. Image editing software and content management systems are, too. And for software that doesn’t natively support WebP, like Photoshop, users can usually install a plugin which will allow them to open and save files as WebP.

Website 72

Website Speed Cache Google 72

All Things Distributed

APRIL 27, 2011

Look inside a current textbook on software architecture, and youll find few patterns that we dont apply at Amazon. Our e-commerce platform is composed of a federation of hundreds of software services that work in concert to deliver functionality ranging from recommendations to order fulfillment to inventory tracking. Recent Entries.

Technology 151

Technology Technology AWS Storage 151

All Things Distributed

JANUARY 18, 2012

a Fast and Scalable NoSQL Database Service Designed for Internet Scale Applications. Today is a very exciting day as we release Amazon DynamoDB , a fast, highly reliable and cost-effective NoSQL database service designed for internet scale applications. By Werner Vogels on 18 January 2012 07:00 AM. Comments ().

Scalability 167

Scalability Database Ecommerce Latency 167

Sutter's Mill

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Performance and efficiency are C++’s bread and butter, and they matter more than ever on modern hardware: In processors, single-threaded performance improvements are slowing down (unless your code is parallel); in Internet of Things, we are often asked to do more work with less hardware; and in cloud computing, processor/hardware time is often the (..)

Latency 50

Latency C++ Hardware Performance 50

Enprowess

MARCH 10, 2022

For essential ERP-based software packages like medical software packages, accounting, and other extremely advanced software system requirements, two-way data binding is the most effective technique for fetching the data. The bidirectional nature of Angular makes it simple to create enterprise resource designing software.

Development 52

Development Google Open Source Servers 52

Smashing Magazine

AUGUST 22, 2021

This is because HTTP/3 and QUIC mainly help deal with the somewhat uncommon yet potentially high-impact problems that can arise on today’s Internet. On the Internet, however, we typically have a long series of connected pipes , some of which can be wider than others (leading to so-called bottlenecks at the narrowest links).

Performance 106

Performance Network Latency Servers 106

KeyCDN

JULY 11, 2019

As Sara Souedan said, not everyone has access to fast internet. Mbps, countries with a growing Internet users like India is only at an average mobile download speed of 6.8 width=600&quality=70 Combine this with our WebP caching to automatically deliver the highest performing image format. Mbps ( Opensignal ).

Speed 52

Speed Website Mobile Latency 52

Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 11, 2021

Build Optimizations JavaScript modules, module/nomodule pattern, tree-shaking, code-splitting, scope-hoisting, Webpack, differential serving, web worker, WebAssembly, JavaScript bundles, React, SPA, partial hydration, import on interaction, 3rd-parties, cache. This improves page load time and caching during navigations.

Performance 145

Performance Cache Media Metrics 145