Dynatrace

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

The goal of Cloud Automation is for development teams to build better software faster and operations to automate mundane repetitive tasks and focus on innovation. As a result, teams must verify their data first because the triggering condition could be based on discovered data that is stale. Register now!

Infrastructure 171

Infrastructure Code Cloud DevOps 171

ACM Sigarch

OCTOBER 25, 2019

When it comes to hardware support to mitigate software security issues, there is a significant gap between what is available in products today and known solutions. Acceleration—Adding hardware support to reduce the runtime overheads of security features. Approaches Towards Security.

Hardware 98

Hardware Virtualization Architecture Games 98

ACM Sigarch

MAY 31, 2023

Heterogeneous and Composable Memory (HCM) offers a feasible solution for terabyte- or petabyte-scale systems, addressing the performance and efficiency demands of emerging big-data applications. Also, we cannot expect the programmer to know data placement and handle different memory latency and bandwidth in heterogeneous memory.

Latency 52

Latency Hardware Cache Architecture 52

All Things Distributed

DECEMBER 20, 2017

How companies can use ideas from mass production to create business with data. In this way, designers are part of an ecosystem in which the functionalities of simulations, data and people come together, enabling them to develop better products faster. Strategically, IT doesn't matter. More than mere support.

Artificial Intelligence 79

Artificial Intelligence Social Media Logistics AWS 79

Abhishek Tiwari

DECEMBER 27, 2017

Kubernetes has emerged as go to container orchestration platform for data engineering teams. In 2018, a widespread adaptation of Kubernetes for big data processing is anitcipated. Organisations are already using Kubernetes for a variety of workloads [1] [2] and data workloads are up next. better cluster resource utilization.

Big Data 63

Big Data Storage Benchmarking Hardware 63

Abhishek Tiwari

JULY 12, 2018

Building data pipelines can offer strategic advantages to the business. Often companies underestimate the necessary effort and cost involved to build and maintain data pipelines. Data pipeline initiatives are generally unfinished projects. In this post, we will discuss why you should avoid building data pipelines in first place.

Latency 63

Latency Analytics Scalability Engineering 63

Brendan Gregg

JULY 4, 2021

AWS Graviton2); for memory with the arrival of DDR5 and High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) on-processor; for storage including new uses for 3D Xpoint as a 3D NAND accelerator; for networking with the rise of QUIC and eXpress Data Path (XDP); and so on. I also wrote about these topics in detail for my recent [Systems Performance 2nd Edition] book.

Performance 140

Performance Latency Hardware Storage 140

The Morning Paper

MAY 27, 2019

Last week we saw the benefits of rethinking memory and pointer models at the hardware level when it came to object storage and compression ( Zippads ). The protections are hardware implemented and cannot be forged in software. CHERI also rethinks the way that pointers and memory work, but the goal here is memory protection.

C++ 61

C++ Hardware Virtualization Benchmarking 61

ACM Sigarch

APRIL 26, 2018

They introduced the architecture of coarse grain reconfigurable array (CGRA) for statically scheduled data flow computing in HOTCHIPS’17 and its software stack of compiler and linker in ICCAD’17. HPU: Holographic Processing Unit (HPU) is the specific hardware of Microsoft’s Hololens. FPU: Floating Processing Unit (FPU).

Hardware 99

Hardware Artificial Intelligence Architecture Google 99

Brendan Gregg

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

link] 2021 - [Trader 21] Tiffany Trader, “Cerebras Second-Gen 7nm Wafer Scale Engine Doubles AI Performance Over First-Gen Chip ,” [link] Apr 2021 - [Ghigoff 21] Yoann Ghigoff, et al., "BMC:

Performance 110

Performance Latency Cache Virtualization 110

Smashing Magazine

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Nowadays, hardware and software are designed to conduct eye-tracking studies for marketing , UX , psychological and medical research , gaming , and several other use cases. Another area that has been showing huge potential is eye-tracking in the context of virtual reality. Source: Nielsen Norman Group ) ( Large preview ).

Mobile 112

Mobile Website Hardware Social Media 112

HammerDB

OCTOBER 23, 2023

The data shows a scripted automated workload running a number of back to back tests each time with an increasing number of virtual users. Gbits/sec We also test both local port and socket connections and found that a local port provided the best comparative data for both MySQL and MariaDB. On MySQL, we saw a 1.5X

Benchmarking 62

Benchmarking Database Network C++ 62

The Agile Manager

JUNE 30, 2015

Is every company destined to be a software company? Virtual data centers, real-time algorithmic pricing, and new media are simply larger versions of that same phenomenon. No software, no chance. So producers have to become software companies. It might consume a lot of software.

Software 40

Software Software Innovation Hardware 40

HammerDB

APRIL 19, 2023

Among the different components of modern software solutions, the database is one of the most critical. Regardless of whether the computing platform to be evaluated is on-prem, containerized, virtualized, or in the cloud, it is crucial to consider several essential factors. cpu_utilization_%_in_kernel_mode 29.70 4.22 %usr 38.40

Performance 54

Performance Benchmarking Cache Storage 54

The Morning Paper

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

When it comes to leveraging ML in enterprise applications, especially in regulated environments, the level of scrutiny for data handling, model fairness, user privacy, and debuggability will be substantially higher than in the first wave of ML applications. The key insight this led to is that ML models are software , derived from data.

Government 95

Government Software Engineering Storage Database 95

VoltDB

JUNE 1, 2017

It was – like the hypothetical movie I describe above – more than a little bit odd, as you could leave a session discussing ever more abstract layers of virtualization and walk into one where they emphasized the critical importance of pinning a network interface to a specific VM for optimal performance.

Hardware 56

Hardware Latency Virtualization Cloud 56

Testsigma

JULY 3, 2021

From the maintenance and monitoring of the machines and software to upgrading and installations — you’ll need all hands on deck. More control: While performing on-premise testing, organizations have more control over configurations, setup, hardware, and software. As the name suggests, it happens on-premise.

Cloud 57

Cloud Testing Storage DevOps 57

KeyCDN

JANUARY 23, 2020

These acronyms, which stand for real user monitoring and application performance monitoring, are software monitoring processes essential to measuring and evaluating applications in many different areas. RUM gathers data from real life users to analyze application performance. What is real user monitoring (RUM)? Basic server metrics.

Strategy 72

Strategy Metrics Monitoring Servers 72

All Things Distributed

JANUARY 23, 2012

The Amazon Virtual Private Cloud extends on-premises compute with all the power of AWS, making it elastic, scalable and highly reliable. The AWS Storage Gateway is a service connecting an on-premises software appliance with cloud-based storage. The first one is using the AWS Storage Gateway to back up your data to Amazon S3â??s

Storage 115

Storage AWS Virtualization Cloud 115

Brendan Gregg

JULY 4, 2021

AWS Graviton2); for memory with the arrival of DDR5 and High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) on-processor; for storage including new uses for 3D Xpoint as a 3D NAND accelerator; for networking with the rise of QUIC and eXpress Data Path (XDP); and so on. I also wrote about these topics in detail for my recent [Systems Performance 2nd Edition] book.

Performance 52

Performance Latency Hardware Storage 52

Brendan Gregg

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

link] , 2021 [Trader 21] Tiffany Trader, “Cerebras Second-Gen 7nm Wafer Scale Engine Doubles AI Performance Over First-Gen Chip ,” [link] , Apr 2021 [Ghigoff 21] Yoann Ghigoff, et al.,

Performance 52

Performance Latency Cache Virtualization 52

VoltDB

JUNE 1, 2017

It was – like the hypothetical movie I describe above – more than a little bit odd, as you could leave a session discussing ever more abstract layers of virtualization and walk into one where they emphasized the critical importance of pinning a network interface to a specific VM for optimal performance.

Hardware 40

Hardware Latency Virtualization Cloud 40

All Things Distributed

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

ML is that part of AI that describes rules and recognizes patterns from large amounts of data in order to predict future data. Both concepts are virtually omnipresent and at the top of most buzzword rankings. As a result, there is a critical mass of data available. Because three things are coming together.

Artificial Intelligence 147

Artificial Intelligence Transportation Education Airlines 147

Brendan Gregg

AUGUST 18, 2019

bpftrace is a new open source tracer for Linux for analyzing production performance problems and troubleshooting software. bpftrace uses BPF (Berkeley Packet Filter), an in-kernel execution engine that processes a virtual instruction set. software Kernel software-based events. usdt User-level statically defined tracing.

Latency 68

Latency C++ Cache Programming 68

HammerDB

DECEMBER 5, 2020

A full understanding of why this is important requires some knowledge of the evolution of database hardware and software. For TPC-C this meant enough available spindles to reduce I/O latency and for TPC-H enough bandwidth for data throughput. This was both expensive and time consuming to configure.

C++ 40

C++ Benchmarking Virtualization Open Source 40

ACM Sigarch

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Engineers, like economists, deal with large amounts of data and pride ourselves on our clinical ability to analyze and solve complex problems. Virtualization, for instance, was being addressed by IBM in the 1960s. I recall heated discussions 20+ years ago on whether speculative data in caches improves or degrades cache performance.

Architecture 47

Architecture Cache Hardware Virtualization 47

Scalegrid

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

A distributed storage system is foundational in today’s data-driven landscape, ensuring data spread over multiple servers is reliable, accessible, and manageable. Understanding distributed storage is imperative as data volumes and the need for robust storage solutions rise.

Storage 130

Storage Systems Big Data Azure 130

Dynatrace

JANUARY 26, 2021

Traditional computing models rely on virtual or physical machines, where each instance includes a complete operating system, CPU cycles, and memory. VMware commercialized the idea of virtual machines, and cloud providers embraced the same concept with services like Amazon EC2, Google Compute, and Azure virtual machines.

Serverless 243

Serverless Efficiency Lambda Azure 243

Dynatrace

JUNE 29, 2022

Hybrid cloud architecture is a computing environment that shares data and applications on a combination of public clouds and on-premises private clouds. A hybrid cloud, however, combines public infrastructure and services with on-premises resources or a private data center to create a flexible, interconnected IT environment.

Infrastructure 180

Infrastructure Cloud Azure AWS 180

Percona

AUGUST 22, 2023

We’ll also look at the differences, as it’s important to know what architecture(s) will help you best meet your unique requirements for maximizing data assets and achieving continuous uptime. Without enough infrastructure (physical or virtualized servers, networking, etc.), there cannot be high availability.

Availability 82

Availability Hardware Open Source Database 82

Brendan Gregg

MARCH 16, 2024

To explain this example in more detail: The profiler periodically interrupts software execution, and for those disconnected stacks it happens to be the execution of the kernel software ("vfs*", "ext*", etc.). What happens if the random data is a valid pointer by coincidence? These partial stacks get grouped together on the left.

Java 145

Java Cache Google Hardware 145

Percona

JUNE 22, 2023

To make data count and to ensure cloud computing is unabated, companies and organizations must have highly available databases. Fault tolerance aims for zero downtime and data loss. Data replication : Data is continually copied from one database to another to ensure that the system remains operational even if one database fails.

Availability 111

Availability Database Open Source Hardware 111

HammerDB

JUNE 27, 2022

HammerDB is a software application for database benchmarking. It enables the user to measure database performance and make comparative judgements about database hardware and software. Databases are highly sophisticated software, and to design and run a fair benchmark workload is a complex undertaking. The HammerDB name.

Benchmarking 62

Benchmarking Open Source C++ Cache 62

O'Reilly

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

AI users say that AI programming (66%) and data analysis (59%) are the most needed skills. That pricing won’t be sustainable, particularly as hardware shortages drive up the cost of building infrastructure. Given the cost of equipping a data center with high-end GPUs, they probably won’t attempt to build their own infrastructure.

Open Source 108

Open Source Artificial Intelligence Google Infrastructure 108

Percona

APRIL 17, 2023

We’ll also go over some best practices for MongoDB security as well as MongoDB data modeling. Operating System (OS) settings Swappiness Swappiness is a Linux kernel setting that influences the behavior of the Virtual Memory manager when it needs to allocate a swap, ranging from 0-100.

Best Practices 52

Best Practices Design Tuning Database 52

Percona

JULY 7, 2023

Unfortunately, using certain open source database software as part of an HA architecture can present significant challenges. Despite all its upside, PostgreSQL software presents such challenges. HA in PostgreSQL databases delivers virtually continuous availability, fault tolerance, and disaster recovery.

Availability 87

Availability Open Source Architecture Database 87

Percona

JUNE 12, 2023

Open source databases provide great foundations for high availability — without the pitfalls of vendor lock-in that can come with proprietary software. However, open source software doesn’t typically include built-in HA solutions. This blog provides links to such architectures — for MySQL and PostgreSQL software.

Architecture 99

Architecture Availability Open Source Healthcare 99