The Morning Paper

APRIL 2, 2019

Root of trust (RoT) establishment on an untrusted system ensures that a system state comprises all and only content chosen by the user, and the user’s code begins execution in that state. In this context it means there are no external dependencies on e.g. secrets, trusted hardware modules, or special instructions (e.g.

Software 40

Software Software Programming Hardware 40

SQL Performance

AUGUST 27, 2019

AMD is definitely pushing the idea that a one-socket AMD Ryzen 7002 based server is a superior replacement for nearly any two-socket Intel-based server. It will also use less power than a two-socket Intel server, with a lower hardware cost, and potentially lower licensing costs (for things like VMware). Single-Socket Database Servers.

Servers 52

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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. Complying with all applicable copyright laws is the responsibility of the user.

Servers 40

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CSS Wizardry

APRIL 2, 2018

The improvement that the DAC provides is subtle, but definitely noticeable. If I go down this path, I’ll need to start considering many other things such as storage, backups, compatible media players, and maybe even dedicated hardware. When I’m rich and I’ve got a huge house, then I’ll start spending! Technics OTTAVA in-situ.

Website 108

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High Scalability

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

He and his colleagues spend their productive hours scaling large distributed file systems. It is limited by the disk space; it can’t expand storage elastically; it chokes if you run few I/O intensive processes or try collaborating with 100 other users. Optimize on prem cold storage cost. You can reach him at @kpatelwork.

Architecture 52

Architecture Cache Azure Storage 52

Alex Russell

JULY 14, 2021

The predominant desktop situation is relatively straightforward: Browsers handle links, and non-browsers defer loading http and https URLs to the system, which in turn invokes the default browser. Instead, they load content referred by their hosting native app in system-provided WebViews. The Baseline Scenario #. " you might ask?

Google 121

Google Mobile Engineering Internet 121

The Morning Paper

JANUARY 19, 2020

“Coping with complexity” is about as good a three-word summary of the systems and software challenges facing us over the next decade as I can imagine. introduce a requirement for one human to need to understand more complexity than is reasonable) and you’re no longer in control of your systems. Go overdrawn (i.e.,

C++ 50

C++ Systems Software Software 50

Alex Russell

MARCH 6, 2021

A then-representative $200USD device had 4-8 slow (in-order, low-cache) cores, ~2GiB of RAM, and relatively slow MLC NAND flash storage. Hardware Past As Performance Prologue. Regardless, the overall story for hardware progress remains grim, particularly when we recall how long device replacement cycles are: Tap for a larger version.

Performance 124

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Brendan Gregg

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

What follows are topics that may be of interest to anyone looking to migrate their systems and skillset: scan these to find topics that interest you. ## ZFS ZFS is available for Linux via the [zfsonlinux] and [OpenZFS] projects, and more recently was included in Canonical's Ubuntu Linux distribution: Ubuntu Xenial 16.04 LTS (April 2016).

Virtualization 76

Virtualization AWS Engineering Hardware 76

Alex Russell

OCTOBER 22, 2017

Tools and CI systems help them monitor progress & prevent regressions. Some systems show median RTTs near ~100ms for 3G users. Given the conflicted data we see across our other systems, this seems about right as a baseline. Think back: your framework of choice might be 40K, but what about that data system?

Performance 68

Performance Benchmarking Network Mobile 68

High Scalability

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Each cloud-native evolution is about using the hardware more efficiently. Anyone can rent a rack in a colo and stand up a system. Of course not, but let's ignore that very few organizations in the world have the technological know-how to create such managed services, especially without low level control of the entire system.

Cloud 187

Cloud Hardware Infrastructure Innovation 187

Percona

AUGUST 27, 2018

assigning to a specific CPU) is a manageable resource, represented by the concept of “virtual CPU” as a term that includes CPU cores, hyperthreads, hardware threads, and so forth. MySQL package installers for Linux systems should set this capability. Currently, CPU affinity (i.e., Good MySQL everyone. References. You May Also Like.

Tuning 44

Tuning Virtualization Testing Servers 44

The Netflix TechBlog

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

This requires an asset storage solution. Asset Storage We refer to asset storage and management simply as asset management. However, it would be cost-inefficient to leverage this same hardware for lightweight and more consistent traffic patterns that an asset management service requires.

Engineering 165

Engineering Storage Latency Entertainment 165

Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 6, 2020

On the other hand, we have hardware constraints on memory and CPU due to JavaScript parsing times (we’ll talk about them in detail later). Gatsby (React), Vuepress (Vue) Preact CLI , and PWA Starter Kit provide reasonable defaults for fast loading out of the box on average mobile hardware. ??Also,

Performance 145

Performance Cache Network Metrics 145

Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 7, 2019

On the other hand, we have hardware constraints on memory and CPU due to JavaScript parsing times (we’ll talk about them in detail later). Gatsby.js (React), Preact CLI , and PWA Starter Kit provide reasonable defaults for fast loading out of the box on average mobile hardware. But this consideration needs to be deliberate.

Performance 104

Performance Cache Metrics Network 104

Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 11, 2021

On the other hand, we have hardware constraints on memory and CPU due to JavaScript parsing and execution times (we’ll talk about them in detail later). Gatsby (React), Next.js (React), Vuepress (Vue), Preact CLI , and PWA Starter Kit provide reasonable defaults for fast loading out of the box on average mobile hardware. ??Also,

Performance 145

Performance Cache Media Metrics 145