Percona

JUNE 20, 2023

In order to understand “segmentation fault,” it is a must to know the basic idea of segmentation and its implementation in C programming. When we need to execute any program, it should be loaded into memory first. Paging This was designed to allow non-contiguous space allocation to processes.

Programming 87

Programming C++ Database Virtualization 87

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. Attestation—Providing systems the means to attest or verify the integrity of their components. Also known as a “correct by construction” approach to security.

Hardware 98

Hardware Virtualization Architecture Games 98

The Morning Paper

DECEMBER 8, 2019

On the last morning of the conference Daniel Bittman presented some of the work being done in the context of the Twizzler OS project to explore new programming models for NVM. The starting point is a set of three asumptions for an NVM-based programming model: Compared to traditional persistent media, NVM is fast.

Hardware 56

Hardware Programming Media Storage 56

The Netflix TechBlog

JUNE 4, 2019

Because microprocessors are so fast, computer architecture design has evolved towards adding various levels of caching between compute units and the main memory, in order to hide the latency of bringing the bits to the brains. We formulate the problem as a Mixed Integer Program (MIP).

Cache 251

Cache Latency Airlines Logistics 251

HammerDB

JUNE 27, 2022

It enables the user to measure database performance and make comparative judgements about database hardware and software. HammerDB has graphical and command line interfaces for the Windows and Linux operating systems. What programming languages does HammerDB use and why does it matter? Why HammerDB was developed.

Benchmarking 62

Benchmarking Open Source C++ Cache 62

The Morning Paper

MAY 23, 2019

One of the important attributes of their design was easy and rapid deployment across an existing fleet. These techniques work well for scientific programs that are dominated by arrays. However, they are ineffective on object-based programs because objects do not fall neatly into fixed-size blocks and have a more irregular layout.

Cache 61

Cache Benchmarking Hardware Java 61

Alex Russell

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

Pre-publication gates were valuable when better answers weren't available, but commentators should update their priors to account for hardware and software progress of the past 13 years. Fast forward a decade, and both the software and hardware situations have changed dramatically. " Platforms, while plural, are not equal.

Hardware 64

Hardware Mobile Programming Java 64

Adrian Cockcroft

JUNE 21, 2022

I became the Sun UK local specialist in performance and hardware, and as Sun transitioned from a desktop workstation company to sell high end multiprocessor servers I was helping customers find and fix scalability problems. We had specializations in hardware, operating systems, databases, graphics, etc.

Tuning 52

Tuning Benchmarking Engineering C++ 52

ACM Sigarch

AUGUST 20, 2018

We are used to instances of software running on different computer systems as long as some basic requirements are met (e.g., same instruction set architecture, same operating system, etc.). Similarly, we expect that most computer systems can read (and write) data that is stored in some memory.

Hardware 47

Hardware Operating System Architecture Software 47

Testsigma

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Documents like requirements documents, design documents, code are reviewed and review comments are provided at early stages of Software Lifecycle. The program is run and inputs are provided, the actual results are validated against expected results. Unlike, White Box testing, testers do not need to have complete programming knowledge.

Software 69

Software Software Testing Scalability 69

Smashing Magazine

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

If we would compare the Mouseless Development Environment to the solar system, the shell would be the sun and everything else would turn around it. It’s because the shell is really powerful: it allows you to run many small programs which work very well together. They’re called CLIs (Command-Line Interfaces). CLIs have drawbacks, too.

Development 98

Development Energy Programming Efficiency 98

Testsigma

JUNE 19, 2020

It is a browser-based test automation tool which is designed to support cross-browser (i.e. testing and is integratable with multiple programming languages (i.e. Testsigma is a test automation ecosystem to plan, design, develop, execute, analyze, and report for continuous testing in Agile and DevOps. Chrome, Firefox, Safari etc.

Testing Tools 60

Testing Tools Testing Open Source Java 60

SQL Server According to Bob

JANUARY 11, 2020

Most manufacturers' implementations immediately flush pending writes to physical disk during the restart operations. Example 1: ​​ Hardware failure (CPU board) Battery backup on the caching controller maintained the data. Important Always consult with your hardware manufacturer for proper stable media strategies.

Servers 40

Servers Cache Media Hardware 40

Smashing Magazine

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

Although modern iOS hardware is powerful enough to handle many intensive and complex tasks, the device could still feel unresponsive if you are not careful about how your app performs. Don’t design an entry experience that looks like a splash screen or an "About" window. iOS Performance Tricks To Make Your App Feel More Performant.

Performance 75

Performance Energy Operating System Code 75

SQL Server According to Bob

JANUARY 11, 2020

​​ With new ​​ innovations ​​ come ​​ new terms, designs, ​​ and ​​ algorithms. This is different from ​​ the reference count design ​​ that was ​​ used in SQL Server 7.0 and ​​ 2000.

Servers 40

Servers Cache Database Media 40

ACM Sigarch

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

This blog post gives a glimpse of the computer systems research papers presented at the USENIX Annual Technical Conference (ATC) 2019, with an emphasis on systems that use new hardware architectures. USENIX ATC is a top-tier venue with a broad range of systems research papers from both industry and academia.

Architecture 12

Architecture Hardware Cache Storage 12

SQL Server According to Bob

JULY 13, 2016

desktop machine (I won’t tell you the hardware details. And the Operating System environment for Windows Server has become more robust but has introduced more features and complexity. Launching this program brings you to the new Basic Installer Screen. Go install it”. So I proceeded to install SQL Server 4.20

Servers 40

Servers Media Engineering Virtualization 40

High Scalability

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

To help our customers manage ongoing data explosion, we have designed many of the core components over the last few years. I mean that as your scale grows then design patterns and strategies that used to work 2 years ago and allowed you to go from defensive to offensive positioning may buckle under pressure or becomes cost-prohibitive.

Architecture 52

Architecture Cache Azure Storage 52