The Morning Paper

MAY 12, 2019

An open-source benchmark suite for microservices and their hardware-software implications for cloud & edge systems Gan et al., Systems built with lots of microservices have different operational characteristics to those built from a small number of monoliths, we’d like to study and better understand those differences.

Open Source 61

Open Source Hardware Benchmarking Systems 61

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. Some disruption might occur, but it will be minimal. More in the following sub-section.)

Availability 106

Availability Database Open Source Hardware 106

Dynatrace

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Serverless architecture shifts application hosting functions away from local servers onto those managed by providers. This means you no longer have to provision, scale, and maintain servers to run your applications, databases, and storage systems. Serverless architecture: A primer. Simplicity. The first benefit is simplicity.

Serverless 289

Serverless AWS Lambda Storage 289

Scalegrid

JANUARY 25, 2024

You will need to know which monitoring metrics for Redis to watch and a tool to monitor these critical server metrics to ensure its health. Understanding Redis Performance Indicators Redis is designed to handle high traffic and low latency with its in-memory data store and efficient data structures. <code> 127.0.0.1:6379>

Metrics 130

Metrics Monitoring Latency Cache 130

High Scalability

DECEMBER 16, 2022

It allows users to access and use shared computing resources, such as servers, storage, and applications, on demand and without the need to manage the underlying infrastructure. Cloud computing has become a widely-used model of computing, as it offers a number of benefits over traditional, on-premises computing systems.

Cloud 201

Cloud Serverless Internet Internet 201

Percona

APRIL 17, 2023

In this blog post, we will discuss the best practices on the MongoDB ecosystem applied at the Operating System (OS) and MongoDB levels. 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

Testlodge

APRIL 14, 2021

A software tester’s work life includes making sure that systems that have been designed to achieve specific results behave exactly as they should. These systems are a combination of different hardware and software which have been configured to perform the desired task. What is Configuration Testing? An Example.

Testing 89

Testing Hardware Virtualization Operating System 89

Percona

JUNE 12, 2023

Conversely, choosing a piecemeal approach — one in which you attempt to build a database through the trial and error of various tools and extensions — can leave your system vulnerable. and package them in a design (blueprint) of a database infrastructure that’s fit to perform optimally — amid demanding conditions.

Architecture 94

Architecture Availability Open Source Healthcare 94

Percona

JUNE 26, 2023

We need to identify whether it was deleted manually by mistake or was due to hardware failure. In case of hardware failure, first, we need to fix the hardware issue or migrate our database to new hardware and then perform a restore, as mentioned below. Perform PITR if we have backup configured with proper archive backup.

Hardware 74

Hardware C++ Database Open Source 74

Dynatrace

AUGUST 11, 2022

Cloud providers then manage physical hardware, virtual machines, and web server software management. This code is then executed on remote servers in response to an event, such as users interacting with functional web elements. Consider a monolithic application, for example, designed to perform a host of functions.

Development 259

Development Serverless Best Practices Lambda 259

Percona

AUGUST 30, 2023

In general terms, here are potential trouble spots: Hardware failure: Manufacturing defects, wear and tear, physical damage, and other factors can cause hardware to fail. heat) can damage hardware components and prompt data loss. Without data backup mechanisms, there can be data loss or system downtime.

Database 86

Database Hardware Open Source Strategy 86

SQL Performance

DECEMBER 17, 2019

One initial, easy step to moving your SQL Server on-premises workloads to the cloud is using Azure VMs to run your SQL Server workloads in an infrastructure as a service (IaaS) scenario. You will still have to maintain your operating system, SQL Server and databases just like you would in an on-premises scenario.

Azure 72

Azure Virtualization Servers Storage 72

KeyCDN

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

PWAs are designed to work offline, be fast, and provide a seamless user experience across different devices. Motion UI Motion UI is a design trend involving animation and other interactive elements to create a more dynamic and engaging user experience. They thus adapt to the user's browser, screen size, and device specifications.

Artificial Intelligence 111

Artificial Intelligence Development Serverless Website 111

Dynatrace

JUNE 25, 2020

Our Premium High Availability comes with the following features: Active-active deployment model for optimum hardware utilization. Save on costs for hardware and network bandwidth to optimize total cost of ownership. You can set up different proxy servers for the Mission Control uplink for each data center. How it works.

Availability 253

Availability Hardware Latency Traffic 253

Dynatrace

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Because monolithic applications combine database, client-side interfaces, and server-side application elements in a single executable, they’re difficult to understand, even for their own administrators. In fact, it can be difficult to make code changes that won’t disrupt the entire system.

Architecture 241

Architecture Artificial Intelligence Cloud Open Source 241

Dynatrace

APRIL 5, 2021

The 2014 launch of AWS Lambda marked a milestone in how organizations use cloud services to deliver their applications more efficiently, by running functions at the edge of the cloud without the cost and operational overhead of on-premises servers. What is AWS Lambda? Customizing and connecting these services requires code.

Lambda 186

Lambda AWS Serverless Hardware 186

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

Brendan Gregg

JULY 4, 2021

I summarized these topics and more as a plenary conference talk, including my own predictions (as a senior performance engineer) for the future of computing performance, with a focus on back-end servers. This was a chance to talk about other things I've been working on, such as the present and future of hardware performance.

Performance 140

Performance Latency Hardware Storage 140

Percona

JULY 7, 2023

Where a high availability design once worked well, it can no longer keep up with more complex requirements. In general terms, to achieve HA in PostgreSQL, there must be: Redundancy: To ensure data redundancy and provide continuous performance when a primary server fails, multiple copies of the database reside in replica servers.

Availability 83

Availability Open Source Architecture Database 83

Dynatrace

OCTOBER 28, 2021

In 2010, Netflix introduced a technology to switch production software instances off at random — like setting a monkey loose in a server room — to test how the cloud handled its services. Because it can touch many systems, chaos engineering can have broad implications, affecting groups and stakeholders across the organization.

Engineering 234

Engineering Entertainment Cloud Infrastructure 234

Percona

MAY 1, 2023

After some time of receiving these messages, eventually, they hit performance issues to the point that the server becomes unresponsive for a few minutes. The innodb_io_capacity_max parameter was set to 2000, so the hardware should be able to deliver that many IOPS without major issues. After that, things went back to normal.

AWS 118

AWS Hardware Storage Tuning 118

ACM Sigarch

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Although, only recently the security attacks on quantum computers have begun to be demonstrated, this brings to the forefront the need to consider security of quantum computer architectures as a first-class design objective. With cloud-based access, anybody, including malicious users, can run their code on the real quantum computer hardware.

Architecture 72

Architecture Hardware Programming Cloud 72

SQL Server According to Bob

JANUARY 11, 2020

Microsoft SQL Server I/O Basics Author: ​​ Bob Dorr, Microsoft SQL Server Escalation Published: ​​ December, 2004 SUMMARY: ​​ Learn the I/O requirements for Microsoft SQL Server database file operations. This will help you increase system performance and avoid I/O environment errors.

Servers 40

Servers Cache Media Hardware 40

Percona

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

This results in expedited query execution, reduced resource utilization, and more efficient exploitation of the available hardware resources. Reduced Resource Usage Optimizing resource-intensive queries and configurations can lead to a reduced burden on your server. Regularly optimizing query structures is vital.

Tuning 52

Tuning Database Performance Hardware 52

ACM Sigarch

MAY 31, 2023

Introduction Memory systems are evolving into heterogeneous and composable architectures. 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. The recently announced CXL3.0

Latency 52

Latency Hardware Cache Architecture 52

All Things Distributed

MARCH 19, 2018

So, when designing Amazon SageMaker we took on a challenge: to build machine learning algorithms that can handle an infinite amount of data. " To make things even more challenging, a system that can handle a single large training job is not nearly good enough if training jobs are slow or expensive. What does that even mean though?

Scalability 159

Scalability Hardware AWS Tuning 159

Percona

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Compatibility Open source databases are designed with interoperability at their core, adhering to industry standards and offering support for a wide range of data import and export formats. These vendors often provide integrated stacks that include the database, application server, and other components that seamlessly integrate.

Open Source 90

Open Source Database Hardware Strategy 90

Percona

AUGUST 18, 2023

Why do you need multiple instances on the same server? You can have a host with two or three instances configured as a delayed replica of the source server with SQL Delay of, let’s say, 24hr, 12hr, and 6/3hrs. You can run multiple instances on a server to test your backups with the correct version and configs.

Programming 84

Programming Servers Database Hardware 84

Percona

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Rather than listing the concepts, function calls, etc, available in Citus, which frankly is a bit boring, I’m going to explore scaling out a database system starting with a single host. I won’t cover all the features but show just enough that you’ll want to see more of what you can learn to accomplish for yourself.

Database 103

Database Benchmarking Latency C++ 103

ACM Sigarch

AUGUST 3, 2023

(Editor’s Note: This post was submitted as a rebuttal to Andrew Chien’s July 24 SIGARCH Blog Post ) The recent post “ Why Embodied Carbon is a poor Architecture Design metric, and Operational Carbon remains an important Problem ” by Prof. Andrew Chien rightfully raises awareness of the challenges of reducing operational carbon.

Energy 98

Energy Architecture Hardware Metrics 98

ACM Sigarch

JULY 17, 2023

We then discuss defects observed, the role of test and design to address this problem, and identify research opportunities. An example of a specification is the correct operation of the hardware of a microprocessor. While testing is important, exhaustive testing is challenging given the sheer size of modern processor designs.

Energy 52

Energy Hardware Best Practices Architecture 52

Percona

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Database architects working with MongoDB encounter specific challenges related to database systems and system growth. Sharding in MongoDB is a technique used to distribute a database horizontally across multiple nodes or servers, known as “shards.” Learn more: View our webinar on How to Scale with MongoDB.

Best Practices 71

Best Practices Traffic Database Servers 71

Brendan Gregg

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

This talk originated from my updates to [Systems Performance 2nd Edition], and this was the first time I've given this talk in person! CXL in a way allows a custom memory controller to be added to a system, to increase memory capacity, bandwidth, and overall performance. Ford, et al., “TCP

Performance 110

Performance Latency Cache Virtualization 110

SQL Server According to Bob

AUGUST 23, 2021

HOW IT WORKS: SQL Server Scheduler Affinity SQL Server uses 3 types of affinity to control where the SQL Server worker threads execute. Node Types SQL Server makes a specific distinction between scheduling and memory nodes. This allows you to scale up or down the SQL Server schedulers without restarting the SQL Server.

Servers 40

Servers Azure Operating System Database 40

Dynatrace

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

It requires purchasing, powering, and configuring physical hardware, training and retaining the staff capable of servicing and securing the machines, operating a data center, and so on. They need enough hardware to serve their anticipated volume and keep things running smoothly without buying too much or too little. Reduced cost.

Cloud 172

Cloud Traffic Best Practices Strategy 172

Percona

MAY 2, 2023

Questions Q: I have a MySQL server with 500 GB of RAM; my data set is 100 GB. Keep in mind that setting the buffer pool size too high may result in other processes on your server competing for memory, which can impact performance. Q: I have a MySQL server, and my application is writing at a rate of 100 MB/hour in my redo logs.

Social Media 120

Social Media Database Servers Cache 120

The Netflix TechBlog

APRIL 29, 2019

Content is placed on the network of servers in the Open Connect CDN as close to the end user as possible, improving the streaming experience for our customers and reducing costs for both Netflix and our Internet Service Provider (ISP) partners. We have created streams of events from a number of systems that get unified into a single tool.

Open Source 279

Open Source Network Infrastructure Big Data 279