Dynatrace

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Many customers try to use traditional tools to monitor and observe modern software stacks, but they struggle to deal with the dynamic and changing nature of cloud environments. ” A monolithic software application has a few properties that are important to understand. How observability works in a traditional environment.

Cloud 226

Cloud Serverless Hardware Operating System 226

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., Microservices fundamentally change a lot of assumptions current cloud systems are designed with, and present both opportunities and challenges when optimizing for quality of service (QoS) and utilization.

Open Source 61

Open Source Hardware Benchmarking Systems 61

Testsigma

JUNE 3, 2021

The software will never be bug-free. Bugs could come up due to different reasons, in this article, we will discuss them from the perspective of software errors. We can divide the errors during software development into two sections for easy understanding: Software errors Testing errors. Software errors.

Software 82

Software Software Testing Hardware 82

Scalegrid

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

The advantages of DBaaS Businesses can use their database services without having to purchase new hardware or set it up. Software developers are finding it easier to integrate with the DBaaS model, especially when developing mobile apps. You don’t need to worry about whether the security software you purchase is robust enough.

Healthcare 130

Healthcare Hardware Database Scalability 130

Percona

AUGUST 22, 2023

Some of the most important elements include: No single point of failure (SPOF): You must eliminate any SPOF in the database environment, including any potential for an SPOF in physical or virtual hardware. Redundancy provides backups and safeguards against data loss in case of hardware failures. there cannot be high availability.

Availability 77

Availability Hardware Open Source Database 77

High Scalability

DECEMBER 16, 2022

This means that users only pay for the computing resources they actually use, rather than having to invest in expensive hardware and software upfront. As a large language model trained by OpenAI, I exist purely as a software program and do not have a physical presence. Explain serverless to me at a professional level.

Cloud 201

Cloud Serverless Internet Internet 201

Scalegrid

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Key Takeaways Distributed storage systems benefit organizations by enhancing data availability, fault tolerance, and system scalability, leading to cost savings from reduced hardware needs, energy consumption, and personnel. Variations within these storage systems are called distributed file systems.

Storage 130

Storage Systems Big Data Azure 130

Dynatrace

DECEMBER 15, 2022

ITOps refers to the process of acquiring, designing, deploying, configuring, and maintaining equipment and services that support an organization’s desired business outcomes. Besides the traditional system hardware, storage, routers, and software, ITOps also includes virtual components of the network and cloud infrastructure.

Artificial Intelligence 202

Artificial Intelligence DevOps Hardware Virtualization 202

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. In addition to the disaster recovery site, this design includes an external layer of nodes.

Availability 104

Availability Database Open Source Hardware 104

Dynatrace

AUGUST 11, 2022

Cloud providers then manage physical hardware, virtual machines, and web server software management. Monolithic architectures were commonplace with legacy, on-premises software solutions. Software as a service (SaaS) delivers on-demand applications. FaaS vs. monolithic architectures. But how does FaaS fit in?

Development 250

Development Serverless Best Practices Lambda 250

The Morning Paper

JUNE 25, 2019

Designing far memory data structures: think outside the box Aguilera et al., Therefore, if we want to make full use of one-sided far memory, we need to think carefully about the design of our data structures to make that access efficient. This makes it challenging to design effective far memory data structures. HotOS’19.

Design 80

Design Cache Hardware Scalability 80

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?

Testing 89

Testing Hardware Virtualization Operating System 89

The Morning Paper

NOVEMBER 15, 2020

With more nodes and more coordination comes more complexity, both in design and operation. So we need low latency, but we also need very high throughput: A recurring theme in IDS/IPS literature is the gap between the workloads they need to handle and the capabilities of existing hardware/software implementations.

Servers 128

Servers Hardware Latency Design 128

Dynatrace

JULY 11, 2023

By leveraging the Dynatrace Operator and Dynatrace capabilities on Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Power, customers can accelerate their modernization to hybrid cloud and increase operational efficiencies with greater visibility across the full stack from hardware through application processes.

Architecture 169

Architecture Availability Infrastructure Metrics 169

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 93

Architecture Availability Open Source Healthcare 93

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

Percona

APRIL 17, 2023

Percona Backup for MongoDB is a custom-built backup utility designed to cater to the needs of users who don’t want to pay for proprietary software but require a fully supported community backup tool capable of performing cluster-wide consistent backups in MongoDB.

Best Practices 52

Best Practices Design Tuning Database 52

Dynatrace

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Instead of worrying about infrastructure management functions, such as capacity provisioning and hardware maintenance, teams can focus on application design, deployment, and delivery. Serverless architecture offers several benefits for enterprises. Simplicity. The first benefit is simplicity. Let’s explore each in more detail.

Serverless 280

Serverless AWS Lambda Storage 280

Dynatrace

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Chaos engineering is a method of testing distributed software that deliberately introduces failure and faulty scenarios to verify its resilience in the face of random disruptions. Practitioners subject software to a controlled, simulated crisis to test for unstable behavior. Chaos engineers ask why. The history of chaos engineering.

Engineering 225

Engineering Entertainment Cloud Infrastructure 225

The Netflix TechBlog

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

The Android launch leveraged the open-source software decoder dav1d built by the VideoLAN, VLC, and FFmpeg communities and sponsored by AOMedia. While software decoders enable AV1 playback for more powerful devices, a majority of Netflix members enjoy their favorite shows on TVs. TV manufacturers released TVs ready for AV1 streaming.

Media 246

Media Open Source Efficiency Software Engineering 246

DZone

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

But what is the metric that shows service hardware monopolization by a group of users? Quality metrics contain: The ratio of successfully processed requests. Distribution of processing time between requests. Number of requests dependent curves. This metric absence reduces the quality and user satisfaction of the service.

Network 246

Network Hardware Metrics Processing 246

Testsigma

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

According to IEEE Std 829-1998, Software Testing is defined as “the process of analyzing a software item to detect the differences between existing and required conditions (i.e. defects) and evaluating the features of the software items.” Testing Techniques. ” In Dynamic Testing, the code is executed.

Software 69

Software Software Testing Scalability 69

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. Software failure: Software applications can become vulnerable, or they can crash altogether.

Database 85

Database Hardware Open Source Strategy 85

High Scalability

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Five years ago when Google published The Datacenter as a Computer: Designing Warehouse-Scale Machines it was a manifesto declaring the world of computing had changed forever. The world is still changing, so Google published a new edition: The Datacenter as a Computer: Designing Warehouse-Scale Machines, Third Edition.

Design 54

Design Education Google Internet 54

All Things Distributed

JULY 4, 2019

A few months ago, I wrote the post " Amazon Aurora ascendant: How we designed acloud-native relational database ," and now I'm excited to share some news about the people behind the service.

Systems 126

Systems Development Hardware Database 126

The Morning Paper

MAY 21, 2019

Software-defined far memory in warehouse-scale computers Lagar-Cavilla et al., Using zswap means that no new hardware solutions are required, enabling rapid deployment across clusters. ASPLOS’19. Memory (DRAM) remains comparatively expensive, while in-memory computing demands are growing rapidly.

Software 78

Software Software Google Hardware 78

Testlodge

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

The term software compatibility describes how a product should provide the same result across all platforms on which it runs. Software testers explore the effectiveness of processes that should lead to quality software products to make sure they perform the purpose for which they have been designed.

Testing 78

Testing Hardware Operating System Mobile 78

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. Security and risk The question “ Is Open Source software safe?

Open Source 89

Open Source Database Hardware Strategy 89

Percona

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

The bad On the other hand, Kubernetes is not designed to handle large databases or mainframes. Kubernetes performance is heavily influenced by the underlying hardware. Running a database on a Kubernetes cluster should deliver similar performance, with less than a 1% difference when compared to running it on standalone hardware.

Open Source 83

Open Source Hardware Storage Database 83

Adrian Cockcroft

JANUARY 17, 2022

There were five trends and topics for 2021, Serverless First, Chaos Engineering, Wardley Mapping, Huge Hardware, Sustainability. The need for systems to be resilient is still increasing, and chaos engineering tools and techniques are developing as a key way to validate that resilience is working as designed. primarily virtual?—?and

Serverless 98

Serverless Hardware AWS Architecture 98

Dynatrace

OCTOBER 1, 2021

In these modern environments, every hardware, software, and cloud infrastructure component and every container, open-source tool, and microservice generates records of every activity. The architects and developers who create the software must design it to be observed.

Metrics 363

Metrics Open Source Monitoring Infrastructure 363

Randon ASCII

JANUARY 12, 2022

That meant I started having regular meetings with the hardware engineers who were working with IBM on the CPU which gave me even more expertise on this CPU, which was critical in helping me discover a design flaw in one of its instructions , and in helping game developers master this finicky beast. Standard stuff. That said, 5.5

Cache 126

Cache Latency Benchmarking Hardware 126

Dynatrace

APRIL 5, 2021

But with the benefits also come concerns about observability, and how to monitor and manage ever-expanding cloud software stacks. As a bonus, operations staff never needs to update operating systems or hardware, because AWS manages servers with no stoppage of application functionality. The Amazon Web Services ecosystem.

Lambda 179

Lambda AWS Serverless Hardware 179

ACM Sigarch

MAY 31, 2023

using Compute Express Link or CXL), organizing memory components for optimal performance, adapting system software traditionally designed for homogeneous memory systems, and developing memory abstractions and programming constructs for HCM management. About CXL hardware availability with academia. Using emulation (e.g.

Latency 52

Latency Hardware Cache Architecture 52

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

Brendan Gregg

JULY 4, 2021

This was a chance to talk about other things I've been working on, such as the present and future of hardware performance. The video is on [youtube]: The slides are on [slideshare] or as a [PDF]: I work on many areas of performance, but recently I've had a lot of demand to talk about BPF.

Performance 140

Performance Latency Hardware Storage 140

Dynatrace

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Note that most of the changes we’ve introduced so far and those that are detailed below are all designed to be invisible to you, taking place entirely automatically in the background. However these improvements are of critical importance for those who have been exposed to the problems that these improvements are designed to solve.

Best Practices 196

Best Practices Storage Java Benchmarking 196