The Morning Paper

NOVEMBER 15, 2020

Achieving 100 Gbps intrusion prevention on a single server , Zhao et al., Improving the efficiency with which we can coordinate work across a collection of units (see the Universal Scalability Law ). Today’s paper choice is a wonderful example of pushing the state of the art on a single server. OSDI’20.

Servers 128

Servers Hardware Latency Design 128

Percona

MAY 1, 2023

PostgreSQL performance optimization aims to improve the efficiency of a PostgreSQL database system by adjusting configurations and implementing best practices to identify and resolve bottlenecks, improve query speed, and maximize database throughput and responsiveness. What is PostgreSQL performance tuning?

Tuning 52

Tuning Efficiency Database Performance 52

Scalegrid

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

As CTOs, database developers & experts, and DBAs seek more efficient, secure, and scalable cloud services solutions, DBaaS emerges as a compelling choice. This blog post will explore some of the major challenges in database management that businesses can expect, especially when transitioning from traditional database servers.

Healthcare 130

Healthcare Hardware Database Scalability 130

Dynatrace

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Besides the traditional system hardware, storage, routers, and software, ITOps also includes virtual components of the network and cloud infrastructure. Computer operations manages the physical location of the servers — cooling, electricity, and backups — and monitors and responds to alerts.

Artificial Intelligence 191

Artificial Intelligence DevOps Hardware Virtualization 191

Dynatrace

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

The containerization craze has continued for enterprises, with benefits such as portability, efficiency, and scalability. Serverless container offerings such as AWS Fargate enable companies to manage and modify containers while abstracting server layers to offer customization without increased complexity. million in 2020.

Serverless 212

Serverless Azure Hardware Transportation 212

VoltDB

MAY 14, 2024

As a result, IT teams picked hardware somewhat blindly but with a strong bias towards oversizing for the sake of expanding the budget, leading to systems running at 10-15% of maximum capacity. Prototypes, experiments, and tests Development and testing historically involved end-of-life or ‘spare’ hardware. When is the cloud a bad idea?

Latency 52

Latency Availability Cloud Hardware 52

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.

Metrics 130

Metrics Monitoring Latency Cache 130

Dynatrace

JULY 11, 2023

IBM Power servers enable customers to respond faster to business demands, protect data from core to cloud, and streamline insights and automation. Dynatrace webhook server validates Dynakube definitions for correctness.

Architecture 161

Architecture Availability Infrastructure Metrics 161

Scalegrid

DECEMBER 6, 2023

In the digital age, data management has transformed from locally hosted servers to cloud solutions. ScaleGrid’s comprehensive solutions provide automated efficiency and cost reduction while offering tailored features such as predictive analytics for businesses of all sizes. These advantages come at an expense.

Database 130

Database Cloud Hardware Storage 130

Scalegrid

MAY 13, 2020

It can scale towards a multi-petabyte level data workload without a single issue, and it allows access to a cluster of powerful servers that will work together within a single SQL interface where you can view all of the data. What Exactly is Greenplum? At a glance – TLDR. The Greenplum Architecture. Greenplum Architectural Design.

Big Data 321

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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. This means that users only pay for the computing resources they actually use, rather than having to invest in expensive hardware and software upfront.

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Scalegrid

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

However, data loss is always possible due to hardware malfunction, software defects, or other unforeseen circumstances, just like with any computer system. Offsite Backups Onsite backups are kept on the same server or network as the MySQL instance. It’s renowned for its dependability, effectiveness, and simplicity.

Best Practices 130

Best Practices Storage Strategy Database 130

Scalegrid

DECEMBER 21, 2023

This ensures each Redis® instance optimally uses the in-memory data store and aligns with the operating system’s efficiency. Keeping a tab on memory usage provides additional insight into the health of operations running through Redis® servers.

Strategy 130

Strategy Monitoring Latency DevOps 130

Percona

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Enhanced Database Efficiency By adjusting configuration settings, you can markedly enhance the overall efficiency of your MySQL database. This results in expedited query execution, reduced resource utilization, and more efficient exploitation of the available hardware resources. Experiencing database performance issues?

Tuning 52

Tuning Database Performance Hardware 52

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. Human mistakes: Incorrect configuration is an all-too-common cause of hardware and software failure.

Database 85

Database Hardware Open Source Strategy 85

Percona

JUNE 22, 2023

As a MySQL database administrator, keeping a close eye on the performance of your MySQL server is crucial to ensure optimal database operations. However, simply deploying a monitoring tool is not enough; you need to know which Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to monitor to gain insights into your MySQL server’s health and performance.

Performance 102

Performance Monitoring Traffic Database 102

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? How does AWS Lambda work? Optimizing Lambda for performance.

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Lambda AWS Serverless Hardware 173

High Scalability

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Each cloud-native evolution is about using the hardware more efficiently. There's a huge short-term and long-term efficiency of services that depends on the successful coordination of cloud services and infrastructure. Does anyone really want to go back to the VM-centric days when we rolled everything ourselves?

Cloud 187

Cloud Hardware Infrastructure Innovation 187

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. Let’s get started. Serverless architecture: A primer. Simplicity.

Serverless 269

Serverless AWS Lambda Storage 269

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. Load balancers can detect when a component is not responding and put traffic redirection in motion.

Availability 104

Availability Database Open Source Hardware 104

KeyCDN

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Chatbots and virtual assistants Chatbots and virtual assistants are becoming more common on websites and web applications as they provide an efficient and convenient way for users to interact with a business. Another benefit is cost savings associated with server and data center setup and maintenance.

Artificial Intelligence 111

Artificial Intelligence Development Serverless Website 111

Scalegrid

JANUARY 8, 2024

Real-world examples like Spotify’s multi-cloud strategy for cost reduction and performance, and Netflix’s hybrid cloud setup for efficient content streaming and creation, illustrate the practical applications of each model. In this scenario, two notable models – multi-cloud and hybrid cloud have emerged. What is Hybrid Cloud?

Strategy 147

Strategy Cloud Scalability Artificial Intelligence 147

Dynatrace

APRIL 15, 2022

The agency executed one of the largest email migrations from on-premises Exchange servers to Microsoft Office 365 — moving almost 480,000 mailboxes to the cloud. “We used Dynatrace to monitor that large increase in servers. We started out by instrumenting 2,000 servers overnight. Operations teams can run more efficiently.

Cloud 168

Cloud Infrastructure Innovation Monitoring 168

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. Given this state, Daniel projected two use cases of CXL technology in the public cloud; 1) reusing decommissioned DDR4 in DDR5 servers (CXL 1.1)

Latency 52

Latency Hardware Cache Architecture 52

Percona

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

To address these challenges, architects must design robust and scalable MongoDB databases and adopt appropriate sharding strategies that can efficiently handle increasing workloads while ensuring continuous availability. MongoDB distributes data across these shard servers to ensure an even distribution. What is sharding in MongoDB?

Best Practices 71

Best Practices Traffic Database Servers 71

Dynatrace

AUGUST 30, 2019

Reducing CPU Utilization to now only consume 15% of initially provisioned hardware. Impacting Server-Side Requests: Dynatrace allows you to drill into your server-side requests to understand why your business logic is executing slow or fails. JavaScript Errors – Fix JavaScript exception as they impact user experience.

Cache 190

Cache Architecture Database Government 190

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

OCTOBER 18, 2023

These vendors often provide integrated stacks that include the database, application server, and other components that seamlessly integrate. Resource allocation: Personnel, hardware, time, and money The migration to open source requires careful allocation (and knowledge) of the resources available to you. And finally… budgets.

Open Source 90

Open Source Database Hardware Strategy 90

Dynatrace

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Like any move, a cloud migration requires a lot of planning and preparation, but it also has the potential to transform the scope, scale, and efficiency of how you deliver value to your customers. This can fundamentally transform how they work, make processes more efficient, and improve the overall customer experience. Here are three.

Cloud 158

Cloud Traffic Best Practices Strategy 158

Dotcom-Montior

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Do you have a web server? Is the web server running? The last item to check was if the web server was able to talk to the database? These systems can include physical servers, containers, virtual machines, or even a device, or node, that connects and communicates with the network. Do you have a database? Peer-to-Peer.

Systems 74

Systems Monitoring Hardware Network 74

Dynatrace

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

A log is a detailed, timestamped record of an event generated by an operating system, computing environment, application, server, or network device. Logs can include data about user inputs, system processes, and hardware states. What are logs? “Logging” is the practice of generating and storing logs for later analysis.

Analytics 198

Analytics Monitoring Artificial Intelligence DevOps 198

Dynatrace

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

A standard Docker container can run anywhere, on a personal computer (for example, PC, Mac, Linux), in the cloud, on local servers, and even on edge devices. Running containers : Docker Engine is a container runtime that runs in almost any environment: Mac and Windows PCs, Linux and Windows servers, the cloud, and on edge devices.

Open Source 290

Open Source Traffic DevOps Cloud 290

ACM Sigarch

OCTOBER 12, 2020

To be clear, these languages were not designed to be fast or space-efficient, but for ease of use. Unfortunately, languages like Python have proven resistant to efficient implementation, partly because of their design, and partly because of limitations imposed by the need to interop with C code. As Leiserson et al.

C++ 108

C++ Benchmarking Hardware Architecture 108

The Morning Paper

MARCH 1, 2020

Firekube exists because none of the existing alternatives (virtualisation, containers or language-specific vms) met the combined needs of multi-tenant efficiency and strong isolation in the AWS environment. A modern commodity server can contain up to 1TB of RAM, and Lambda functions can use as little as 128MB.

Serverless 101

Serverless Virtualization Lambda AWS 101

ACM Sigarch

AUGUST 3, 2023

Embodied carbon is due to Scope 3, e.g., manufacturing IT hardware and datacenter construction. Several recent studies have noted that trends like dark silicon have exacerbated the disparity between embodied carbon and operational carbon because energy-efficiency optimization has traded gains in the latter for increases in the former.

Energy 98

Energy Architecture Hardware Metrics 98

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. So, the organization sought to reduce complexity and raise production quality. Thus, the tool Chaos Monkey was born. Boosts business outcomes.

Engineering 214

Engineering Entertainment Cloud Infrastructure 214

ACM Sigarch

JULY 17, 2023

An example of a specification is the correct operation of the hardware of a microprocessor. An SDC is the worst possible outcome of a fault, as it can have an arbitrary impact on the correctness of software running on the hardware. Background A fault is a condition that causes the inability to meet a specification. core lock-stepping).

Energy 52

Energy Hardware Best Practices Architecture 52