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How to Assess MySQL Performance

HammerDB

Instead, focus on understanding what the workloads exercise to help us determine how to best use them to aid our performance assessment. Therefore, before we attempt to measure our database performance, we should know the system or cloud instance to be tested in detail. For storage, FIO is generally used. Database: MySQL 8.0.31

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A persistent problem: managing pointers in NVM

The Morning Paper

Byte-addressable non-volatile memory,) NVM will fundamentally change the way hardware interacts, the way operating systems are designed, and the way applications operate on data. This is left as an exercise for the application developer at present. In particular, it’s goodbye to the POSIX interface.

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The top 5 reasons to run your own database benchmarks

HammerDB

Some opinions claim that “Benchmarks are meaningless”, “benchmarks are irrelevant” or “benchmarks are nothing like your real applications” However for others “Benchmarks matter,” as they “account for the processing architecture and speed, memory, storage subsystems and the database engine.”

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Failure Modes and Continuous Resilience

Adrian Cockcroft

A resilient system continues to operate successfully in the presence of failures. There are many possible failure modes, and each exercises a different aspect of resilience. Another problem is that a design control, intended to mitigate a failure mode, may not work as intended. that are used across multiple applications.

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Failure Modes and Continuous Resilience

Adrian Cockcroft

A resilient system continues to operate successfully in the presence of failures. There are many possible failure modes, and each exercises a different aspect of resilience. Another problem is that a design control, intended to mitigate a failure mode, may not work as intended. that are used across multiple applications.

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iOS Engine Choice In Depth

Alex Russell

Does Apple restrict, in any way, the ability of competing web browsers to deploy their own web browsing engines when running on Apple's operating system? House Antitrust Subcommittee includes their most specific claims: 4. If yes, please describe any restrictions that Apple imposes and all the reasons for doing so.

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The Pursuit of Appiness

Alex Russell

Apple's defenders offer contradictory arguments: Browsers are essential to modern operating systems, and so iOS includes a good browser. Not draining other's bank accounts may be something of an exercise to the reader. ??. To remain "a good browser," it continually adds and markets new features.