The Morning Paper

DECEMBER 10, 2019

…software operating on persistent data structures requires "global" pointers that remain valid after a process terminates, while hardware requires that a diverse set of devices all have the same mappings they need for bulk transfers to and from memory, and that they be able to do so for a potentially heterogeneous memory system. .

Hardware 52

Hardware Virtualization Operating System Programming 52

Brendan Gregg

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

My personal opinion is that I don't see a widespread need for more capacity given horizontal scaling and servers that can already exceed 1 Tbyte of DRAM; bandwidth is also helpful, but I'd be concerned about the increased latency for adding a hop to more memory. The call for participation ends on March 2nd 23:59 SGT! Ford, et al., “TCP

Performance 110

Performance Latency Cache Virtualization 110

Brendan Gregg

AUGUST 18, 2019

bpftrace is a new open source tracer for Linux for analyzing production performance problems and troubleshooting software. For example, iostat(1), or a monitoring agent, may tell you your average disk latency, but not the distribution of this latency. software Kernel software-based events. There's no filter.

Latency 68

Latency C++ Cache Programming 68

Percona

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

If you have any experience working with database software, you have undoubtedly heard the term Kubernetes a lot. Your workloads, encapsulated in containers, can be deployed freely across different clouds or your own hardware. You may already be using it daily and find it makes running applications in the cloud much more manageable.

Efficiency 102

Efficiency Cloud Healthcare Open Source 102

Brendan Gregg

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

A Cassandra database cluster had switched to Ubuntu and noticed write latency increased by over 30%. Was there some other program consuming CPU, like a misbehaving Ubuntu service that wasn't in CentOS? As a Xen guest, this profile was gathered using perf(1) and the kernel's software cpu-clock soft interrupts, not the hardware NMI.

Speed 126

Speed Java AWS Virtualization 126

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

John McCalpin

AUGUST 1, 2018

According to Dr. Bandwidth, performance analysis has two recurring themes: How fast should this code (or “simple” variations on this code) run on this hardware? MPI is a commonly used standard to implement message-passing programs on computer clusters. The MPI runtime library. in ways that are seldom transparent.

Hardware 40

Hardware Transportation Performance Latency 40

Brendan Gregg

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

My personal opinion is that I don't see a widespread need for more capacity given horizontal scaling and servers that can already exceed 1 Tbyte of DRAM; bandwidth is also helpful, but I'd be concerned about the increased latency for adding a hop to more memory. It was a great privilege. That's about 24 hours from now!

Performance 52

Performance Latency Cache Virtualization 52

Alex Russell

APRIL 29, 2021

Provides support for "unread counts", e.g. for email and chat programs. For heavily latency-sensitive use-cases like WebXR, this is a critical component in delivering a good experience. is access to hardware devices. PWA App Icon Badging. Not available for web apps added to the home screen on iOS. Media Session API.

Media 145

Media Games Education Engineering 145

Brendan Gregg

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

A Cassandra database cluster had switched to Ubuntu and noticed write latency increased by over 30%. Was there some other program consuming CPU, like a misbehaving Ubuntu service that wasn't in CentOS? Software-based clocksources could fix those issues and provide accurate monotonically-increasing time. in total.

Speed 52

Speed Java AWS Virtualization 52

O'Reilly

JANUARY 16, 2024

I even contributed my own hot take last year with my O’Reilly Radar article Real-Real-World Programming with ChatGPT.) For years I had an aspirational goal of unifying all of my backups into one central directory tree, akin to the concept of a monorepo in software development. software” rather than “hardware” in our brains).

Entertainment 73

Entertainment Internet Internet Design 73

Alex Russell

JUNE 20, 2020

Suz Hinton's talks on WebUSB show the through-line: as the web gets more capable, whole classes of software suddenly benefit from frictionless deployment, increased safety, better privacy, and more meaningful user controls. 3] Oh, and it should be imperatively programmed with Lisp-in-C's-clothing. Together, they make software better.

Hardware 55

Hardware Games Java Media 55

O'Reilly Software

APRIL 4, 2018

Here are five considerations every software architect and developer needs to take into account when setting the architectural foundations for a fast data platform. A message-oriented implementation requires an efficient messaging backbone that facilitates the exchange of data in a reliable and secure way with the lowest latency possible.

Architecture 80

Architecture Scalability Google Operating System 80

John McCalpin

JANUARY 22, 2018

Each of the two vector units can issue one FMA instruction per cycle, assuming that there are enough independent accumulators to tolerate the 6-cycle dependent-operation latency. This is an uninspiring fraction of peak performance that would normally suggest significant inefficiencies in either the hardware or software.

Latency 40

Latency Hardware Code Testing 40

Brendan Gregg

AUGUST 8, 2017

90491 N|rnberg (Germany) Consulting+Networking+Programming+etc'ing 42. I generated this using my offcputime tool from [bcc] (this tool needs eBPF features from Linux 4.8+), and my [flame graph] software: #./bcc/tools/offcputime.py Latency was acceptable and no one complained. awk '{ print $1, $2 / 1000 }' out.stacks |./FlameGraph/flamegraph.pl

Latency 111

Latency Metrics C++ Systems 111

Brendan Gregg

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

A Cassandra database cluster had switched to Ubuntu and noticed write latency increased by over 30%. Was there some other program consuming CPU, like a misbehaving Ubuntu service that wasn't in CentOS? As a Xen guest, this profile was gathered using perf(1) and the kernel's software cpu-clock soft interrupts, not the hardware NMI.

Speed 40

Speed Java AWS Virtualization 40

Alex Russell

JANUARY 30, 2024

HTML, CSS, images, and fonts can all be parsed and run at near wire speeds on low-end hardware, but JavaScript is at least three times more expensive, byte-for-byte. If you or your company are able to generate a credible worldwide latency estimate in the higher percentiles for next year's update, please get in touch.

Performance 90

Performance Network Mobile Speed 90

High Scalability

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Uniting multidisciplinary teams of researchers and educators from 17 universities, IRIS-HEP will receive $5 million a year for five years from the NSF with a focus on producing innovative software and training the next generation of users. SCM slots between DRAM and flash in terms of latency, cost, and density. They're generally right.

Internet 30

Internet Internet Scalability Education 30

Sutter's Mill

JUNE 21, 2012

Now welcome to the hardware jungle. I should have remembered that describing a PC as a “heterogeneous cluster in a box” is a big red button for people, in particular because “cluster” implies “parts can fail and program should continue.” — The free lunch is over. The slides are available here.

Latency 40

Latency Transportation Hardware Education 40

SQL Server According to Bob

JANUARY 11, 2020

Many high-end disk subsystems provide high-speed cache facilities to reduce the latency of read and write 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

Alex Russell

JULY 14, 2021

Hardware access APIs, notably: Geolocation. This might not be objectionable in programs that also offer themselves as browsers, but the WebView IAB sleight of hand is to act as a browser when users least expect it, but never to cop to the power and privacy implications of the awesome responsibilities that real-boy browsers solemnly accept.

Google 121

Google Mobile Engineering Internet 121

SQL Server According to Bob

JANUARY 11, 2020

ReadFile WriteFile ReadFileScatter WriteFileGather GetOverlappedResult ​​ For extended details on the 823 error, see ​​ Error message 823 may indicate hardware problems or system problems ​​ ( [link] i crosoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb scid=kb ; en-us;828339 ) on the Microsoft Web site.

Servers 40

Servers Cache Database Media 40

All Things Distributed

JULY 14, 2015

In traditional database architectures, database engines often run a small search engine or data warehouse engines on the same hardware as the database. No matter which mechanism you choose to use, we make the stream data available to you instantly (latency in milliseconds) and how fast you want to apply the changes is up to you.

Database 167

Database Lambda AWS IoT 167

All Things Distributed

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

We believe that making these GPU resources available for everyone to use at low cost will drive new innovation in the application of highly parallel programming models. For example, the most fundamental abstraction trade-off has always been latency versus throughput. General Purpose GPU programming. From CPU to GPU.

AWS 136

AWS Latency Programming Architecture 136

O'Reilly

JULY 20, 2021

You will find that the paradigms you choose for other parties won’t align with the expectations for children, and modifying your software to accommodate children is difficult or impossible. Most software is built to work for as many people as possible; this is called generalization. Norms stand in the way of generalization.

Google 121

Google Games Technology Technology 121