Dynatrace

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Besides the traditional system hardware, storage, routers, and software, ITOps also includes virtual components of the network and cloud infrastructure. The primary goal of ITOps is to provide a high-performing, consistent IT environment. Performance. What does IT operations do?

Artificial Intelligence 201

Artificial Intelligence DevOps Hardware Virtualization 201

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. A monitoring tool like Percona Monitoring and Management (PMM) is a popular choice among open source options for effectively monitoring MySQL performance.

Performance 105

Performance Monitoring Traffic Database 105

The Morning Paper

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

File systems unfit as distributed storage backends: lessons from 10 years of Ceph evolution Aghayev et al., In this case, the assumption that a distributed storage backend should clearly be layered on top of a local file system. What is a distributed storage backend? SOSP’19. This is not surprising in hindsight.

Storage 64

Storage Systems Hardware Efficiency 64

Percona

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Q3: What performance issues, if any, does Kubernetes introduce? 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 87

Open Source Hardware Storage Database 87

Dynatrace

AUGUST 5, 2022

A message queue is a form of middleware used in software development to enable communications between services, programs, and dissimilar components, such as operating systems and communication protocols. Consumers store messages in a queue — usually in a buffer or on a storage medium — until they can process and delete them.

Monitoring 199

Monitoring Serverless Programming Speed 199

Dynatrace

AUGUST 5, 2022

A message queue is a form of middleware used in software development to enable communications between services, programs, and dissimilar components, such as operating systems and communication protocols. Consumers store messages in a queue — usually in a buffer or on a storage medium — until they can process and delete them.

Monitoring 198

Monitoring Serverless Programming Speed 198

Dynatrace

JANUARY 16, 2023

The study analyzes factual Kubernetes production data from thousands of organizations worldwide that are using the Dynatrace Software Intelligence Platform to keep their Kubernetes clusters secure, healthy, and high performing. Open-source software drives a vibrant Kubernetes ecosystem. Java, Go, and Node.js

Open Source 342

Open Source Java Operating System Programming 342

Brendan Gregg

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

At USENIX SREcon22 APAC I gave the opening keynote on the future of computer performance, rounding up the latest developments and making predictions of where I see things heading. This talk originated from my updates to [Systems Performance 2nd Edition], and this was the first time I've given this talk in person! Or even on a plane.

Performance 110

Performance Latency Cache Virtualization 110

HammerDB

APRIL 19, 2023

Predicting application performance is a difficult art, but an important one when choosing the target deployment environment. Among the different components of modern software solutions, the database is one of the most critical. For storage, FIO is generally used. We will not concern ourselves with the raw throughput of workload.

Performance 54

Performance Benchmarking Cache Storage 54

Scalegrid

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

A distributed storage system is foundational in today’s data-driven landscape, ensuring data spread over multiple servers is reliable, accessible, and manageable. Understanding distributed storage is imperative as data volumes and the need for robust storage solutions rise.

Storage 130

Storage Systems Big Data Azure 130

DZone

AUGUST 14, 2019

Network agility is represented by the volume of change in the network over a period of time and is defined as the capability for software and hardware component’s to automatically configure and control itself in a complex networking ecosystem. Organizations are in search of improving network agility, but what exactly does this mean?

Network 182

Network Innovation Hardware DevOps 182

Brendan Gregg

JULY 4, 2021

It's an exciting time for developments in computer performance, not just for the BPF technology (which I often [write about]) but also for processors with 3D stacking and cloud vendor CPUs (e.g., This was a chance to talk about other things I've been working on, such as the present and future of hardware performance.

Performance 52

Performance Latency Hardware Storage 52

Percona

JUNE 30, 2023

Percona, a leading provider of open-source database software and services, announced the general availability of Percona Operator for PostgreSQL version 2. IT teams must ensure high availability, scalability, and security, all while ensuring that their PostgreSQL clusters perform optimally. In version 1.x,

Availability 95

Availability Open Source Azure Hardware 95

Brendan Gregg

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

At USENIX SREcon22 APAC I gave the opening keynote on the future of computer performance, rounding up the latest developments and making predictions of where I see things heading. This talk originated from my updates to Systems Performance 2nd Edition , and this was the first time I've given this talk in person!

Performance 52

Performance Latency Cache Virtualization 52

Scalegrid

JANUARY 25, 2024

Redis® is an in-memory database that provides blazingly fast performance. This makes it a compelling alternative to disk-based databases when performance is a concern. You might already use ScaleGrid hosting for Redis hosting to power your performance-sensitive applications.

Metrics 130

Metrics Monitoring Latency Cache 130

Dynatrace

MARCH 23, 2020

A decade ago, while working for a large hosting provider, I led a team that was thrown into turmoil over the purchasing of server and storage hardware in preparation for a multi-million dollar super-bowl ad campaign. I gave an early glimpse of the Google integration last month at our annual Perform user conference in Las Vegas.

Google 193

Google Engineering Metrics Hardware 193

ACM Sigarch

OCTOBER 4, 2018

This is the first post in a series of posts on different approaches to systems security especially as they apply to hardware and architectural security. The class of techniques described in this blog post, which we broadly refer to as applied hardware and architecture cryptography, apply proven cryptographic techniques to strengthen systems.

Systems 47

Systems Hardware Storage Healthcare 47

Testsigma

JULY 3, 2021

If you’ve been performing on-premise testing in your organization, you know the rules already. But for the uninitiated, on-premise testing is a form of testing where testers perform tests on local machines, systems, or devices set up at an office. As the name suggests, it happens on-premise. Photo by freestocks on Unsplash.

Cloud 57

Cloud Testing Storage DevOps 57

Dotcom-Montior

OCTOBER 6, 2021

A site reliability engineer, or SRE, is a role that that encompasses aspects of both software engineering and operations/infrastructure. At that time, the team was made up of software engineers. Site reliability engineers bridge the gap between operations and software developers. What are Some Common SRE Responsibilities?

Engineering 67

Engineering DevOps Monitoring Google 67

Percona

JANUARY 19, 2023

While the technologies have evolved and matured enough, there are still some people thinking that MySQL is only for small projects or that it can’t perform well with large tables. With disks being faster nowadays and CPU and memory resources being cheaper, we could easily say MySQL can handle TBs of data with good performance.

Open Source 89

Open Source Storage Database Big Data 89

The Morning Paper

MAY 27, 2019

Last week we saw the benefits of rethinking memory and pointer models at the hardware level when it came to object storage and compression ( Zippads ). The protections are hardware implemented and cannot be forged in software. That ‘reasonable’ performance cost is a 6.8% We answer this question affirmatively.

C++ 61

C++ Hardware Virtualization Benchmarking 61

The Morning Paper

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

The key insight this led to is that ML models are software , derived from data. ML learning systems combine the characteristics of software, e.g. the need for CI/CD pipelines, and of data, e.g. the need to track lineage. Many of the software engineering discipline and controls need to be brought over into an ML context.

Government 95

Government Software Engineering Storage Database 95

Smashing Magazine

JUNE 18, 2020

More specifically, we’re going to talk about storage and UI differences, which are the ones that most often cause confusion to developers when writing Flutter code that they want to be cross-platform. Example 1: Storage. Secure Storage On Mobile. The situation when it comes to mobile apps is completely different.

Storage 93

Storage Mobile Website Java 93

Abhishek Tiwari

DECEMBER 27, 2017

Over last few years, we have seen several attempts to run data workload in the containers especially distributed big data frameworks like Apache Hadoop, Apache Storm [3] , and Apache Spark [4] [5] without any software modifications. faster access to external storage and data locality (I/O, bandwidth). Performance.

Big Data 63

Big Data Storage Benchmarking Hardware 63

High Scalability

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

New topics range from additional workloads like video streaming, machine learning, and public cloud to specialized silicon accelerators, storage and network building blocks, and a revised discussion of data center power and cooling, and uptime.

Design 54

Design Education Google Internet 54

All Things Distributed

MAY 8, 2012

The software that powers todayâ??s of administrative tasks such as OS and database software patching, storage management, and implementing reliable backup and disaster recovery solutions. Under the License Included service model, you do not need to purchase SQL Server software licenses. Comments (). License Includedâ??

Cloud 115

Cloud Development AWS Servers 115

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 89

Database Hardware Open Source Strategy 89

Testsigma

FEBRUARY 13, 2021

A cloud-based test automation tool is a cloud environment that comes equipped with an infrastructure that supports the testing of various apps or software. If we don’t perform with speed, there’s a lot to lose. What Is Cloud-Based Test Automation Tool? But not just that, when there’s no requirement, it can be switched down too.

Cloud 52

Cloud Testing Testing Tools Small Business 52

All Things Distributed

AUGUST 16, 2012

An apples to apples comparison of the costs associated with running various usage patterns on-premises and with AWS requires more than a simple comparison of hardware expense versus always-on utility pricing for compute and storage.

AWS 118

AWS Hardware Traffic Best Practices 118

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. The biggest drawbacks are that a full backup can be time-consuming, and they require a significant amount of storage space.

Best Practices 130

Best Practices Storage Strategy Database 130

Scalegrid

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Traditional self-managed ones give organizations full control over their database infrastructure, such as picking the software and scaling it up. These databases require significant time commitment along with necessary technical skills plus hardware & software costs, all of which are without dedicated team assistance.

Database 130

Database Cloud Hardware Storage 130

All Things Distributed

JULY 13, 2010

Cluster Computer Instances for Amazon EC2 are a new instance type specifically designed for High Performance Computing applications. During my academic career, I spent many years working on HPC technologies such as user-level networking interfaces, large scale high-speed interconnects, HPC software stacks, etc. HPC and Amazon EC2.

Cloud 118

Cloud AWS Automotive Latency 118

Abhishek Tiwari

JULY 12, 2018

Data Pipeline A data pipeline is a software that ingests data from multiple sources, transforms it and finally makes it available to internal or external products. A data pipeline is a software which runs on hardware. The software is error-prone and hardware failures are inevitable.

Latency 63

Latency Analytics Scalability Engineering 63

HammerDB

DECEMBER 5, 2020

A full understanding of why this is important requires some knowledge of the evolution of database hardware and software. The HammerDB TPROC-C workload by design intended as CPU and memory intensive workload derived from TPC-C – so that we get to benchmark at maximum CPU performance at a much smaller database footprint.

C++ 40

C++ Benchmarking Virtualization Open Source 40

SQL Server According to Bob

JUNE 3, 2016

. ‘It Just Runs Faster’ – Out of the box SQL Server 2016 DBCC provides you better performance, scale while shrinking your maintenance window(s.). Ryan Stonecipher – Principle SQL Server Software Engineer. The DBCC CheckDB demonstration loads a table and demonstrates the performance improvement.

Hardware 40

Hardware Cache Servers Software Engineering 40

Percona

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Community support One of the most significant advantages of open source databases is the expansive global community of users, developers, DBAs, and enthusiasts who collaborate to provide a seemingly never-ending array of how-tos, resources, guidance, and solutions to help you make your database more performant and secure.

Open Source 93

Open Source Database Hardware Strategy 93

Scalegrid

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Buckle up as we delve into the world of Redis® monitoring, exploring the most important Redis® metrics, discussing essential tools, and even peering into the future of Redis® performance management. Key Takeaways Redis® monitoring is essential for safeguarding performance, reliability, and security.

Strategy 130

Strategy Monitoring Latency DevOps 130