Tasktop

MAY 28, 2020

“I feel the need — the need for speed” – Peter “Maverick” Mitchell . Just like the sky-soaring heroes of Top Gun, Cubic has only one speed — fast. Jim has been instrumental in helping the company to double down on software innovation as a product mindset across complex value streams that straddle both software and hardware.

Speed 52

Speed Metrics Transportation Hardware 52

The Netflix TechBlog

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

But it’s not easy: to pull this off, VFX studios need to build and operate serious technical infrastructure (compute, storage, networking, and software licensing), otherwise known as a “ render farm.” It supports the industry’s most widely used software applications?—?via Additionally, Conductor supports render management systems?—?including

Cloud 282

Cloud Entertainment AWS Infrastructure 282

Dynatrace

AUGUST 10, 2021

Working effectively with speed and accuracy. Our update to Dynatrace mobile crash monitoring supports your effectiveness in analyzing mobile crashes with speed and accuracy. You want to focus on crashes that matter. This enables you to assess crash impact, and it’s the first step towards finding the root cause.

Mobile 246

Mobile Retail Hardware Games 246

Brendan Gregg

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

As a Xen guest, this profile was gathered using perf(1) and the kernel's software cpu-clock soft interrupts, not the hardware NMI. Measuring the speed of time Is there already a microbenchmark for os::javaTimeMillis()? Software-based clocksources could fix those issues and provide accurate monotonically-increasing time.

Speed 52

Speed Java AWS Virtualization 52

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

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 230

Engineering Entertainment Cloud Infrastructure 230

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. Speed is next; serverless solutions are quick to spin up or down as needed, and there are no delays due to limited storage or resource access.

Serverless 286

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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

Dynatrace

AUGUST 12, 2020

As companies strive to innovate and deliver faster, modern software architecture is evolving at near the speed of light. With Azure Functions, engineers don’t have to worry about provisioning and maintaining underlying hardware; they simply upload their code, and it’s up and running seconds later. Dynatrace news.

Serverless 239

Serverless Azure Monitoring Lambda 239

Brendan Gregg

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

As a Xen guest, this profile was gathered using perf(1) and the kernel's software cpu-clock soft interrupts, not the hardware NMI. Measuring the speed of time Is there already a microbenchmark for os::javaTimeMillis()? Software-based clocksources could fix those issues and provide accurate monotonically-increasing time.

Speed 40

Speed Java AWS Virtualization 40

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.

Cache 126

Cache Latency Benchmarking Hardware 126

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

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. Ford, et al., “TCP

Performance 140

Performance Latency Hardware Storage 140

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

Dynatrace

OCTOBER 26, 2020

With the rich set of features in Dynatrace for diagnostics (check out my Advanced Diagnostics with Dynatrace YouTube Tutorial ) it speeds up analysis and diagnostics for Christian significantly. If you want to replicate Christians work – here are the software and hardware specs: Hardware. Raspberry Pi Model 3 B.

Innovation 156

Innovation Metrics Hardware Games 156

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. Having MySQL backups for your database can speed up and simplify the recovery process. Advanced strategies for managing backups may be required.

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The Netflix TechBlog

APRIL 17, 2019

What does this example have to do with software development and video encoding? Intel and Netflix announced their collaboration on a software video encoder implementation called SVT-AV1 on April 8, 2019. Intel and Netflix announced their collaboration on a software video encoder implementation called SVT-AV1 on April 8, 2019.

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Dynatrace

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Logs can include data about user inputs, system processes, and hardware states. Log files contain much of the data that makes a system observable: for example, records of all events that occur throughout the operating system, network devices, pieces of software, or even communication between users and application systems.

Analytics 214

Analytics Monitoring Artificial Intelligence DevOps 214

Scalegrid

JANUARY 5, 2024

It comprises a collection of interrelated data and a set of software tools that aid in the access, processing, and management of data. A DBMS, or Database Management System, is software used to store, retrieve, and manipulate data, serving as an interface between users and the database. What is the main advantage of using a database?

Efficiency 147

Efficiency Storage Database Scalability 147

Dynatrace

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Instead, to speed up response times, applications are now processing most data at the network’s perimeter, closest to the data’s origin. Traditionally, teams achieve this high level of uptime using a combination of high-capacity hardware, system redundancy, and failover models.

Infrastructure 188

Infrastructure Availability Systems Retail 188

Scalegrid

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Such as INFO which gives statistics about the server, LATENCY LATEST which provides latency measurements in real time and MONITOR which allows observation of the client’s transmitted command at live speed. Taking protective measures like these now could protect both your data and hardware from future harm down the line.

Strategy 130

Strategy Monitoring Latency DevOps 130

KeyCDN

JULY 11, 2019

This is crucial due to mobile devices requiring additional optimizations because they typically have less powerful hardware and a slower network connection when compared to desktop devices. For example, while the average mobile download speed on 4G in Switzerland is fast at 35.2 Mbps ( Opensignal ). How Can an Image CDN Help?

Speed 52

Speed Website Mobile Latency 52

Testsigma

APRIL 13, 2021

During compatibility testing of an application, we check the compatibility of the application with multiple devices, hardware, software versions, network, operating systems, and browsers, etc. The app should support the software components like APIs, videos, voice, images, etc. Types of compatibility testing. Operating System.

Testing 84

Testing Hardware Mobile Testing Tools 84

Percona

DECEMBER 27, 2023

At Percona, we observe a growing trend among companies utilizing Kubernetes as a means to offer services to their teams, fostering expedited software delivery and driving business growth. It comprises numerous organizations from various sectors, including software, hardware, nonprofit, public, and academic.

Cloud 77

Cloud Open Source Strategy Best Practices 77

Percona

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

This results in expedited query execution, reduced resource utilization, and more efficient exploitation of the available hardware resources. This not only enhances performance but also enables you to make more efficient use of your hardware resources, potentially resulting in cost savings on infrastructure.

Tuning 52

Tuning Database Performance Hardware 52

Brendan Gregg

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Hardware virtualization for cloud computing has come a long way, improving performance using technologies such as VT-x, SR-IOV, VT-d, NVMe, and APICv. The latest AWS hypervisor, Nitro, uses everything to provide a new hardware-assisted hypervisor that is easy to use and has near bare-metal performance. I'd expect between 0.1%

Virtualization 111

Virtualization AWS Hardware Storage 111

DZone

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

As a Software Engineer, the mind is trained to seek optimizations in every aspect of development and ooze out every bit of available CPU Resource to deliver a performing application. Considering all aspects and needs of current enterprise development, it is C++ and Java which outscore the other in terms of speed.

Java 207

Java C++ Benchmarking Programming 207

Dynatrace

AUGUST 12, 2020

As companies strive to innovate and deliver faster, modern software architecture is evolving at near the speed of light. With Azure Functions, engineers don’t have to worry about provisioning and maintaining underlying hardware; they simply upload their code, and it’s up and running seconds later. Dynatrace news.

Serverless 143

Serverless Azure Monitoring Lambda 143

Testsigma

APRIL 4, 2022

A common theme among most software testing organizations is their escalating interest in Test Automation. Mocking Component Behavior Useful in IoT & Embedded Software Testing Can also reduce (or eliminate) actual hardware/component need Test Reporting Generating summary report/email. Linking screenshots/logs to the reports.

Testing 95

Testing Open Source IoT Programming 95

All Things Distributed

MARCH 19, 2018

By formalizing this concept and facilitating it with software abstractions, we provide checkpointing capabilities and fault resiliency for all algorithms. To seamlessly switch between CPU and GPU machines, we use Apache MXNet to interface with the underlying hardware. This can all be done without touching a single line of code.

Scalability 160

Scalability Hardware AWS Tuning 160

The Morning Paper

APRIL 2, 2019

Establishing software root of trust unconditionally Gligor & Woo, NDSS’19. In this context it means there are no external dependencies on e.g. secrets, trusted hardware modules, or special instructions (e.g. We know of no other software security problem that has had such a solution, to date. for non-experts like me.

Software 40

Software Software Programming Hardware 40

ACM Sigarch

OCTOBER 25, 2019

When it comes to hardware support to mitigate software security issues, there is a significant gap between what is available in products today and known solutions. Acceleration—Adding hardware support to reduce the runtime overheads of security features. hardware support for malware detection/prevention).

Hardware 98

Hardware Virtualization Architecture Games 98

The Morning Paper

NOVEMBER 10, 2019

It’s been clear for a while that software designed explicitly for the data center environment will increasingly want/need to make different design trade-offs to e.g. general-purpose systems software that you might install on your own machines. ” That’s 4-8x the speed of evolution and feedback cycles. Enter Google!

Network 92

Network Transportation Latency Entertainment 92

Scalegrid

JANUARY 25, 2024

Effective monitoring of key performance indicators plays a crucial role in maintaining this optimal speed of operation. Throughput Ensuring optimal performance and efficient handling of many queries is crucial for Redis, as it offers exceptional speed and minimal delay. It could also indicate a potential issue, say, an expensive query.

Metrics 130

Metrics Monitoring Latency Cache 130

Percona

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Vertical scaling is also often discussed, which involves increasing the resources of a single server, which can have limitations in hardware capabilities and become costly as demands grow. Depending on the database size and on disk speed, a backup/restore process might take hours or even days! An example is running MongoDB on Mesos.

Best Practices 70

Best Practices Traffic Database Servers 70

Brendan Gregg

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

## References I've reproduced the references from my SREcon22 keynote below, so you can click on links: - [Gregg 08] Brendan Gregg, “ZFS L2ARC,” [link] Jul 2008 - [Gregg 10] Brendan Gregg, “Visualizations for Performance Analysis (and More),” [link] 2010 - [Greenberg 11] Marc Greenberg, “DDR4: Double the speed, double the latency?

Performance 110

Performance Latency Cache Virtualization 110

ACM Sigarch

OCTOBER 12, 2020

For example, we should care less if a proposed mobile chip or compiler optimization slows down SPEC, and care more if it speeds up Python or JavaScript! There’s some work on hardware proposals for these systems, like Zhu et al., This is where cycles are being spent today, and we need evaluation that matches modern workloads.

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C++ Benchmarking Hardware Architecture 108