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

Scalegrid

JANUARY 12, 2024

Simply put, it’s the set of computational tasks that cloud systems perform, such as hosting databases, enabling collaboration tools, or running compute-intensive algorithms. Storage is a critical aspect to consider when working with cloud workloads. This applies to both virtual machines and container-based deployments.

Cloud 130

Cloud Virtualization Storage Efficiency 130

Dynatrace

DECEMBER 15, 2022

This transition to public, private, and hybrid cloud is driving organizations to automate and virtualize IT operations to lower costs and optimize cloud processes and systems. Besides the traditional system hardware, storage, routers, and software, ITOps also includes virtual components of the network and cloud infrastructure.

Artificial Intelligence 198

Artificial Intelligence DevOps Hardware Virtualization 198

Dynatrace

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Therefore, it requires multidimensional and multidisciplinary monitoring: Infrastructure health —automatically monitor the compute, storage, and network resources available to the Citrix system to ensure a stable platform. Platform performance —get visibility into the performance of the Citrix platform to optimize application delivery.

Latency 117

Latency Performance Virtualization Infrastructure 117

DZone

JULY 10, 2019

In addition, compute and storage are increasingly being separated causing larger latencies for queries. Alluxio is leveraged as compute-side virtual storage to improve performance. But to get the best performance, like any technology stack, you need to follow the best practices. A Note on Data Locality.

Best Practices 133

Best Practices Latency Storage Tuning 133

Scalegrid

MARCH 14, 2024

Public Cloud Infrastructure Third-party providers run public cloud services, delivering a broad array of offerings like computing power, storage solutions, and network capabilities that enhance the functionality of a hybrid cloud architecture. We will examine each of these elements in more detail.

Strategy 130

Strategy Cloud Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure 130

IO River

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

They need to deliver impeccable performance without breaking the bank.According to recent industry statistics, global streaming has seen an uptick of 30% in the past year, underscoring the importance of efficient CDN architecture strategies. This is where a well-architected Content Delivery Network (CDN) shines.

Architecture 52

Architecture Performance Internet Internet 52

SQL Performance

APRIL 8, 2019

Back on December 5, 2017, Microsoft announced that they were using AMD EPYC 7551 processors in their storage-optimized Lv2-Series virtual machines. The AMD EPYC 7551 processor has slightly lower single-threaded CPU performance when compared to the older 2.3 Since then, Microsoft has changed the naming of this series to Lsv2.

Azure 42

Azure Virtualization Storage Benchmarking 42

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

IO River

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

They need to deliver impeccable performance without breaking the bank.According to recent industry statistics, global streaming has seen an uptick of 30% in the past year, underscoring the importance of efficient CDN architecture strategies. This is where a well-architected Content Delivery Network (CDN) shines.

Architecture 52

Architecture Performance Internet Internet 52

SQL Performance

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Managed Instance provides two tiers for performance. The General Purpose tier is designed for applications with typical performance and I/O latency requirements and provides built-in HA. The Business Critical tier is designed for applications that require low I/O latency and higher HA requirements. GB per vCore.

Azure 63

Azure Performance Storage Latency 63

Percona

MARCH 13, 2023

There is a section in our Documentation ( Introduction to Serverless PostgreSQL ) and a short overview of the primary components: Page Server The storage server with the primary goal of storing all data pages and WAL records Safe Keeper A component to store WAL records in memory (to reduce latency).

Serverless 120

Serverless C++ Storage Latency 120

Dynatrace

APRIL 26, 2022

Understanding why a user is experiencing transactional or performance issues enables organizations to achieve greater observability that goes beyond metrics, traces and logs. PC, smartphone, server) or virtual (virtual machines, cloud gateways). Endpoint monitoring (EM). Endpoints can be physical (i.e.,

Monitoring 200

Monitoring Social Media IoT Metrics 200

Scalegrid

DECEMBER 16, 2019

What’s most impressive is that you’re not compromising performance for cost. We ran performance tests for MongoDB on DigitalOcean vs. AWS vs. Azure and found that DigitalOcean performance was in line with, if not better, on both high throughput and low latency in the deployment. Monitoring Performance.

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Azure AWS Latency Database 187

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

Scalegrid

JANUARY 8, 2024

By analyzing real-time data, AI-based models can: Adjust the allocation of resources in response to demand Boost business performance Reduce unnecessary expenditures Lead to significant cost savings Improve scalability Operational Efficiency through Automation Automation is a significant way AI enhances cloud operations.

Artificial Intelligence 147

Artificial Intelligence Cloud Scalability Analytics 147

SQL Performance

APRIL 27, 2020

The basic tier provides up to 5 DTUs with standard storage. The standard tier supports from 10 up to 3000 DTUs with standard storage and the premium tier supports 125 up to 4000 DTUs with premium storage, which is orders of magnitude faster than standard storage. vCore Pricing Tier. GB per vCore. GB per vCore.

Azure 55

Azure Database Serverless Hardware 55

Dynatrace

JANUARY 15, 2020

This extends Dynatrace visibility into Citrix user experience and Citrix platform performance. Therefore, it requires multidimensional and multidisciplinary monitoring: Infrastructure health —automatically monitor the compute, storage, and network resources available to the Citrix system to ensure a stable platform. Citrix VDA.

Latency 36

Latency Performance Virtualization Infrastructure 36

ScaleOut Software

JULY 14, 2021

The Microsoft Azure IoT ecosystem offers a rich set of capabilities for processing IoT telemetry, from its arrival in the cloud through its storage in databases and data lakes. Acting as a switchboard for incoming and outgoing messages, Azure IoT Hub forms the core of these capabilities. Azure digital twins serve a different purpose.

IoT 52

IoT Azure Analytics Serverless 52

Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 11, 2021

Front-End Performance Checklist 2021. Front-End Performance Checklist 2021. This guide has been kindly supported by our friends at LogRocket , a service that combines frontend performance monitoring , session replay, and product analytics to help you build better customer experiences. Web performance is a tricky beast, isn’t it?

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Performance Cache Media Metrics 145

Percona

APRIL 7, 2023

I’ve used a fourth instance to host a PMM server to monitor servers A and B and used the data collected by the PMM agents installed on the database servers to compare performance. To be fair, that is also true with PostgreSQL; it hasn’t been tuned either, and it, too, can also perform much better. Why is that?

Tuning 137

Tuning Cache Servers Benchmarking 137

ScaleOut Software

JULY 19, 2021

Incoming data is saved into data storage (historian database or log store) for query by operational managers who must attempt to find the highest priority issues that require their attention. The best they can usually do in real-time using general purpose tools is to filter and look for patterns of interest.

IoT 78

IoT Analytics Big Data Architecture 78

IO River

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

A low-cost CDN may not always be as reliable and high-performing as a high-cost one. Therefore, you need to make sure you have the right balance between costs and performance & reliability according to your business needs.Here are some questions to ask yourself before choosing a CDN:How important is the price to you?

Infrastructure 52

Infrastructure Traffic Cache Strategy 52

HammerDB

MAY 5, 2019

So the PAUSE instruction is an optimization over NOP when a thread is waiting to acquire a lock and is particularly important in spin-locks on x86 CPUs for power and performance. ” and “as the PAUSE latency has been increased significantly, workloads that are sensitive to PAUSE latency will suffer some performance loss.”

Testing 48

Testing Tuning Latency Storage 48

Percona

APRIL 17, 2023

Note that the intent of tuning the settings is not exclusively about improving performance but also enhancing the high availability and resilience of the MongoDB database. The CFQ works well for many general use cases but lacks latency guarantees. The goal is to reduce memory usage without impacting query performance negatively.

Best Practices 52

Best Practices Design Tuning Database 52

HammerDB

OCTOBER 12, 2018

This post complements the previous best practice guides this time with the focus on MySQL and MariaDB and achieving top levels of performance with the HammerDB MySQL TPC-C test. As is exactly the same with PostgreSQL for system choice a 2 socket system is optimal for MySQL OLTP performance. HammerDB difference from Sysbench.

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Best Practices Scalability Performance C++ 40

IO River

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

A low-cost CDN may not always be as reliable and high-performing as a high-cost one. Therefore, you need to make sure you have the right balance between costs and performance & reliability according to your business needs.Here are some questions to ask yourself before choosing a CDN:How important is the price to you?

Infrastructure 52

Infrastructure Traffic Cache Strategy 52

The Morning Paper

DECEMBER 8, 2019

At the start of November I was privileged to attend HPTS (the High Performance Transaction Systems) conference in Asilomar. Therefore any programming abstraction must be low latency and the kernel needs to be kept off the path of persistent data access as much as possible. A persistent problem: managing pointers in NVM Bittman et al.,

Hardware 56

Hardware Programming Media Storage 56

ScaleOut Software

JULY 21, 2020

Designed to help scalable applications deliver high performance, it stores live, fast-changing data in memory (DRAM) for fast updates and retrieval. From its inception, the design philosophy behind ScaleOut StateServer has been to simultaneously maximize both performance and ease of use. Java applications use a similar mechanism.).

Analytics 52

Analytics Airlines Cache Scalability 52

ScaleOut Software

JULY 21, 2020

Designed to help scalable applications deliver high performance, it stores live, fast-changing data in memory (DRAM) for fast updates and retrieval. From its inception, the design philosophy behind ScaleOut StateServer has been to simultaneously maximize both performance and ease of use. Java applications use a similar mechanism.).

Analytics 52

Analytics Airlines Cache Scalability 52

Adrian Cockcroft

APRIL 5, 2023

This proposal seeks to define a standard for real-time carbon and energy data as time-series data that would be accessed alongside and synchronized with the existing throughput, utilization and latency metrics that are provided for the components and applications in computing environments.

Energy 52

Energy Metrics Cloud Operating System 52

Percona

MAY 15, 2023

In both cases, when using virtually-synchronous replication, the process will require certification from each node and local (by node) write; as such, the number of writes is NOT distributed across multiple nodes but duplicated. On the contrary, also with a small load increase, we can see how the sharded solution performs better.

Traffic 125

Traffic Scalability Database Servers 125

HammerDB

DECEMBER 5, 2020

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. For TPC-C this meant enough available spindles to reduce I/O latency and for TPC-H enough bandwidth for data throughput.

C++ 40

C++ Benchmarking Virtualization Open Source 40

Abhishek Tiwari

DECEMBER 27, 2017

Containerized data workloads running on Kubernetes offer several advantages over traditional virtual machine/bare metal based data workloads including but not limited to. faster access to external storage and data locality (I/O, bandwidth). overall performance comparable to bare metal. Performance. Storage provisioning.

Big Data 63

Big Data Storage Benchmarking Hardware 63

VoltDB

JULY 10, 2018

There are further requirements for high performance in the following: Telecom: vEPC or 5G Core. In these use cases, data processing usually has less than a 5 milliseconds latency budget. Problem solved, right? Close, but not quite. Call fraud prevention. Financial Services: Credit card fraud prevention. Portfolio risk management.

Architecture 40

Architecture Scalability Ecommerce Latency 40

VoltDB

JULY 10, 2018

There are further requirements for high performance in the following: Telecom: vEPC or 5G Core. In these use cases, data processing usually has less than a 5 milliseconds latency budget. Problem solved, right? Close, but not quite. Call fraud prevention. Financial Services: Credit card fraud prevention. Portfolio risk management.

Architecture 40

Architecture Scalability Ecommerce Latency 40

The Netflix TechBlog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

The ProRes codec family provides great editing performance and image quality. From chunk encoding to assembly and packaging, the result of each previous processing step must be uploaded to cloud storage and then downloaded by the next processing step. Uploading and downloading data always come with a penalty, namely latency.

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Cloud Media Storage Cache 237