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Real user monitoring vs. synthetic monitoring: Understanding best practices

Dynatrace

RUM, however, has some limitations, including the following: RUM requires traffic to be useful. RUM works best only when people actively visit the application, website, or services. RUM works best only when people actively visit the application, website, or services. In some cases, you will lack benchmarking capabilities.

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HTTP/3: Performance Improvements (Part 2)

Smashing Magazine

As we will see, QUIC and HTTP/3 indeed have great web performance potential, but mainly for users on slow networks. If your average visitor is on a fast cabled or cellular network, they probably won’t benefit from the new protocols all that much. An often used metaphor is that of a pipe used to transport water. Congestion Control.

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HTTP/3: Practical Deployment Options (Part 3)

Smashing Magazine

Next, we’ll look at how to set up servers and clients (that’s the hard part unless you’re using a content delivery network (CDN)). Using just a few (but still more than one), however, could nicely balance congestion growth with better performance, especially on high-speed networks. Servers and Networks. Network Configuration.

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