CPU Optimization in Virtual Environment
DZone
MAY 4, 2023
In recent years, virtualization has become an increasingly popular way of managing computing resources, enabling users to run multiple operating systems and applications on a single machine.
Change Keyboad Bindings (Shortcuts) In the Virtual Console
DZone
JULY 7, 2023
The virtual console, also known as the terminal or command line interface, is a powerful tool in Linux for performing various tasks and executing commands. One aspect of customization that can greatly enhance your productivity is modifying the keyboard bindings in the virtual console.
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Optimize your environment: Unveiling Dynatrace Hyper-V extension for enhanced performance and efficient troubleshooting
Dynatrace
OCTOBER 23, 2023
Hyper-V plays a vital role in ensuring the reliable operations of data centers that are based on Microsoft platforms. Microsoft Hyper-V is a virtualization platform that manages virtual machines (VMs) on Windows-based systems. Optimize resource allocation, identify bottlenecks, and improve overall system performance.
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Dynatrace adds monitoring support for Microsoft Azure Kubernetes Service deployments using Azure Linux container host
Dynatrace
MAY 24, 2023
Dynatrace is proud to provide deep monitoring support for Azure Linux as a container host operating system (OS) platform for Azure Kubernetes Services (AKS) to enable customers to operate efficiently and innovate faster. Performance. Today, it’s a generally available container host for AKS and AKS-HCI.
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Dynatrace supports Amazon Linux 2023 as an AWS launch partner
Dynatrace
MARCH 14, 2023
Amazon’s new general-purpose Linux for AWS is designed to provide a secure, stable, and high-performance execution environment to develop and run cloud applications. This is done by detecting availability and performance problems in real time across an entire technology stack while presenting teams with answers — not alert storms.
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Kubernetes in the wild report 2023
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. Kubernetes is emerging as the “operating system” of the cloud. Kubernetes moved to the cloud in 2022.
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Firecracker: lightweight virtualization for serverless applications
The Morning Paper
MARCH 1, 2020
Firecracker is the virtual machine monitor (VMM) that powers AWS Lambda and AWS Fargate, and has been used in production at AWS since 2018. The traditional view is that there is a choice between virtualization with strong security and high overhead, and container technologies with weaker security and minimal overhead.
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What Is Cloud Testing: Everything You Need To Know
DZone
AUGUST 6, 2021
Several years back, virtualization became a buzzword in the industry that flourished, evolved, and became famously known as Cloud computing. To verify the quality of everything that is rendered on the cloud environment, Cloud testing was performed running manual or automation testing or both.
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Azure Virtual Machines for SQL Server Usage
SQL Performance
DECEMBER 17, 2019
You will still have to maintain your operating system, SQL Server and databases just like you would in an on-premises scenario. One important choice you will still have to make is what type and size of Azure virtual machine you want to use for your existing SQL Server workload. Azure VM Types and Series. Conclusion.
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What is serverless computing? Driving efficiency without sacrificing observability
Dynatrace
JANUARY 26, 2021
Traditional computing models rely on virtual or physical machines, where each instance includes a complete operating system, CPU cycles, and memory. VMware commercialized the idea of virtual machines, and cloud providers embraced the same concept with services like Amazon EC2, Google Compute, and Azure virtual machines.
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What Is a Workload in Cloud Computing
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. Such solutions also incorporate features like disaster recovery and built-in safeguards that ensure data integrity across diverse operating systems.
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How to Assess MySQL Performance
HammerDB
APRIL 19, 2023
Predicting application performance is a difficult art, but an important one when choosing the target deployment environment. Regardless of whether the computing platform to be evaluated is on-prem, containerized, virtualized, or in the cloud, it is crucial to consider several essential factors.
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Vulnerability assessment: key to protecting applications and infrastructure
Dynatrace
OCTOBER 13, 2021
Host analysis focuses on operating systems, virtual machines, and containers to understand if there are software components with known vulnerabilities that can be patched. These can include the configuration of operating system access controls and the use of unnecessary libraries or system services.
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What is infrastructure monitoring and why is it mission-critical in the new normal?
Dynatrace
NOVEMBER 2, 2020
IT infrastructure is the heart of your digital business and connects every area – physical and virtual servers, storage, databases, networks, cloud services. If you don’t have insight into the software and services that operate your business, you can’t efficiently run your business. Dynatrace news. What is infrastructure monitoring?
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What is container orchestration?
Dynatrace
MARCH 24, 2023
But managing the deployment, modification, networking, and scaling of multiple containers can quickly outstrip the capabilities of development and operations teams. Docker containers can share an underlying operating system kernel, resulting in a lighter weight, speedier way to build, maintain, and port application services.
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Ginseng: keeping secrets in registers when you distrust the operating system
The Morning Paper
APRIL 4, 2019
Ginseng: keeping secrets in registers when you distrust the operating system Yun & Zhong et al., Suppose you did go to the extreme length of establishing an unconditional root of trust for your system, even then, unless every subsequent piece of code you load is also fully trusted (e.g., NDSS’19.
How digital experience monitoring helps deliver business observability
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.,
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What is IT automation?
Dynatrace
JULY 6, 2022
IT admins can automate virtually any time-consuming task that requires regular application. There are several types of IT automation tools that are particularly useful for a broad range of IT use cases, including the following: Infrastructure and operations tools. What is IT automation? Digital process automation tools.
Mastering Kubernetes with Dynatrace
Dynatrace
AUGUST 24, 2020
Dynatrace VMware and virtualization documentation . OneAgent and its Operator . Dynatrace supports full-stack monitoring from the application to the operating system layer using OneAgent. Further reading a bout OneAgent Operator: Address Kubernetes observability configuration chaos with unparalleled automation .
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What is a message queue? How an observability platform eases message queue monitoring
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. A message queue enables the smooth flow of information to make complex systems work. What is a message queue?
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What is a message queue? How an observability platform eases message queue monitoring
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. A message queue enables the smooth flow of information to make complex systems work. What is a message queue?
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Weighing a microservices approach means covering all architecture bases
Dynatrace
JULY 7, 2022
It’s easy to see why, with benefits such as better testing, easier deployment, faster performance, and more. Dynatrace offers Custom Service Entry Points , which virtually breaks the monolith and provides valuable information about whether organizations should break out certain pieces of the monolith. Systems monitoring and alerting.
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Azure SQL Managed Instance Performance Considerations
SQL Performance
FEBRUARY 26, 2020
Organizations are taking advantage of having managed backups, lots of built-in security features, an uptime SLA of 99.99%, and an always up-to-date environment where they are no longer responsible for patching SQL Server or the operating system. Managed Instance provides two tiers for performance. GB per vCore.
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Kubernetes: Challenges for observability platforms
Dynatrace
NOVEMBER 23, 2020
Nevertheless, there are related components and processes, for example, virtualization infrastructure and storage systems (see image below), that can lead to problems in your Kubernetes infrastructure. As a platform operator, you want to identify problems quickly and learn from them to prevent future outages.
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What is Kubernetes?
Dynatrace
MAY 31, 2021
Kubernetes (aka K8s) is an open-source platform used to run and manage containerized applications and services on clusters of physical or virtual machines across on-premises, public, private, and hybrid clouds. This virtualization makes it possible to efficiently deploy and securely run a container independently of the hosting infrastructure.
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Configuration Testing – An Introduction
Testlodge
APRIL 14, 2021
A software tester’s work life includes making sure that systems that have been designed to achieve specific results behave exactly as they should. These systems are a combination of different hardware and software which have been configured to perform the desired task. What is Configuration Testing? An Example.
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Transparent Huge Pages Refresher
Percona
OCTOBER 3, 2023
Transparent Huge Pages (THP) is a memory management feature in Linux operating systems that aims to enhance system performance. In this post, we will explore THP, its impact on database servers, and how to disable it for optimal performance and stability. What are Transparent Huge Pages?
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Powering the Web: Two Decades of Open Source Publishing With WordPress and MySQL
Percona
JUNE 2, 2023
Not because MySQL wasn’t performant but because the out-of-the-box defaults weren’t adequate for heavy traffic. Developers, system administrators, database administrators, and enthusiasts were hip deep in open source operating systems, programming languages, and open databases like MySQL and PostgreSQL.
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What programming languages does HammerDB use and why does it matter?
HammerDB
FEBRUARY 25, 2021
On high-performance multi-core systems all the supported databases can return performance in the many millions of transactions per minute. This post explains why HammerDB made the language decisions it made to make it the best performing and most usable database benchmarking software. Basic Benchmarking Concepts.
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Container security: What it is, why it’s tricky, and how to do it right
Dynatrace
SEPTEMBER 23, 2021
Unfortunately, container security is much more difficult to achieve than security for more traditional compute platforms, such as virtual machines or bare metal hosts. These products see systems from the “outside” perspective—which is to say, the attacker’s perspective. Harden the host operating system.
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HammerDB CLI 101
HammerDB
APRIL 27, 2021
In the example below we have modified the SQL Server, number of warehouses to build and the virtual users to build them. We have set the connection value of mssqls_server and then the tpcc value of the warehouse count and the number of virtual users to build them. GUI Virtual User Options. CLI Virtual User Options.
Path to NoOps part 2: How infrastructure as code makes cloud automation attainable—and repeatable—at scale
Dynatrace
NOVEMBER 29, 2022
The purpose of infrastructure as code is to enable developers or operations teams to automatically manage, monitor, and provision resources, rather than manually configure discrete hardware devices and operating systems. Infrastructure as code is sometimes referred to as programmable or software-defined infrastructure.
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Mastering Kubernetes with Dynatrace
Dynatrace
AUGUST 24, 2020
Dynatrace VMware and virtualization documentation . OneAgent and its Operator . Dynatrace supports full-stack monitoring from the application to the operating system layer using OneAgent. Further reading a bout OneAgent Operator: Address Kubernetes observability configuration chaos with unparalleled automation .
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What is a Distributed Storage System
Scalegrid
FEBRUARY 8, 2024
By integrating distributed storage solutions into their infrastructure, organizations can effectively manage increased data storage demands while maintaining optimal performance levels – a characteristic intrinsic to these systems’ design, enabling effortless scaling for handling greater quantities of stored content.
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Best JavaScript Web Development Framework: Comparing ReactJS, NodeJS, and AngularJS!
Official Blog - World Web Technology
NOVEMBER 24, 2023
Virtual DOM It means Document Object Model. ReactJS utilizes virtual DOM to improve the updating efficiency of actual DOM. ReactJS generates a virtual document object model instead of manipulating changes directly. It helps improve performance and provides a smoother user experience. What does Virtual DOM mean in ReactJS?
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Switch to New Application Performance Testing
Apica
NOVEMBER 15, 2019
With the continued growth of applications being used in and out of an organization, getting a firm grasp on the performance of these devices and its impact on your IT environment is important. With this growth and added complexity, how are your legacy performance testing solutions keeping up? The short answer is that they aren’t.
What is APM?
Dynatrace
JUNE 1, 2021
Application performance monitoring (APM) is the practice of tracking key software application performance metrics using monitoring software and telemetry data. Practitioners use APM to ensure system availability, optimize service performance and response times, and improve user experiences. Performance monitoring.
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Successful Kubernetes Monitoring – Three Pitfalls to Avoid
Dynatrace
NOVEMBER 4, 2019
As Dynatrace is a leader in Cloud monitoring, we have architected our Software Intelligence Platform specifically to complement Kubernetes by providing extensive functionality to tame the complexities and prevent performance issues that can occur across the development and deployment cycles. Code level visibility for fast problem resolution.
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Why Your Performance Testing Strategy Needs to Shift Left
Dotcom-Montior
NOVEMBER 27, 2018
Your customers demand optimal performance, whether they’re the only user or one of a thousand. Additionally, end users can access your site or applications from anywhere in the world using different browsers, operating systems, and mobile devices, all with varying connection speeds. Identifying performance bottlenecks.
Massively speed up OneAgent lifecycle management with the enhanced REST API (Preview)
Dynatrace
JUNE 5, 2020
Dynatrace OneAgent lifecycle management allows you to control your OneAgent instance operations, configure core settings, and get answers to questions like: “What are the health statuses of my OneAgents?”, ”, “Are my OneAgents and ActiveGates performing well?”,
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HammerDB for Managers
HammerDB
JUNE 27, 2022
It enables the user to measure database performance and make comparative judgements about database hardware and software. HammerDB has graphical and command line interfaces for the Windows and Linux operating systems. HammerDB is a software application for database benchmarking. Why HammerDB was developed. Derived Workloads.
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How to Install and Run PostgreSQL Using Docker
Percona
NOVEMBER 2, 2023
Learn More Helps ensure resource efficiency Unlike traditional virtual machines, Docker containers share the host’s operating system kernel and consume fewer resources, allowing for a higher density of containers on a single machine. You will find even more details on the PostgreSQL Hub Docker site.
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Platform Engineering Teams Done Right…
Adrian Cockcroft
FEBRUARY 9, 2023
The next layer is operating system platforms, what flavor of Linux, what version of Windows etc. The virtualization and networking platform could be datacenter based, with something like VMware, or cloud based using one of the cloud providers such as AWS EC2.
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Switch from LoadRunner to a New Performance Testing Software
Apica
OCTOBER 29, 2019
With the continued growth of applications being used in and out of an organization, getting a firm grasp on the performance of these devices and its impact on your environment is important. Legacy performance testing platforms have their place and are still required to ensure past investments can be monitored.
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