InfoQ

MAY 14, 2024

Building reliable stateful services at scale isn’t a matter of building reliability into the servers, the clients, or the APIs in isolation. By combining smart and meaningful choices for each of these three components, we can build massively scalable, SLO-compliant stateful services at Netflix. By Joseph Lynch

Systems 108

Systems Scalability Servers Design 108

Dynatrace

JUNE 12, 2020

We’re continuously working to support the most popular operating systems with high quality OneAgent deployment options. Windows Server 2008, and Linux x86. For Windows 10 and Windows Server versions 2008R2 and later, we only support 64-bit versions. Dynatrace news. What is being desupported? This is a common practice.

Operating System 138

Operating System Systems Monitoring Servers 138

InfoQ

JANUARY 26, 2024

Discord optimized its platform to serve over one million online users in a single server while maintaining a responsive user experience. By Rafal Gancarz

Servers 106

Servers Tuning Scalability Performance 106

Dotcom-Montior

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Web developers or administrators did not have to worry or even consider the complexity of distributed systems of today. Do you have a web server? Great, your system was ready to be deployed. Once the system was deployed, to ensure everything was running smoothly, it only took a couple of simple checks to verify.

Systems 74

Systems Monitoring Hardware Network 74

Percona

MARCH 23, 2023

This blog is in reference to our previous ones for ‘Innodb Performance Optimizations Basics’ 2007 and 2013. Although there have been many blogs about adjusting MySQL variables for better performance since then, I think this topic deserves a blog update since the last update was a decade ago, and MySQL 5.7

Performance 126

Performance Hardware Tuning Storage 126

The Netflix TechBlog

MAY 4, 2023

Behind the scenes, a myriad of systems and services are involved in orchestrating the product experience. These backend systems are consistently being evolved and optimized to meet and exceed customer and product expectations. This approach has a handful of benefits. This technique facilitates validation on multiple fronts.

Traffic 339

Traffic Latency Tuning Systems 339

Percona

OCTOBER 10, 2023

This is not a general rule, but as databases are responsible for a core layer of any IT system – data storage and processing — they require reliability. Why choose Percona Server for MongoDB? Why release Percona Server for MongoDB 7 now? which was released as Percona Server for MongoDB RC 7.0.2-1.

Availability 101

Availability Servers Database Open Source 101

Percona

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Whenever you install your favorite MySQL server on a freshly created Ubuntu instance, you start by updating the configuration for MySQL, such as configuring buffer pool, changing the default datadir director, and disabling one of the most outstanding features – query cache. This can negatively impact performance and cause delays.

Servers 114

Servers Best Practices Database Open Source 114

Percona

JANUARY 2, 2024

Managing database servers involves different aspects, among which security is critical. However, we know having a “runaway” grant is always a possibility, especially in environments with a large number of servers. Fortunately, in Percona Server for MySQL , this feature is free to use. How does it work?

Servers 85

Servers Database Open Source Scalability 85

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

Percona

APRIL 28, 2023

Did you notice that Percona Server for MongoDB 6.0.5-4 One key to rule them all — improvements to master key rotation With the improvements introduced in Percona Server for MongoDB 6.0.5-4, 4, one key path can be used for all servers in a clustered environment. Changes introduced with Percona Server for MongoDB 6.0.5-4

AWS 104

AWS Servers Scalability Database 104

Alex Podelko

AUGUST 18, 2019

First, I’d like to elaborate on “It may be less need for simple load testing due to increased scale and sophistication of systems” I meant that the traditional way – testing the system before deploying in production using production-type workload – is not the only way anymore.

Performance Testing 243

Performance Testing Testing Performance Testing Tools 243

Smashing Magazine

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Measuring Performance With Server Timing. Measuring Performance With Server Timing. When undertaking any sort of performance optimisation work, one of the very first things we learn is that before you can improve performance you must first measure it. Browsers now even have performance audits built right in.

Servers 87

Servers Performance Metrics Database 87

SQL Shack

JUNE 25, 2021

In this article, we will focus on one major SQL Server performance issue that we may experience during heavy data insertion in a table. Introduction SQL Server allocates some memory from the operating system, and this is because it is designed to do all read and modification operations in memory instead of on disk.

Tuning 64

Tuning Servers Performance Operating System 64

SQL Shack

OCTOBER 14, 2021

The process of encryption and decryption adds additional overhead to the database system. Even non-encrypted databases hosted on the same SQL Server instance would have some performance degradation because of […]. It also encrypts the tempdb database to secure your data in a temporary space.

Servers 79

Servers Performance Database Systems 79

Dynatrace

MARCH 6, 2024

IBM i, formerly known as iSeries, is an operating system developed by IBM for its line of IBM i Power Systems servers. It is based on the IBM AS/400 system and is known for its reliability, scalability, and security features. Gaining knowledge about IBM i performance can be a challenging and pricey task.

Monitoring 234

Monitoring Infrastructure Metrics Analytics 234

DZone

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

With the advent of cloud computing, managing network traffic and ensuring optimal performance have become critical aspects of system architecture. Amazon Web Services (AWS), a leading cloud service provider, offers a suite of load balancers to manage network traffic effectively for applications running on its platform.

AWS 264

AWS Traffic Network Architecture 264

Percona

MARCH 13, 2023

to MySQL 8, we could choose to do an in-place upgrade or set up another MySQL 8 server(s) from the existing running MySQL 5.7 server with Percona XtraBackup. In my lab, we have two test nodes: PRIMARY: mysql57 (192.168.56.111) with Percona Server 5.7 server instances are ready for an upgrade. On primary server mysql5.7,

Servers 105

Servers C++ Storage Systems 105

SQL Performance

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Even SQL Server stores some flag-based data using bitwise representation. Setting the server configuration option “ user options” using bitwise representation. Prior to SQL Server 2022, T-SQL had minimal support for bit manipulation. Querying the current session’s state of session options with the @@OPTIONS function.

Servers 122

Servers C++ Code Cache 122

Dynatrace

JANUARY 31, 2024

Monitoring SAP products can present challenges Monitoring SAP systems can be challenging due to the inherent complexity of using different technologies—such as ABAP, Java, and cloud offerings—and the sheer amount of generated data. SAP Basis teams have established best practices for managing their SAP systems.

Java 188

Java Analytics Best Practices Monitoring 188

DZone

AUGUST 4, 2022

For the longest time, hosting static files on CDNs was the de facto standard for performance tuning website pages. The host offered browser caching advantages, better stability, and storage on fast edge servers across strategic geolocations. Not only did it have performance benefits, but it was also convenient for developers.

Cache 305

Cache Tuning Storage Website 305

Dynatrace

MARCH 18, 2024

In a Dynatrace Perform 2024 session, Kristof Renders, director of innovation services, discussed how a stronger FinOps strategy coupled with observability can make a significant difference in helping teams to keep spiraling infrastructure costs under control and manage cloud spending. Wrong-sized resources. Unnecessary data transfer.

Best Practices 232

Best Practices Strategy Cloud AWS 232

Dynatrace

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

OneAgent knows where to connect for further runtime configuration and where to send data because the installer itself is pre-configured to connect to the exact tenant and server that it’s downloaded from. But what if your environment grows and you decide to distribute data between two Dynatrace servers?

Servers 155

Servers Tuning Systems Availability 155

DZone

MAY 27, 2019

In my previous post, " Running MySQL/Percona Server in Kubernetes with a Custom Config " I looked at how to set up MySQL in Kubernetes to utilize system resources fully. Today I want to measure if there is any performance overhead of running MySQL in Kubernetes, and show what challenges I faced trying to measure it.

Performance 159

Performance Benchmarking Servers Systems 159

SQL Shack

DECEMBER 5, 2019

This article discusses the Forwarded Records and its performance issues for heap tables in SQL Server. Heap introduction and performance issues A page of 8KB is the smallest unit of storage in SQL Server. In each page of SQL Server, we have a 96-bytes header to store the system information.

Servers 53

Servers Performance Storage Systems 53

Smashing Magazine

MAY 16, 2022

Rethinking Server-Timing As A Critical Monitoring Tool. Rethinking Server-Timing As A Critical Monitoring Tool. In the world of HTTP Headers, there is one header that I believe deserves more air-time and that is the Server-Timing header. Setting Server-Timing. Sean Roberts. 2022-05-16T10:00:00+00:00.

Servers 94

Servers Monitoring Cache Network 94

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 140

Performance Latency Hardware Storage 140

DZone

JANUARY 29, 2021

API Test is crucial for the software systems to function at high quality. It is mainly the channel that links the client to the server, drives business procedures, and gives the services which give worth to users. They allow data exchange and communication from one to another software system. What is API Test?

Testing 214

Testing Programming Performance Database 214

Speed Curve

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

That performance golden rule still holds true today. Server-timing headers are a key tool in understanding what's happening within that black box of Time to First Byte (TTFB). Cue server-timing headers Historically, when looking at page speed, we've had the tendency to ignore TTFB when trying to optimize the user experience.

Servers 57

Servers Cache Retail Benchmarking 57

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.

AWS 281

AWS Lambda Serverless Virtualization 281

The Morning Paper

NOVEMBER 15, 2020

Achieving 100 Gbps intrusion prevention on a single server , Zhao et al., This stems from a combination of Jevon’s paradox and the interconnectedness of systems – doing more in one area often leads to a need for more elsewhere too. Today’s paper choice is a wonderful example of pushing the state of the art on a single server.

Servers 128

Servers Hardware Latency Design 128

Scalegrid

MARCH 8, 2024

This article delivers a practical roadmap for using backups and binary logs to achieve accurate MySQL recovery, detailed steps for setting up your server, and tips for managing recovery and backups effectively without overwhelming you with complexity. Insert the ‘log-bin’ directive into your server’s configuration file (my.cnf or my.ini).

Database 162

Database Strategy Servers Best Practices 162

Dynatrace

JANUARY 20, 2020

If you work with SAP ABAP, you may have noticed that finding information about SAP application and transaction performance involves scaling a high barrier to entry. While powerful, SAP performance management tools like the SAP Solution Manager are also complex. Which users, and on which systems?

Monitoring 153

Monitoring Performance Infrastructure Network 153

Alex Russell

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

It's being reposted here for completeness, but if you care about web performance, make sure to check out the whole series and get subscribed to the RSS feed to avoid missing any of next year's posts. The predominant answer: a unified theory of web performance. What, in particular, is "web performance"? How do we do it?

Performance 104

Performance Latency Architecture Network 104

SQL Shack

OCTOBER 6, 2021

This article gives an insight into the configuration of Min and Max memory for SQL Server Database instances. Introduction The server performance depends on various factors such as CPU, Memory, and Storage configurations. SQL Server works on top of the operating system and works closely with these resources.

Database 88

Database Servers Operating System Storage 88

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 110

Performance Latency Cache Virtualization 110

Percona

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

While there is no magic bullet for MySQL performance tuning, there are a few areas that can be focused on upfront that can dramatically improve the performance of your MySQL installation. What are the Benefits of MySQL Performance Tuning? Experiencing database performance issues?

Tuning 52

Tuning Database Performance Hardware 52