Adrian Cockcroft

JANUARY 27, 2025

We had some fun getting hardware figured out, and I used a 3D printer to make some cases, but the whole project was interrupted by the delivery of the iPhone by Apple in late 2007. In September 2008 Netflix ran an internal hack day event. We simply didnt have enough capacity in our datacenter to run the traffic, so it had to work.

C++ 88

C++ Mobile Hardware Java 88

All Things Distributed

MAY 8, 2012

Since we launched Amazon RDS for MySQL in October 2009 , it has become one of the most popular services on AWS, with customers such as Intuit using the service to keep up with the steep increase in traffic during the tax season. Amazon RDS currently supports SQL Server 2008 R2 and plans to add support for SQL Server 2012 later this year.

Cloud 92

Cloud Development AWS Servers 92

O'Reilly

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

” Consider the structural evolutions of that theme: Stage 1: Hadoop and Big Data By 2008, many companies found themselves at the intersection of “a steep increase in online activity” and “a sharp decline in costs for storage and computing.” Millions of tests, across as many parameters as will fit on the hardware.

Hardware 134

Hardware Storage Big Data Blockchain 134

All Things Distributed

APRIL 5, 2012

Large Seasonal Peaks – Our largest community supports TurboTax where the peak traffic during February or April is often 100s of times greater than a quiet day in June. Intelligent Social network - Facilitate topical Q&A conversations among employees, customers and our most valued super contributors.

Innovation 110

Innovation AWS Education Network 110

SQL Performance

JANUARY 22, 2020

Table-valued parameters have been around since SQL Server 2008 and provide a useful mechanism for sending multiple rows of data to SQL Server, brought together as a single parameterized call. Where this really can make a difference is in cloud implementations where you are paying for more than just compute and storage resources.

Servers 55

Servers Azure Hardware Network 55

Brendan Gregg

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Nowadays, there are three built-in tracers that you should know about: - **ftrace**: since 2008, this serves many tracing needs, and has been enhanced recently with hist triggers for custom histograms. It's fast, but limited in places, and usually only suited as a single-user tool (there are workarounds).

Virtualization 75

Virtualization AWS Engineering Hardware 75