Dynatrace

JULY 24, 2023

The evolution of DevOps automation Since the concept of DevOps emerged around 2007 and 2008 in response to pain points with Agile development, DevOps automation has been continuously evolving. Using advanced causal AI and context-aware decision-making, it identifies the root cause behind server failures.

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Dynatrace

JULY 31, 2020

Windows: Windows Server 2008. Windows: Windows Server 1809. A host group defined manually in the local ruxitagentproc.conf file is merged with the standalone config from the server, thereby ensuring that the host group is never ignored. Last compatible OneAgent version: 1.197. Windows: Windows 7 and 8.1 APM-241597).

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Operating System Java Infrastructure Monitoring 180

Dynatrace

MARCH 10, 2020

Windows: Windows Server 1803. Windows: Windows Server 2008. Windows: Windows Server 2008 R2. Last compatible OneAgent version: 1.193. UNIX: IBM AIX 7.2 POWER8, POWER9 (64bit-only). Vendor announcement. Last compatible OneAgent version: 1.193. x86 (64bit-only). Vendor announcement. x86 (64bit-only). x86 (both).

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Operating System Java Google Servers 113

Dynatrace

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Windows: Windows Server 1809. Windows: Windows Server 2008. x86 (64bit-only). Vendor announcement. Last compatible OneAgent version: 1.205. The following operating systems will no longer be supported starting 01 January 2021. Linux: Google Container-Optimized OS 73 LTS, 78, 79, 80. x86 (64bit-only). Vendor announcement.

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Operating System Java Google Servers 113

SQL Performance

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Many database administrators find themselves having to support instances of SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS), or at least the backend databases that are required for SSRS. These topics apply to both SQL Server Reporting Services as well as Power BI Report Server. Installation and support of SSRS can be confusing.

Tuning 67

Tuning Servers Database Best Practices 67

The Netflix TechBlog

AUGUST 29, 2023

A brief history of IPC at Netflix Netflix was early to the cloud, particularly for large-scale companies: we began the migration in 2008, and by 2010, Netflix streaming was fully run on AWS. Today we have a wealth of tools, both OSS and commercial, all designed for cloud-native environments.

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Traffic Latency Cloud C++ 226

Dynatrace

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

set-server. Windows: Windows Server 1709. Windows: Windows Server 1803. Windows: Windows Server 2008. Starting with OneAgent version 1.213, the following deprecated installation parameters will be removed. Deprecated parameters. New --set-param=<value> parameter. set-tenant. TENANT_TOKEN. --set-tenant-token.

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Operating System Servers Google Systems 100

All Things Distributed

MAY 8, 2012

s announcement of Amazon RDS for Microsoft SQL Server and.NET support for AWS Elastic Beanstalk marks another important step in our commitment to increase the flexibility for AWS customers to use the choice of operating system, programming language, development tools and database software that meet their application requirements. Comments ().

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Cloud Development AWS Servers 92

Brendan Gregg

JULY 4, 2021

I summarized these topics and more as a plenary conference talk, including my own predictions (as a senior performance engineer) for the future of computing performance, with a focus on back-end servers. This was a chance to talk about other things I've been working on, such as the present and future of hardware performance.

Performance 121

Performance Latency Hardware Storage 121

Percona

APRIL 14, 2023

During the recession of 2008, they experienced firsthand how fast money and assets can vanish. Here are a few ways you can scale down and save: Audit your systems: Auditing your system for unused servers and eliminating those servers can reduce your cloud spend. If needed, you can spin up a backup.

Database 98

Database Serverless Tuning Cloud 98

SQL Performance

AUGUST 27, 2019

On August 7, 2019, AMD finally unveiled their new 7nm EPYC 7002 Series of server processors, formerly code-named "Rome" at the AMD EPYC Horizon Event in San Francisco. This is the second generation EPYC server processor that uses the same Zen 2 architecture as the AMD Ryzen 3000 Series desktop processors.

Servers 52

Servers Benchmarking Virtualization Architecture 52

SQL Performance

JUNE 21, 2019

I've been teaching and writing about common SQL Server mistakes for many years. This article will expand on my previous article and point out how these apply to SQL Server , Azure SQL Database , and Azure SQL Managed Instance. SQL Server Agent alerts. This situation applies to on-premises SQL Server and IaaS. Statistics.

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Servers Azure Hardware Database 49

SQL Server According to Bob

JUNE 22, 2016

Prior to SQL Server 2016 the trace flag –T8048 is used to upgrade (only) NUMA partitioned, CMemThread objects to CPU partitioned based objects. Keep in mind that the vast majority of CMemThread objects (SQL 2005, 2008, 2008 R2, 2012, 2014, Azure DB and 2016) are not partitioned. Instead the design of CMemThread was updated.

Servers 40

Servers Azure Software Engineering Design 40

All Things Distributed

APRIL 5, 2012

Troy: We moved our service from internal servers to AWS. Jack: Since our launch in late 2008, weve grown to over 6 million teachers and students globally primarily through word of mouth of teachers who have shared Edmodo with each other. How are your users adopting and responding to your service? the recoverability of data.

Innovation 110

Innovation AWS Education Network 110

Adrian Cockcroft

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Fujitsu used SPARC for everything from servers to embedded systems like cameras for a long time. There are also enterprise server oriented designs from several vendors including Alibabas XuanTie division, with performance comparable to leading x86 and ARMCPUs.

Architecture 85

Architecture Mobile Government Design 85

SQL Performance

JULY 16, 2019

A close monitoring of the hardware enthusiast community, including many of the most respected hardware analysts and reviewers paints an even more dire picture about Intel in the server processor space. Despite all of this, Intel is not going to lose their entire server processor business any time soon. So, what has changed my mind?

Servers 46

Servers Hardware Architecture Retail 46

Smashing Magazine

AUGUST 20, 2021

Yet, for all these technological developments, it’s interesting that many of us are still serving sites in the same way Tim did with the very first website — a web server serving static website files. MovableType was one of the first static site generators on the market, although that term wouldn’t become popular until 2008.

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Ecommerce Website Government Internet 142

SQL Performance

MARCH 17, 2020

This follow-up post revisits the question for SQL Server 2019, using a larger number of rows. It has 32GB RAM, with 24GB available to the SQL Server 2019 instance. It would be nice if SQL Server could push the aggregation down into the scan and just return distinct values from the column store directly. Test Environment.

Servers 86

Servers Tuning Database Efficiency 86

SQL Performance

MARCH 15, 2021

This time around, I want to talk about a feature included with SQL Server client tools that we should not be using these days – not just because it is deprecated but, more importantly, because it has the potential to completely take a server down: SQL Server Profiler. Not too long ago, something like this happened to us.

Servers 64

Servers Azure Best Practices Monitoring 64

Brendan Gregg

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

My personal opinion is that I don't see a widespread need for more capacity given horizontal scaling and servers that can already exceed 1 Tbyte of DRAM; bandwidth is also helpful, but I'd be concerned about the increased latency for adding a hop to more memory.

Performance 103

Performance Latency Cache Google 103

All Things Distributed

MARCH 24, 2011

The images from the 2008 TNW Conference have travelled around the world in my Animoto demo: This year TNW is showing that it is not just a conference for talkers but also for builders by organizing a massive Hackaton in the two days running up to the conference. No Server Required - Jekyll & Amazon S3.

AWS 74

AWS Internet Internet Storage 74

SQL Server According to Bob

JANUARY 26, 2017

My goal is to resolve mysteries about SQL Server I encounter but do this without going straight the source code first. The first case that helped me start this journey was asked by a MVP within the SQL Server community (his first name starts with Joey<g>). The question went something like this….

Servers 40

Servers Database Azure Cache 40

SQL Performance

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

I happen to be using SQL Server 2019 CU16 but the details I’ll describe haven’t materially changed since partition level lock escalation was added to SQL Server 2008. The SQL Server lock manager keeps track of the number of locks held by the current transaction. Testing environment. This seems like an oversight.

Database 98

Database Testing Storage Servers 98

SQL Performance

MAY 1, 2020

In a recent tip , I described a scenario where a SQL Server 2016 instance seemed to be struggling with checkpoint times. A SQL Server DBA myth a day: (15/30) checkpoint only writes pages from committed transactions. How It Works: When is the FlushCache message added to SQL Server Error Log? writes/sec average throughput: 46.96

C++ 58

C++ Database Servers Storage 58

SQL Server According to Bob

JULY 12, 2016

For SQL Server 2008, 2012 and 2014 the trace flag behavior remains the same. For SQL Server 2016 the trace flags are available but the behavior may be altered by the design changes. The SQL Server 2016 design change uses the CheckScanner instead of the MultiObjectScanner improving I/O behavior.

Servers 40

Servers Design Engineering Database 40

All Things Distributed

APRIL 19, 2010

Here are the laurels given by the editors: Debuting in November 2008, Amazons entry into the CDN market quickly became a major player. No Server Required - Jekyll & Amazon S3. Customers can switch on Cloudfront whenever they want and disable it when no longer needed and only get charged for what they need.

Media 60

Media AWS Storage Big Data 60

MachMetrics

JANUARY 13, 2021

Founded in 2008, Catchpoint states that its mission is to “help companies advance the digital experience of their customers and employees” They offer a suite of products such as synthetic monitoring, real user monitoring, endpoint monitoring, and network insights. Who is Catchpoint? So What Will Change?

Open Source 64

Open Source Network Speed Engineering 64

High Scalability

JUNE 27, 2019

Ready to transition from a commercial database to open source, and want to know which databases are most popular in 2019? Wondering whether an on-premise vs. public cloud vs. hybrid cloud infrastructure is best for your database strategy? Or, considering adding a new database to your application and want to see which combinations are most popular?

Open Source 196

Open Source Database Cloud Strategy 196

SQL Performance

MAY 16, 2019

Without this guarantee, SQL Server might add index rows that are not sorted correctly, which would not be good. For INSERT.SELECT , SQL Server makes its own determination whether to ensure rows are presented to the Clustered Index Insert operator in key order or not. DMLRequestSort Conditions.

Cache 67

Cache Servers Testing Storage 67

SQL Server According to Bob

JUNE 3, 2016

SQL Server 2016 ‘It Just Runs Faster’ A bold statement that any SQL Server professional can stand behind with confidence. Try SQL Server 2016 Today. The SQL Server Development team tasked several individuals with scalability improvements and real world testing patterns. – [link]. Follow-up.

Hardware 40

Hardware Software Engineering Transportation Scalability 40

SQL Performance

OCTOBER 29, 2019

There are multiple methods to look at poorly performing queries in SQL Server, notably Query Store, Extended Events, and dynamic management views (DMVs). ORDER BY ExecutionCount DESC ; Note: The sys.dm_exec_function_stats DMV was added in SQL Server 2016. Each option has pros and cons. query_hash AS [ query_hash ] , qs.

C++ 74

C++ Database Servers Tuning 74

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. } ; We now have correct lengths for the column definitions, and we won't be passing them as LOBs over TDS to SQL Server.

Servers 55

Servers Azure Hardware Network 55

Percona

JUNE 4, 2023

In this blog, we’ll provide a comparison between MariaDB vs. MySQL (including Percona Server for MySQL ). Introduction: MariaDB vs. MySQL The goal of this blog post is to evaluate, at a higher level, MariaDB vs. MySQL vs. Percona Server for MySQL side-by-side to better inform the decision making process. What is MariaDB?

Open Source 52

Open Source Servers Storage Scalability 52

Dean Hume

APRIL 24, 2018

As data centers and volumes of servers have grown, so has the overall amount of electricity consumed around the world. Electricity used by servers doubled between 2000 and 2005 (and has continued growing ever since) from 12 billion to 23 billion kilowatt hours. CPU Utilization and Power Consumption (Source: Blackburn 2008).

Energy 40

Energy Cache Traffic Website 40

Dean Hume

APRIL 24, 2018

As data centers and volumes of servers have grown, so has the overall amount of electricity consumed around the world. Electricity used by servers doubled between 2000 and 2005 (and has continued growing ever since) from 12 billion to 23 billion kilowatt hours. CPU Utilization and Power Consumption (Source: Blackburn 2008).

Energy 40

Energy Cache Traffic Website 40

Dean Hume

APRIL 24, 2018

As data centers and volumes of servers have grown, so has the overall amount of electricity consumed around the world. Electricity used by servers doubled between 2000 and 2005 (and has continued growing ever since) from 12 billion to 23 billion kilowatt hours. CPU Utilization and Power Consumption (Source: Blackburn 2008).

Energy 40

Energy Cache Traffic Website 40

High Scalability

APRIL 3, 2019

PostgreSQL is an open source object-relational database system that has soared in popularity over the past 30 years from its active, loyal, and growing community. For the 2nd year in a row, PostgreSQL has kept the title of #1 fastest growing database in the world according to the DBMS of the Year report by the experts at DB-Engines.

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Database Cloud Open Source Systems 177