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FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Consumer operating systems were also a big part of the story. In the early days of the personal computer, every computer manufacturer needed software engineers who could write low-level drivers that performed the work of reading and writing to memory boards, hard disks, and peripherals such as modems and printers.

Programming 145

Programming Google Infrastructure Internet 145

SQL Server According to Bob

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

SQL Server 2016 Service Pack 1 (all SKUs) , in combination with Windows Server 2016 (All SKUs) or Windows 10 Client introduces non-volatile memory support for the tail of the log file (LDF) which can significantly increase transaction throughput. SQL Server 2016 is designed to detect non-volatile storage devices.

Cache 40

Cache Servers Media Storage 40

SQL Server According to Bob

JANUARY 5, 2017

By March of 2016 Slava had convinced me to join the team. Without going into details, you boot your laptop or server and don’t give a thought about the binary format(s) of the operation system. The computer works the same way if made by IBM, HP, Dell or other vendor no matter what the operating system.

Servers 40

Servers Operating System C++ Software Engineering 40

SQL Server According to Bob

DECEMBER 18, 2018

The operating system signals completion when the I/O stack finishes the request. Linux provides different system calls (syscall)/commands for asynchronous behavior. Using the Hyper-V, PowerShell cmdlets, from Windows 2016, you can configure Fua reporting for the guest virtual machine. $a Related References.

Servers 90

Servers Media Cache Storage 90