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Seeing through hardware counters: a journey to threefold performance increase

The Netflix TechBlog

We also see much higher L1 cache activity combined with 4x higher count of MACHINE_CLEARS. a usage pattern occurring when 2 cores reading from / writing to unrelated variables that happen to share the same L1 cache line. Cache line is a concept similar to memory page?—? Thread 0’s cache in this example.

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Predictive CPU isolation of containers at Netflix

The Netflix TechBlog

Because microprocessors are so fast, computer architecture design has evolved towards adding various levels of caching between compute units and the main memory, in order to hide the latency of bringing the bits to the brains. This avoids thrashing caches too much for B and evens out the pressure on the L3 caches of the machine.

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Kubernetes in the wild report 2023

Dynatrace

On-premises data centers invest in higher capacity servers since they provide more flexibility in the long run, while the procurement price of hardware is only one of many cost factors. Of the organizations in the Kubernetes survey, 71% run databases and caches in Kubernetes, representing a +48% year-over-year increase.

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Remote Workstations for the Discerning Artists

The Netflix TechBlog

They need specialized hardware, access to petabytes of images, and digital content creation applications with controlled licenses. Instead, we created a service to take the most popular configurations and cache them. As an engineer, I can work anywhere with a standard laptop as long as I have an IDE and access to Stack Overflow.

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Why Do We Need the Volatile Keyword?

DZone

Even if my application runs in the cloud on the JVM, despite all of those software layers abstracting away the underlying hardware, the volatile keyword is still needed due to the cache of the processor that my software runs on. The Volatile Keyword and the Cache of Modern Processors.

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How to Optimize Digital Experience and Operations with Dynatrace

Dynatrace

Reducing CPU Utilization to now only consume 15% of initially provisioned hardware. Missing Cache Settings – Make sure you cache resources that don’t change often on the browser or use a CDN. Missing caching layers, e.g. provide a read-only cache for static data. Missing retry and failover implementations.

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Helping VFX studios pave a path to the cloud

The Netflix TechBlog

Rendering is the final step in the VFX creation process, and processing on a render farm often can take several hours to complete just a single frame of a show, even when this process runs on the latest high-end hardware. Rendering on AWS provides the flexibility to control how quickly a project is completed.

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