Dynatrace

DECEMBER 15, 2022

This transition to public, private, and hybrid cloud is driving organizations to automate and virtualize IT operations to lower costs and optimize cloud processes and systems. Besides the traditional system hardware, storage, routers, and software, ITOps also includes virtual components of the network and cloud infrastructure.

Artificial Intelligence 246

Artificial Intelligence DevOps Hardware Virtualization 246

Dynatrace

JANUARY 16, 2023

As Kubernetes adoption increases and it continues to advance technologically, Kubernetes has emerged as the “operating system” of the cloud. Kubernetes is emerging as the “operating system” of the cloud. Kubernetes is emerging as the “operating system” of the cloud. Kubernetes moved to the cloud in 2022.

Open Source 358

Open Source Java Operating System Programming 358

Dynatrace

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

A critical component to this success was that the Dynatrace Team itself uses the Dynatrace Platform to monitor every single Dynatrace cluster in the cloud and trusts the Dynatrace Davis AI to alert in case there are any issues, either with a new feature, a configuration change or with the infrastructure our servers are running on.

Infrastructure 259

Infrastructure Cloud Monitoring AWS 259

Scalegrid

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

A distributed storage system is foundational in today’s data-driven landscape, ensuring data spread over multiple servers is reliable, accessible, and manageable. This guide delves into how these systems work, the challenges they solve, and their essential role in businesses and technology.

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Storage Systems Big Data Azure 130

Dynatrace

JANUARY 26, 2021

Traditional computing models rely on virtual or physical machines, where each instance includes a complete operating system, CPU cycles, and memory. Within this paradigm, it is possible to run entire architectures without touching a traditional virtual server, either locally or in the cloud. What is serverless computing? Pay Per Use.

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Scalegrid

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Introduction to Message Brokers Message brokers enable applications, services, and systems to communicate by acting as intermediaries between senders and receivers. This decoupling simplifies system architecture and supports scalability in distributed environments.

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Latency Analytics Architecture Storage 147

Dynatrace

AUGUST 8, 2024

Possible scenarios A Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack overwhelms servers with traffic, making a website or service unavailable. Ransomware encrypts essential data, locking users out of systems and halting operations until a ransom is paid. This often occurs during major events, promotions, or unexpected surges in usage.

Software 290

Software Software Infrastructure Network 290

Dynatrace

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Serverless architecture shifts application hosting functions away from local servers onto those managed by providers. This means you no longer have to provision, scale, and maintain servers to run your applications, databases, and storage systems. Serverless architecture: A primer. Simplicity. The first benefit is simplicity.

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Serverless AWS Lambda Storage 325

Dynatrace

APRIL 5, 2021

The 2014 launch of AWS Lambda marked a milestone in how organizations use cloud services to deliver their applications more efficiently, by running functions at the edge of the cloud without the cost and operational overhead of on-premises servers. What is AWS Lambda? Customizing and connecting these services requires code.

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Lambda AWS Serverless Hardware 258

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

John McCalpin

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

The Multicore Era Over the past ~15 years, server processors from Intel and AMD have evolved from the early quad-core processors to the current monsters with over 50 cores per socket. Understanding sustained memory bandwidth in these systems starts with assuming 100% utilization and then reviewing the factors that get in the way (e.g.,

Latency 71

Latency Hardware Cache Systems 71

Dynatrace

JUNE 25, 2020

Our Premium High Availability comes with the following features: Active-active deployment model for optimum hardware utilization. Save on costs for hardware and network bandwidth to optimize total cost of ownership. You can set up different proxy servers for the Mission Control uplink for each data center. What’s next?

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Availability Hardware Latency Traffic 264

Scalegrid

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

If the primary server encounters issues, operations are smoothly transitioned to a standby server with minimal interruption. Key Takeaways PostgreSQL automatic failover enhances high availability by seamlessly switching to standby servers during primary server failures, minimizing downtime, and maintaining business continuity.

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Availability Servers Database Open Source 257

The Netflix TechBlog

DECEMBER 14, 2020

All four players involved in the device were on the call: there was the large European pay TV company (the operator) launching the device, the contractor integrating the set-top-box firmware (the integrator), the system-on-a-chip provider (the chip vendor), and myself (Netflix). This phase is buffering, before playback starts.

Engineering 356

Engineering Code Open Source Hardware 356

Dynatrace

APRIL 15, 2022

The agency executed one of the largest email migrations from on-premises Exchange servers to Microsoft Office 365 — moving almost 480,000 mailboxes to the cloud. “We used Dynatrace to monitor that large increase in servers. We started out by instrumenting 2,000 servers overnight.

Cloud 245

Cloud Infrastructure Innovation Monitoring 245

Dynatrace

AUGUST 30, 2019

She was speaking about how her team is providing Visibility as a Service (VaaS) in order to continuously monitor and optimize their systems running across private and public cloud environments. Reducing CPU Utilization to now only consume 15% of initially provisioned hardware. You may ask: How is this possible?

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Cache Database Architecture Government 214

DZone

DECEMBER 20, 2023

This ground-breaking method enables users to run multiple virtual machines on a single physical server, increasing flexibility, lowering hardware costs, and improving efficiency. Mini PCs have become effective virtualization tools in this setting, providing a portable yet effective solution for a variety of applications.

Virtualization 173

Virtualization Efficiency Games Operating System 173

Dynatrace

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

The IBM Z platform is a range of mainframe hardware solutions that are quite frequently used in large computing shops. Typically, these shops run the z/OS operating system, but more recently, it’s not uncommon to see the Z hardware running special versions of Linux distributions. running on the 64-bit OS/390x platform.

Availability 43

Availability Hardware Java Tuning 43

Dynatrace

AUGUST 11, 2022

Cloud providers then manage physical hardware, virtual machines, and web server software management. This code is then executed on remote servers in response to an event, such as users interacting with functional web elements. How does function as a service work? These include the following: Reduced control. Limited visibility.

Development 279

Development Serverless Best Practices Lambda 279

Dynatrace

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Think of containers as the packaging for microservices that separate the content from its environment – the underlying operating system and infrastructure. A standard Docker container can run anywhere, on a personal computer (for example, PC, Mac, Linux), in the cloud, on local servers, and even on edge devices.

Open Source 334

Open Source Traffic DevOps Cloud 334

The Netflix TechBlog

APRIL 29, 2019

Content is placed on the network of servers in the Open Connect CDN as close to the end user as possible, improving the streaming experience for our customers and reducing costs for both Netflix and our Internet Service Provider (ISP) partners. We have created streams of events from a number of systems that get unified into a single tool.

Open Source 280

Open Source Network Infrastructure Big Data 280

The Netflix TechBlog

OCTOBER 27, 2023

These orphaned pods represent real pain for our users, even if they are a small percentage of the total pods in the system. When this happens, usually a k8s cloud-controller provided by the cloud vendor will detect that the actual server, in our case an EC2 Instance, has actually gone away, and will in turn delete the k8s node object.

Hardware 237

Hardware Cloud Servers Code 237

Dynatrace

JUNE 9, 2020

However, due to special requirements and dependencies (which vary for different Linux distributions), installation on Linux servers could sometimes be tricky or require some extra knowledge. As you might already know, starting with Dynatrace version 1.193, Windows Server 2019 is supported. What’s next.

Monitoring 189

Monitoring Hardware Servers Infrastructure 189

High Scalability

DECEMBER 16, 2022

It allows users to access and use shared computing resources, such as servers, storage, and applications, on demand and without the need to manage the underlying infrastructure. Cloud computing has become a widely-used model of computing, as it offers a number of benefits over traditional, on-premises computing systems.

Cloud 201

Cloud Serverless Internet Internet 201

Dynatrace

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

A log is a detailed, timestamped record of an event generated by an operating system, computing environment, application, server, or network device. Logs can include data about user inputs, system processes, and hardware states. Optimized system performance. What is log monitoring? Log monitoring vs log analytics.

Analytics 264

Analytics Monitoring DevOps Artificial Intelligence 264

Scalegrid

JUNE 11, 2019

Popular examples of commercial databases include Oracle, SQL Server, and DB2. What is shocking in this report is the large gap between Oracle and 2nd place Microsoft SQL Server , as it maintains a much smaller gap according to DB-Engines. Top Open Source Databases. IBM Db2 came in 3rd place representing 11.1%

Open Source 55

Open Source Database Cloud Infrastructure 55

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

Scalegrid

JULY 13, 2020

Oracle Database is a commercial, proprietary multi-model database management system produced by Oracle Corporation, and the largest relational database management system (RDBMS) in the world. Compare ease of use across compatibility, extensions, tuning, operating systems, languages and support providers. Compare Ease of Use.

Open Source 244

Open Source Tuning C++ Database 244

Dynatrace

JUNE 7, 2019

ActiveGate OS: Ubuntu Server 16.04 LTS, RHEL server 7, CentOS server 7. For detailed prerequisites, hardware requirements, and installation guidelines, see our help page for browser monitors in private locations. Q: Is there a plan to support more operating systems? A: We currently support Ubuntu Server 16.04

Network 203

Network Monitoring Servers Hardware 203

Dynatrace

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

It requires purchasing, powering, and configuring physical hardware, training and retaining the staff capable of servicing and securing the machines, operating a data center, and so on. They need enough hardware to serve their anticipated volume and keep things running smoothly without buying too much or too little. Reduced cost.

Cloud 241

Cloud Traffic Best Practices Strategy 241

Dynatrace

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Because monolithic applications combine database, client-side interfaces, and server-side application elements in a single executable, they’re difficult to understand, even for their own administrators. In fact, it can be difficult to make code changes that won’t disrupt the entire system.

Architecture 278

Architecture Artificial Intelligence Cloud Open Source 278

Percona

MARCH 23, 2023

Hardware Memory The amount of RAM to be provisioned for database servers can vary greatly depending on the size of the database and the specific requirements of the company. Some servers may need a few GBs of RAM, while others may need hundreds of GBs or even terabytes of RAM. Benchmark before you decide.

Performance 144

Performance Hardware Tuning Storage 144

The Morning Paper

MAY 12, 2019

An open-source benchmark suite for microservices and their hardware-software implications for cloud & edge systems Gan et al., Systems built with lots of microservices have different operational characteristics to those built from a small number of monoliths, we’d like to study and better understand those differences.

Open Source 61

Open Source Hardware Benchmarking Systems 61

Dynatrace

AUGUST 8, 2019

The IBM Z platform is a range of mainframe hardware solutions that are quite frequently used in large computing shops. Typically, these shops run the z/OS operating system, but more recently, it’s not uncommon to see the Z hardware running special versions of Linux distributions. running on the 64-bit OS/390x platform.

Availability 34

Availability Hardware Java Tuning 34

Percona

JUNE 22, 2023

Defining high availability In general terms, high availability refers to the continuous operation of a system with little to no interruption to end users in the event of hardware or software failures, power outages, or other disruptions. Some disruption might occur, but it will be minimal. More in the following sub-section.)

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Availability Database Open Source Hardware 132

High Scalability

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Each cloud-native evolution is about using the hardware more efficiently. Anyone can rent a rack in a colo and stand up a system. Of course not, but let's ignore that very few organizations in the world have the technological know-how to create such managed services, especially without low level control of the entire system.

Cloud 187

Cloud Hardware Infrastructure Innovation 187

Dynatrace

AUGUST 10, 2019

This means that those of you who are limited to Windows-only systems can now also enjoy synthetic browser monitoring from private locations. Windows 2016 Server (or a supported Linux distribution ). Windows 2016 Server (or a supported Linux distribution ). Compliance with hardware requirements. What’s next?

Monitoring 150

Monitoring Hardware Tuning Mobile 150