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Seeing through hardware counters: a journey to threefold performance increase

The Netflix TechBlog

A quick canary test was free of errors and showed lower latency, which is expected given that our standard canary setup routes an equal amount of traffic to both the baseline running on 4xl and the canary on 12xl. a contiguous chunk of data (typically 64 bytes on x86 systems) transferred to and from the cache.

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Five-nines availability: Always-on infrastructure delivers system availability during the holidays’ peak loads

Dynatrace

For retail organizations, peak traffic can be a mixed blessing. While high-volume traffic often boosts sales, it can also compromise uptimes. The nirvana state of system uptime at peak loads is known as “five-nines availability.” How can IT teams deliver system availability under peak loads that will satisfy customers?

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Dynatrace Managed turnkey Premium High Availability for globally distributed data centers (Early Adopter)

Dynatrace

Our Premium High Availability comes with the following features: Active-active deployment model for optimum hardware utilization. Minimized cross-data center network traffic. Save on costs for hardware and network bandwidth to optimize total cost of ownership. Automatic recovery for outages for up to 72 hours. What’s next?

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Six causes of major software outages–And how to avoid them

Dynatrace

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.

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Kubernetes vs Docker: What’s the difference?

Dynatrace

Think of containers as the packaging for microservices that separate the content from its environment – the underlying operating system and infrastructure. This opens the door to auto-scalable applications, which effortlessly matches the demands of rapidly growing and varying user traffic. What is Docker? Networking.

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What is a Distributed Storage System

Scalegrid

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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The future of synthetic testing is in the cloud

Dynatrace

When we wanted to add a location, we had to ship hardware and get someone to install that hardware in a rack with power and network. Hardware was outdated. Fixed hardware is a single point of failure – even when we had redundant machines. Keep hardware and browsers updated at all times. Sound easy?

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