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Optimising for High Latency Environments

CSS Wizardry

This gives fascinating insights into the network topography of our visitors, and how much we might be impacted by high latency regions. Round-trip-time (RTT) is basically a measure of latency—how long did it take to get from one endpoint to another and back again? What is RTT? RTT isn’t a you-thing, it’s a them-thing.

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Understanding and Managing Latency in APISIX: A Comprehensive Technical Guide

DZone

A common query from users revolves around the precise measurement of latency in APISIX. When utilizing APISIX, how should one address unusually high latency? In reality, discussions on latency measurement are centered around the performance and response time of API requests.

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Optimizing Database Performance in Middleware Applications

DZone

In the realm of modern software architecture, middleware plays a pivotal role in connecting various components of distributed systems. Efficient database operations in middleware can dramatically improve overall system performance, reduce latency, and enhance user experience.

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Implementing service-level objectives to improve software quality

Dynatrace

When organizations implement SLOs, they can improve software development processes and application performance. SLOs improve software quality. Stable, well-calibrated SLOs pave the way for teams to automate additional processes and testing throughout the software delivery lifecycle. SLOs aid decision making. Reliability.

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Single-core memory bandwidth: Latency, Bandwidth, and Concurrency

John McCalpin

Latency” is the duration from the execution of a load instruction (to an address that misses in all the caches), and the completion of that load instruction when the data is returned from memory. The example below is for a 2005-era processor with 60 ns memory latency and 6.4 cache lines -> 5.6 cache lines -> 5.6

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Netflix’s Distributed Counter Abstraction

The Netflix TechBlog

By: Rajiv Shringi , Oleksii Tkachuk , Kartik Sathyanarayanan Introduction In our previous blog post, we introduced Netflix’s TimeSeries Abstraction , a distributed service designed to store and query large volumes of temporal event data with low millisecond latencies. Today, we’re excited to present the Distributed Counter Abstraction.

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What are quality gates? How to use quality gates to deliver better software at speed and scale

Dynatrace

To remain competitive in today’s fast-paced market, organizations must not only ensure that their digital infrastructure is functioning optimally but also that software deployments and updates are delivered rapidly and consistently. They help foster confidence and consistency throughout the entire software development lifecycle (SDLC).

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