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Netflix Cloud Packaging in the Terabyte Era

The Netflix TechBlog

As described by the white paper Apple ProRes ( link ), the target data rate of the Apple ProRes HQ for 1920x1080 at 29.97 Any single read or write operation may involve a mix of previously uploaded and yet-to-be uploaded bytes. MezzFS borrows from how operating systems handle page faults. is 220 Mbps.

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Is It a Read Intensive or a Write Intensive Workload?

Percona

In this benchmark the difference between looking at workload from a SQL commands standpoint vs a row operation standpoint yields the same results, but it is not going to always be the case. Let’s now look at the operating system level. This workload is write intensive by this measure. Not all writes are equal either.

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To Transform, Trade Ego for Humility

The Agile Manager

Nokia hired a manager from Microsoft to wed the handset business to any alternative mobile operating system to iOS that wasn't made by Google. With the benefit of hindsight, we know how it played out. RIM initially doubled down on their core product, but eventually scotched their proprietary OS in favor of Android.

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C++ safety, in context

Sutter's Mill

s study of uses of C#’s unsafe on StackOverflow and prevalence of vulnerabilities, and that all programs eventually call trusted native libraries or operating system code. And all programs use unsafe code; for example, see the Conclusions section of Firouzi et al. ’s

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MongoDB Best Practices: Security, Data Modeling, & Schema Design

Percona

In this blog post, we will discuss the best practices on the MongoDB ecosystem applied at the Operating System (OS) and MongoDB levels. Operating System (OS) settings Swappiness Swappiness is a Linux kernel setting that influences the behavior of the Virtual Memory manager when it needs to allocate a swap, ranging from 0-100.

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SQL Server I/O Basics Chapter #1

SQL Server According to Bob

This White Paper is for informational purposes only. SQL Server always checks I/O completion status for any operating system error conditions and proper data transfer size and then handles errors appropriately. Without this capability, ​​ SQL Server could not rely on the system to support WAL protocol needs.

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SQL Server I/O Basics Chapter #2

SQL Server According to Bob

This White Paper is for informational purposes only. Subsystem / Path The ​​ I/O subsystem or path ​​ includes ​​ those ​​ components ​​ that are ​​ used to support an I/O operation.

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