A map is a lifesaver when embarking down unfamiliar territory. When I recently
started working on ZFS performance (in the context of MySQL usage), I needed a
code flow chart to know what parts I needed to focus on within ZFS. Take
a look at the map of ZFS I generated to help me along the way.[Read More]
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Tuesday May 06, 2008
uperf is a network performance evaluation tool which is being open sourced
by Sun today. Take a look at how I used it to compare network "ping-pong" traffic
rate scaling on Solaris vs Linux.[Read More]
Wednesday Mar 12, 2008
Multi-core/Multi-thread CPUs can exacerbate scaling problems due to locking. A "mux"
that pipelines work from multiple producers to a single consumer that avoids high
lock hold times is discussed in this blog. Some of the flow control issues that needed
to be addressed to deal with fast producers and slow consumers are also discussed
along with the politics of source code changes to critical system software.[Read More]