Successful tech applications are rarely static: Users’ needs change and expand, and they expect their technology tools’ capabilities to grow and adapt. However, as applications grow in complexity, ...

Schema design, indexes, queries, configs, I/O... what could go wrong? Follow these 10 essential tips to keep your MySQL servers humming. MySQL is the world’s most widely used open source database, and ...

Troubleshooting live applications when they fail to meet nonfunctional requirements, such as performance, throughput and response times? That's not fun. Which is why every DevOps team should have a ...

Virtualization has brought the lost art of performance tuning back into the datacenter. Here's how to get the most out of your virtual servers. Server virtualization allows organizations to make ...

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React remains the most popular JavaScript framework. This article covers the latest tips on wringing the most performance from the React framework, including functional components and the Suspense ...

Performance tuning can be complex. It's often hard to know which knob to turn or button to press to get the biggest performance boost. In this on demand presentation, Janis Griffin, System Consultant ...

The terms JVM tuning and Java optimization are often used interchangeably, but there is an important difference between the two practices. In short, JVM tuning requires some tradeoff between metrics ...

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Server virtualization allows organizations to make better use of server hardware resources, but the extra utilization comes at a price. Virtual servers compete for a finite pool of hardware resources.