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Architects' Tech Alliance
Architects' Tech Alliance
Sep 14, 2017 · Operations

Understanding Dell EMC SVC Stretch Cluster Architecture and vDisk Mirror Features

The article explains Dell EMC SVC's gateway‑style storage architecture, its 2‑8 node clusters, I/O groups, vDisk Mirror functionality, local and stretched cluster configurations, arbitration mechanisms, and performance improvements in Enhanced Stretched Cluster, providing a comprehensive guide to high‑availability storage design.

I/O GroupSVCStretch Cluster
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Understanding Dell EMC SVC Stretch Cluster Architecture and vDisk Mirror Features
Architects' Tech Alliance
Architects' Tech Alliance
Aug 28, 2017 · Fundamentals

Understanding SSD Wear Leveling Algorithms and Their Implementation

This article explains how SSD controllers use wear‑leveling algorithms to distribute writes across NAND flash blocks, covering sequential and non‑sequential write scenarios, key assumptions, implementation strategies, and the importance of managing limited erase‑cycle endurance for reliable storage.

EnduranceNAND FlashSSD
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Understanding SSD Wear Leveling Algorithms and Their Implementation
21CTO
21CTO
Aug 20, 2017 · Cloud Native

How JD Built a Scalable AI Platform on Kubernetes: Architecture, Networking, and Storage Insights

This article details JD's AI platform built on Docker and Kubernetes, covering its high‑availability architecture, network plugin choices, storage solutions like GlusterFS and SeaweedFS, GPU management, CI/CD pipelines, logging, monitoring, and native Spark on Kubernetes, illustrating how a cloud‑native stack supports large‑scale AI services.

AI PlatformCloud NativeGPU Management
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How JD Built a Scalable AI Platform on Kubernetes: Architecture, Networking, and Storage Insights
ITPUB
ITPUB
Aug 7, 2017 · Databases

Why Is MySQL Insert So Slow? Uncovering Cache, BBU, and Storage Bottlenecks

The article explains why MySQL insert operations can become extremely slow despite small data volumes, analyzing storage architecture, cache behavior, BBU protection, and common hardware or configuration issues, and provides concrete commands and steps to diagnose and resolve the performance problem.

BBUmysqlstorage
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Why Is MySQL Insert So Slow? Uncovering Cache, BBU, and Storage Bottlenecks
360 Zhihui Cloud Developer
360 Zhihui Cloud Developer
Jul 4, 2017 · Operations

How to Monitor and Predict Disk Health with SMART and smartctl

This article explains why disk health monitoring is crucial for service stability, introduces SMART technology and the smartctl tool, details command usage, key SMART attributes, value interpretation, and outlines automated data collection and alerting strategies for reliable operations.

Disk MonitoringOperationsSMART
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How to Monitor and Predict Disk Health with SMART and smartctl
Architects' Tech Alliance
Architects' Tech Alliance
Jul 3, 2017 · Operations

BeeGFS Features, Quotas, Mirroring, APIs, and Deployment Guidelines

This article provides a comprehensive overview of BeeGFS, covering its architecture, BeeOND on‑demand instances, quota and directory‑quota mechanisms, Buddy mirroring, supported APIs, hardware requirements, network options, and export methods via SMB/CIFS and NFS for high‑performance computing environments.

BeeGFSHigh‑performance computingmirroring
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BeeGFS Features, Quotas, Mirroring, APIs, and Deployment Guidelines
Architects' Tech Alliance
Architects' Tech Alliance
Jun 24, 2017 · Operations

BeeGFS Parallel File System: Architecture, Components, Installation, and Tuning Guide

BeeGFS is a GPL‑licensed parallel file system for Linux that offers scalable storage through a modular architecture of management, metadata, and object storage servers, supports a wide range of hardware and OS platforms, and provides detailed installation, configuration, and performance‑tuning guidance including the BeeOND burst‑buffer extension.

BeeGFSHPCInstallation
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BeeGFS Parallel File System: Architecture, Components, Installation, and Tuning Guide
ITFLY8 Architecture Home
ITFLY8 Architecture Home
Jun 23, 2017 · Backend Development

Unlocking RocketMQ: Core Features, Architecture, and Performance Secrets

RocketMQ is a distributed queue-based middleware offering strict message ordering, diverse pull modes, scalable subscribers, real-time subscription, and massive message accumulation, with detailed network deployment, storage mechanisms, key features, flushing strategies, query methods, server-side filtering, JVM memory utilization, and solutions for message backlog.

Backend DevelopmentMessage QueueRocketMQ
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Unlocking RocketMQ: Core Features, Architecture, and Performance Secrets
Architects' Tech Alliance
Architects' Tech Alliance
May 26, 2017 · Industry Insights

Is High‑Performance Computing the Next Tech Hotspot? A Deep Dive

The article analyzes how expanding demand and cross‑industry convergence are driving High‑Performance Computing (HPC) to become the next technology hotspot, covering its market segmentation, cloud integration, storage challenges, key vendors, and future trends such as HPDA, Burst Buffer, and open‑source file systems.

Burst BufferHPCHigh‑performance computing
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Is High‑Performance Computing the Next Tech Hotspot? A Deep Dive
Meituan Technology Team
Meituan Technology Team
May 19, 2017 · Operations

Understanding Hard Disk Architecture and Performance Optimization

The article explains hard‑disk physical structure, how seek time, rotational latency and transfer rate determine IOPS and throughput, and describes Linux I/O stack optimizations—such as caching, scheduling, and append‑only or LSM‑tree designs—to mitigate random‑access bottlenecks and improve overall storage performance.

FilesystemI/O performanceIOPS
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Understanding Hard Disk Architecture and Performance Optimization
Alibaba Cloud Developer
Alibaba Cloud Developer
May 17, 2017 · Databases

How Alibaba Tackles the Massive Challenges of Time‑Series Data Storage

This article details Alibaba's middleware team's exploration of time‑series data characteristics, real‑world monitoring scenarios, the limitations of traditional databases, and the evolution of their custom HiTSDB solution that combines inverted indexing, high‑compression algorithms, and distributed aggregation to meet massive write and query demands.

AlibabaBig DataHiTSDB
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How Alibaba Tackles the Massive Challenges of Time‑Series Data Storage
Huawei Cloud Developer Alliance
Huawei Cloud Developer Alliance
May 12, 2017 · Cloud Native

Huawei’s Open‑Source Breakthroughs at OSCON 2017: Cloud‑Native Insights

The OSCON 2017 conference in Austin featured Huawei’s extensive open‑source showcase, including talks on ecosystem growth, serverless micro‑service orchestration, unified storage with OpenSDS, network simplification via iCAN, and Go‑based DevOps orchestration, plus demos of OpenStack and developer ecosystem solutions.

ContainerDevOpsServerless
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Huawei’s Open‑Source Breakthroughs at OSCON 2017: Cloud‑Native Insights
360 Zhihui Cloud Developer
360 Zhihui Cloud Developer
Apr 25, 2017 · Fundamentals

What Metrics Really Matter When Benchmarking SSDs?

This article explains the key SSD benchmark indicators—4K random I/O, sustained throughput, performance consistency, durability, and write amplification—while describing why they matter for evaluating storage solutions and guiding proper SSD selection for production workloads.

BenchmarkSSDio
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What Metrics Really Matter When Benchmarking SSDs?
Alibaba Cloud Developer
Alibaba Cloud Developer
Apr 12, 2017 · Cloud Computing

How Alibaba Cloud Achieved Ultra‑Low Latency with High‑Performance Local Storage

This article details Alibaba Cloud's high‑performance local storage solution for the massive Alipay Red Packet service, covering business requirements, existing block storage limitations, architectural redesign, key components like Virtio‑blk, SPDK, and NVMe SSD, and performance benchmarks demonstrating dramatically lower latency and higher IOPS.

NVMeSPDKcloud computing
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How Alibaba Cloud Achieved Ultra‑Low Latency with High‑Performance Local Storage
Architects' Tech Alliance
Architects' Tech Alliance
Mar 24, 2017 · Operations

Understanding NetApp SnapDiff and SnapVault Backup Technologies

The article explains how NetApp's SnapDiff engine and SnapVault solution enable efficient, agent‑less incremental backups by comparing snapshot differences directly on storage, reducing backup windows and improving performance for Windows, Linux, UNIX, and heterogeneous environments.

NetAppSnapDiffSnapVault
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Understanding NetApp SnapDiff and SnapVault Backup Technologies
Hujiang Technology
Hujiang Technology
Mar 21, 2017 · Cloud Native

Docker and Microservices: Architecture, Orchestration, Networking, Storage, Monitoring, and Scaling at Hujiang

The article details Hujiang's practical experience deploying microservices with Docker, evaluating orchestration tools, network and storage solutions, monitoring approaches, and automatic scaling, and demonstrates how Docker improves deployment density, QPS, and resource efficiency compared to traditional architectures.

MesosNetworkingcontainer orchestration
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Docker and Microservices: Architecture, Orchestration, Networking, Storage, Monitoring, and Scaling at Hujiang
Architecture Digest
Architecture Digest
Feb 27, 2017 · Backend Development

Comprehensive Overview of Web System Architecture Layers and Design Considerations

This article presents a detailed walkthrough of a typical web system architecture, covering layered components, load‑balancing strategies, business service and communication layers, storage options from file to object stores, and key criteria for evaluating architecture such as cost, scalability, security, and disaster recovery.

BackendScalabilitydisaster recovery
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Comprehensive Overview of Web System Architecture Layers and Design Considerations
Qunar Tech Salon
Qunar Tech Salon
Feb 26, 2017 · Big Data

Comparative Analysis of Big Data Storage and Query Solutions

This article reviews major big‑data storage and query architectures—including HBase, Dremel/Parquet, pre‑aggregation systems, Lucene, and the custom Tindex solution—evaluating their strengths, weaknesses, and suitability for real‑time, high‑volume analytical workloads.

Big DataHBaseParquet
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Comparative Analysis of Big Data Storage and Query Solutions
Architects' Tech Alliance
Architects' Tech Alliance
Feb 13, 2017 · Cloud Native

Comprehensive Overview of Docker: Architecture, Components, Orchestration, Storage, and Ecosystem

This article provides an extensive overview of Docker, covering its open‑source origins, client‑server architecture, container isolation, image management, orchestration tools such as Compose, Swarm and Machine, networking solutions, storage strategies, integration with PaaS/IaaS platforms, Kubernetes, OpenStack, DevOps practices, micro‑service architecture, and the broader Docker ecosystem.

Cloud NativeDevOpsDocker
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Comprehensive Overview of Docker: Architecture, Components, Orchestration, Storage, and Ecosystem
Efficient Ops
Efficient Ops
Dec 26, 2016 · Operations

How Tencent Scaled Social Data Storage While Cutting Costs

Facing massive user growth, Tencent’s social network team redesigned its KV storage architecture—introducing CKV and Grocery, automating capacity planning, data migration, and backup reuse—to dramatically lower costs, improve operational efficiency, and maintain high service quality across millions of devices.

AutomationCost OptimizationOperations
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How Tencent Scaled Social Data Storage While Cutting Costs
Architects' Tech Alliance
Architects' Tech Alliance
Sep 7, 2016 · Operations

How Agentless Backup Works in Cloud Environments and Its Trade‑offs

The article examines agentless backup technology, comparing its implementation in virtualized and physical environments, detailing supported interfaces, evaluating a real‑world Asigra Cloud Backup case, and discussing security risks, performance impacts, and when traditional agents remain necessary.

Cloud BackupData ProtectionOperations
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How Agentless Backup Works in Cloud Environments and Its Trade‑offs
Efficient Ops
Efficient Ops
Aug 4, 2016 · Fundamentals

Why Data Safety Trumps Performance in Distributed Storage Systems

This article examines the inherent risks of distributed storage, emphasizes that data safety outweighs raw performance, and explains storage types, file system structures, media characteristics, and practical solutions such as SSD caching and SRVSAN architecture to mitigate those risks.

Data SafetySSDdistributed storage
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Why Data Safety Trumps Performance in Distributed Storage Systems
ITPUB
ITPUB
Jul 16, 2016 · Databases

BRIN vs BTREE in PostgreSQL: Massive Space Savings and Performance Trade‑offs

This article experimentally compares PostgreSQL 9.5's BRIN and BTREE indexes across seven data distributions, revealing that BRIN uses up to 6,848 times less storage while BTREE consistently outperforms BRIN in query speed, with the gap narrowing as data repetition increases.

BRINBTreePostgreSQL
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BRIN vs BTREE in PostgreSQL: Massive Space Savings and Performance Trade‑offs
ITPUB
ITPUB
May 4, 2016 · Operations

Why a Wrong mount_maxsize Crashed Our TFS Cluster and How We Fixed It

A misconfigured mount_maxsize limited each Data Server to 20 GB, causing 96% storage usage, and after correction led to block corruption that required a custom script to clean up, illustrating the importance of proper storage settings and automated remediation in TFS operations.

LinuxOperationsTFS
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Why a Wrong mount_maxsize Crashed Our TFS Cluster and How We Fixed It
Architects' Tech Alliance
Architects' Tech Alliance
May 3, 2016 · Industry Insights

How EMC’s 2012‑2016 Roadmap Reshaped the Storage Industry

From 2012 to 2016, EMC’s World conferences introduced a series of groundbreaking storage and data‑management technologies—including XtremIO flash arrays, ViPR software‑defined storage, Isilon OneFS, VxRack hyper‑convergence, and the formation of Dell Technologies—shaping industry trends and highlighting the shift toward cloud‑centric data solutions.

EMCHyper-ConvergedSoftware-Defined Storage
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How EMC’s 2012‑2016 Roadmap Reshaped the Storage Industry
Architecture Digest
Architecture Digest
Mar 31, 2016 · Operations

Why Hyper‑Converged Architecture Improves I/O Performance: From Traditional SAN to Tiered Storage

The article explains how traditional SAN storage creates CPU‑I/O bottlenecks, how Google’s distributed file system inspired hyper‑converged designs that fuse compute and storage, and why tiered storage with SSD and HDD offers scalable, high‑performance infrastructure for modern data‑center workloads.

Data centerDistributed File SystemI/O performance
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Why Hyper‑Converged Architecture Improves I/O Performance: From Traditional SAN to Tiered Storage
Architects' Tech Alliance
Architects' Tech Alliance
Mar 11, 2016 · Cloud Computing

An Overview of Citrix XenServer Architecture and Management

This article provides a comprehensive overview of Citrix XenServer, detailing its Xen‑based hypervisor architecture, management tools, storage and networking components, including resource pools, virtual NICs, Open vSwitch, VLAN support, and distributed switching, highlighting its role in modern cloud virtualization.

NetworkingXenServercloud computing
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An Overview of Citrix XenServer Architecture and Management
dbaplus Community
dbaplus Community
Mar 6, 2016 · Databases

Sudden Daily Accounting Lag: DBA Forensics Reveal Oracle RAC Log I/O Bottleneck

On February 10, 2016 a provincial accounting database experienced severe daily‑batch delays despite other applications running normally; a senior DBA collected alert logs, AWR snapshots, ASH dumps, and OSW metrics, uncovered log‑file‑sync and redo‑IO degradation, increased rollbacks, and a faulty SAN link, pinpointing the root cause.

AWRDBAOracle
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Sudden Daily Accounting Lag: DBA Forensics Reveal Oracle RAC Log I/O Bottleneck
Architect
Architect
Mar 5, 2016 · Backend Development

Analysis of iSCSI Enterprise Target (IET) Architecture and I/O Processing

This article examines the kernel‑mode iSCSI Enterprise Target (IET), detailing its component modules (ietadm, ietd, iscsi_trgt), the interaction flow between initiators and the target, and the internal I/O processing pipeline, including thread allocation, work queues, and backend storage handling.

Backend DevelopmentIETKernel
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Analysis of iSCSI Enterprise Target (IET) Architecture and I/O Processing
Architects' Tech Alliance
Architects' Tech Alliance
Feb 17, 2016 · Cloud Computing

Overview of Hyper-V Features, Management, and Storage Capabilities

This article provides a comprehensive overview of Hyper-V, covering its extensive operating system support, virtual networking, management integration with System Center, dynamic memory, storage options, VM conversion tools, and key SMB 3.0 features for high‑availability and performance in virtualized environments.

Hyper-VOperationsSMB
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Overview of Hyper-V Features, Management, and Storage Capabilities
21CTO
21CTO
Jan 20, 2016 · Operations

From Single‑Server to Distributed CDN: Evolving Image Server Architecture

This article traces the evolution of image server architectures—from a simple single‑directory setup on Windows/.NET, through cluster‑based real‑time synchronization and shared‑storage solutions, to modern FastDFS‑backed distributed file systems with CDN acceleration—highlighting scalability, reliability, and migration challenges.

CDNFastDFSbackend operations
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From Single‑Server to Distributed CDN: Evolving Image Server Architecture
dbaplus Community
dbaplus Community
Jan 4, 2016 · Databases

How to Use Oracle Orion for Accurate IO Performance Testing

This guide explains Oracle's Orion tool, its advantages and limitations, step‑by‑step usage instructions, sample test scenarios for random read/write and sequential read, result file details, and a troubleshooting tip for asynchronous I/O errors on Linux.

IO testingLinuxOracle
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How to Use Oracle Orion for Accurate IO Performance Testing
21CTO
21CTO
Nov 26, 2015 · Big Data

How Taobao Scales Massive Data Products: Architecture Insights from Data Cube

This article explores Taobao's massive data product architecture, detailing its five-layer design, the use of Hadoop and real‑time systems, hybrid relational and NoSQL storage, a middleware layer for data integration, and systematic caching strategies that enable petabyte‑scale analytics and fast query responses.

Big Datacachingstorage
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How Taobao Scales Massive Data Products: Architecture Insights from Data Cube
Efficient Ops
Efficient Ops
Nov 15, 2015 · Fundamentals

Understanding SSD Basics: Principles, Architecture, Risks, and Maintenance

This article explains SSD fundamentals, including flash memory principles, device composition, controller functions, common pitfalls, performance degradation causes, and best practices for monitoring and maintaining SSDs in enterprise environments, ensuring reliability and data integrity.

HardwareOperationsSSD
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Understanding SSD Basics: Principles, Architecture, Risks, and Maintenance
21CTO
21CTO
Nov 11, 2015 · Cloud Computing

What 10 IT Trends Will Shape Enterprises in 2016?

The article outlines ten major IT trends for 2016—including the shift to application‑centric spending, DevOps acceleration, data lakes, analytics platform control, converged services, in‑memory databases, flash storage, and the evolving role of IT in the third platform—highlighting how enterprises must adapt to stay competitive.

DevOpsIT trendscloud computing
0 likes · 7 min read
What 10 IT Trends Will Shape Enterprises in 2016?
dbaplus Community
dbaplus Community
Oct 28, 2015 · Databases

Mastering Oracle System Optimization: Real‑World Case Study and Practical Lessons

This article presents a detailed case study of an Oracle RAC system performance bottleneck, walks through comprehensive monitoring, storage and partitioning analysis, and outlines a step‑by‑step optimization plan—including KEEP pool tuning and partition redesign—that dramatically improved I/O latency and overall throughput.

AWRDatabase OptimizationKEEP Pool
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Mastering Oracle System Optimization: Real‑World Case Study and Practical Lessons
dbaplus Community
dbaplus Community
Oct 28, 2015 · Databases

Expert DBA Answers: Career Paths, Storage Performance, and Monitoring Strategies

Senior DBA and architect Bai Shan answers community questions on advancing from DBA to architect, future career routes, testing environment setup, interpreting AWR storage metrics, using sar and iostat for disk I/O monitoring, cache sizing, and the growing importance of automation in cloud-era database operations.

AutomationCareer DevelopmentDatabase Administration
0 likes · 7 min read
Expert DBA Answers: Career Paths, Storage Performance, and Monitoring Strategies
21CTO
21CTO
Sep 26, 2015 · Backend Development

Architecting High‑Traffic Web 2.0 Sites: Solving Data, Concurrency & Storage

This article examines the key challenges of building large‑scale, high‑interaction web 2.0 platforms—including massive data processing, concurrency control, file storage, indexing, distributed architecture, AJAX usage, security, synchronization, clustering, and OpenAPI integration—offering practical considerations for robust backend design.

Data ManagementDistributed Systemsconcurrency
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Architecting High‑Traffic Web 2.0 Sites: Solving Data, Concurrency & Storage
Architects' Tech Alliance
Architects' Tech Alliance
Sep 23, 2015 · Operations

Hyper-V Features, Management, and Storage Overview

This article provides a comprehensive overview of Microsoft Hyper-V, detailing its OS support, virtual networking, management APIs, integration with System Center, dynamic memory, snapshots, cloning, storage options, SMB 3.0 features, and clustering capabilities for efficient virtualization operations.

Hyper-VSystem CenterWindows server
0 likes · 7 min read
Hyper-V Features, Management, and Storage Overview
21CTO
21CTO
Sep 12, 2015 · Fundamentals

Unlocking RAID: How Different Levels Balance Speed, Redundancy, and Cost

This article provides a comprehensive overview of RAID technology, explaining its purpose, the various standard levels from RAID 0 to RAID 6, hybrid configurations, non‑standard implementations like DRFS, and both software and firmware/driver based deployment methods.

FilesystemRAIDperformance
0 likes · 13 min read
Unlocking RAID: How Different Levels Balance Speed, Redundancy, and Cost
Efficient Ops
Efficient Ops
Sep 8, 2015 · Operations

Unlocking SSD Performance in KVM: Tackling Write Amplification and Best Practices

This article explains SSD fundamentals such as page and block structures, the causes and mitigation of write amplification through reserved space and TRIM, presents detailed KVM virtualization test setups and results, and compares SSD types, offering practical guidance for maximizing SSD performance in virtualized environments.

.trimKVMSSD
0 likes · 10 min read
Unlocking SSD Performance in KVM: Tackling Write Amplification and Best Practices
Architects' Tech Alliance
Architects' Tech Alliance
Sep 5, 2015 · Cloud Computing

Overview of VMware Storage Path Reliability, vConverter, HA, DRS, FT, vMotion, Storage vMotion, DPM, Networking and Automation Features

This article provides a comprehensive overview of VMware's storage path reliability, pluggable storage architecture, virtual machine conversion tools, high‑availability and resource‑management features such as HA, DRS, FT, vMotion, storage vMotion, DPM, as well as networking components like vDS and VMkernel ports, plus upgrade automation utilities.

HANetworkingVMware
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Overview of VMware Storage Path Reliability, vConverter, HA, DRS, FT, vMotion, Storage vMotion, DPM, Networking and Automation Features
Architects' Tech Alliance
Architects' Tech Alliance
Sep 3, 2015 · Cloud Computing

What Is VMware vSphere? A Deep Dive into Its Core Components and Storage Solutions

The article explains VMware vSphere as a cloud‑based data‑center virtualization suite, detailing its main components such as ESXi, vCenter, vSphere Client, and Web Access, and covering disaster recovery, backup technologies, storage APIs, and various storage provisioning methods like vSAN, VMFS, RDM, NFS/CIFS and vVol.

BackupVMwareVirtualization
0 likes · 10 min read
What Is VMware vSphere? A Deep Dive into Its Core Components and Storage Solutions
21CTO
21CTO
Aug 31, 2015 · Databases

Optimizing Time-Series Storage: Files, LSM Trees, and B‑Tree Strategies

This article examines the evolution and challenges of time‑series storage, compares file‑based, LSM‑tree, and B‑tree approaches, and proposes a vector‑based method to efficiently handle writes, reads, query semantics, dimensions, and aggregation for modern big‑data applications.

LSMTime Seriesaggregation
0 likes · 8 min read
Optimizing Time-Series Storage: Files, LSM Trees, and B‑Tree Strategies
Qunar Tech Salon
Qunar Tech Salon
Aug 3, 2015 · Fundamentals

The Biggest Bottleneck in Laptops and SSD Performance Evaluation

The article explains that hard‑disk I/O is the primary performance bottleneck in laptops, demonstrates how SSDs dramatically improve boot, shutdown, and application launch times, compares MLC and SLC SSD technologies, and recommends replacing traditional HDDs with SSDs for better overall speed.

MLCSLCSSD
0 likes · 4 min read
The Biggest Bottleneck in Laptops and SSD Performance Evaluation
Java High-Performance Architecture
Java High-Performance Architecture
Jul 3, 2015 · Databases

When to Use CHAR vs VARCHAR in MySQL? Understanding Length, Storage, and Performance

CHAR stores fixed‑length strings padded with spaces, while VARCHAR stores variable‑length strings with a length byte, leading to different maximum sizes—255 characters for CHAR and up to 65,535 bytes for VARCHAR (about 21,589 UTF‑8 characters)—and distinct use cases such as short fixed fields versus space‑saving flexible fields.

Database designcharmysql
0 likes · 2 min read
When to Use CHAR vs VARCHAR in MySQL? Understanding Length, Storage, and Performance
MaGe Linux Operations
MaGe Linux Operations
Jun 8, 2015 · Operations

Master Linux LVM: Create, Extend, Shrink, and Snapshot Volumes

This guide walks through creating Linux LVM physical volumes, volume groups, and logical volumes on four 1 GB disks, demonstrates formatting, mounting, extending, shrinking, and snapshotting volumes, and provides the necessary commands for managing and removing LVM components.

FilesystemLVMLinux
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Master Linux LVM: Create, Extend, Shrink, and Snapshot Volumes
MaGe Linux Operations
MaGe Linux Operations
Apr 24, 2015 · Fundamentals

Mastering RAID: Levels, Benefits, and Linux Setup Guide

This article explains what RAID is, compares common RAID levels with their advantages and disadvantages, and provides step‑by‑step Linux commands for creating, managing, and safely shutting down software RAID arrays using mdadm.

LinuxRAIDSystem Administration
0 likes · 5 min read
Mastering RAID: Levels, Benefits, and Linux Setup Guide
Qunar Tech Salon
Qunar Tech Salon
Feb 1, 2015 · Cloud Computing

Key Considerations and Best Practices for Running Azure Virtual Machines and Services

This guide outlines essential Azure cloud considerations—including cost monitoring, VM storage types, load‑balancing strategies, SSD advantages, IP address differences, reserved IP billing, SLA guarantees, storage cost factors, diagnostics, and overall best practices—to help avoid common pitfalls when moving projects from local environments to the cloud.

Azurecloud computingstorage
0 likes · 8 min read
Key Considerations and Best Practices for Running Azure Virtual Machines and Services
MaGe Linux Operations
MaGe Linux Operations
Aug 30, 2014 · Operations

How CDN Architecture Boosts Performance, Security, and Cost Efficiency

This article explains how leveraging CDN technology—through caching proxies, routing acceleration, security protection, and cost‑saving strategies—can overcome regional network limitations, mitigate DDoS attacks, and optimize storage and load‑balancing, while also comparing open‑source reverse‑proxy solutions and offering practical hardware and software tuning tips.

CDNSecurityload balancing
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How CDN Architecture Boosts Performance, Security, and Cost Efficiency