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Managing performance: What you don't know will hurt youOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 10 hours ago (http://www.networkworld.com)
Category: network | Tags managing, performance, hurt, you, Search All Tags
The old saying "ignorance is bliss" doesn't apply to the myriad factors that can contribute to poor application and network performance. The less network managers know about the components in their e read more »
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DigiTar Uses Hybrid SSD-Hard Drive Storage to Boost PerformanceOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 14 hours ago (http://www.byteandswitch.com)
Category: storage | Tags digitar, hybrid, ssd, hard, drive, storage, performance, Search All Tags
"The cost per IOPS dropped from $6 to $1 by adding an SSD front end to a Sun storage system, the company's CTO says." read more »
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New MacBook Pro performance degrades with the battery removedOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by MargaretM 9 days ago (http://blogs.zdnet.com)
Category: software | Tags macbook pro, jason d o'grady, battery, performance, Search All Tags, , ,
Jason D. O'Grady writes "Gearlog has discovered a weird issue with the latest generation (Late 2008) MacBook Pros – they run like dogs when the battery is removed. To the tune of a 37-percent drop read more »
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Intel lifts curtain on Nehalem performance (hint: it's fast)Open in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 30 days ago (http://arstechnica.com)
Category: hardware | Tags intel, nehalem, amd, cpu, performance, Search All Tags, ,
Joel Hruska writes a must-read article on Intel's upcoming Nehalem CPU, its significant performance improvements, and what this means for the AMD/Intel struggle. read more »
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VirtualBox update brings improved performance and 64-bit supportOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 72 days ago (http://www.linux.com)
Category: software | Tags virtualbox, update, performance, 64-bit, Search All Tags, , ,
"Sun has released the first update to its recently purchased desktop virtualization program, now called Sun xVM VirtualBox 2.0. While not a major update, it does bring improved performance and 64-bi read more »
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Secerno gives database security performance kickOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 85 days ago (http://www.networkworld.com)
Category: security | Tags secerno, database, security, performance, sql, management, Search All Tags,
"Database security specialist Secerno has released a new version of its SQL protection software, putting the accent, the company claims, on better management and improved performance." read more »
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Why Cache Matters in NAS PerformanceOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 92 days ago (http://www.smallnetbuilder.com)
Category: storage | Tags cache, nas performance, ram, storage, don capps, Search All Tags, ,
Don Capps writes, "One of the confusing aspects of NAS performance is the significant impact of caches. Today's computing systems have multiple caches, not only in the main system RAM, but in the client, the server and client CPUs, and hard drives themselves. Each cache is aimed at reducing the time it takes to access frequently-used data." read more »
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Databases leverage MapReduce technology to radically juice data scale, performance, analyticsOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 97 days ago (http://blogs.zdnet.com)
Category: software | Tags databases, mapreduce, technology, data scale, performance, analytics, mpp, engines, aster data systems, greenplum, dana gardner, Search All Tags
Dana Gardner writes, "In what could best be termed a photo finish, Greenplum and Aster Data Systems have both announced that they have integrated MapReduce into their massively parallel processing (MPP) database engines." read more »
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