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An army of Xeon cores to do your bidding

44 Cores

Explore low-cost parallel computing.
HPC , parallel proces... , performance
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System temperature as a dimension  of  performance

Heat Seeker

Sensor tools can provide highly variable data from CPUs, GPUs, and a variety of sources. We look at some tools to verify the temperature of components on diverse hardware.
performance , storage systems , tools
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Filesystem Murder Mystery

Hunting down a performance problem

Slow file rename prompts a cloud exploration.
AWS , HPC , performance , Storage
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Assess USB performance while exploring storage caching

Plug and Play

Use dd fluently to compare disk performance.
hardware , performance , Storage
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Exploring the most famous performance tool

Waking Up the Neighbors

Take your performance tuning into the cloud with the top utility.
command line , CPU , Linux , performance , tools
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SSHFS – Installation and Performance

Sharing data saves space, reduces data skew, and improves data management. We look at the SSHFS shared filesystem, put it through some performance tests, and show you how to tune it.

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