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  • Squeezing more (orange) juice from Kubernetes
    Blog
    Squeezing more (orange) juice from Kubernetes

    Our notes from KubeCon + CloudNativeCon in Valencia KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2022 – what a fantastic event! I’m sure my…

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  • Beware of Kubernetes autoscaling if you want your services to be reliable and cost-efficient
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    Beware of Kubernetes autoscaling if you want your services to be reliable and cost-efficient

    Many companies delivering services based on applications running on cloud face much higher costs than expected. The problem is that…

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  • Optimizing your Kubernetes clusters without breaking the bank
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    Optimizing your Kubernetes clusters without breaking the bank

    Organizations across the world are fast adopting Kubernetes. That is because Kubernetes provides several benefits from a performance perspective. Its ability…

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  • Safely cut cloud bills with no impact on service performance – is it a dream?
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    Safely cut cloud bills with no impact on service performance – is it a dream?

    Several cloud cost optimization solutions are today available both by Cloud Providers, such as AWS Compute Optimizer or Google machine type recommendations, and…

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  • How to optimize Spark jobs performance and lower AWS costs
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    How to optimize Spark jobs performance and lower AWS costs

    Big data applications often offer relevant opportunities for gains both in terms of performance and of cost reduction. Typically, the underlying…

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  • Make sure to choose the right GC for your Java application to achieve maximum performance
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    Make sure to choose the right GC for your Java application to achieve maximum performance

    The Java platform continues to be developed and improved over time. The OpenJDK community has been quite active in improving…

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  • Java application throughput, response time, and cost: how to optimize
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    Java application throughput, response time, and cost: how to optimize

    Developers and system owners usually take for granted that there are some intrinsic tradeoffs in the Java design. For example,…

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  • Beware: lowering GC time may not lead to better application performance
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    Beware: lowering GC time may not lead to better application performance

    One of the most established approaches to improve Java application performance is to tune JVM options, in particular Garbage Collector…

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