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By: igor

igor — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 09:50:31 +0000

Excellent article! Thank you.

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Made of String » Quicker ways of processing log files — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 21:26:15 +0000

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server cabinets — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 10:10:24 +0000

nice and informative blog.The best part was the pictorial representation.I really like the schematic representation which is used for understanding of this topic.

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Thu, 27 Oct 2011 10:56:34 +0000

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By: Lee

Lee — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 22:20:16 +0000

Very nice post. I loved the link to real world examples of time vs. fetch times. I think most that read a post like this would have that in there heads anyway, but it’s nice to have this in my back pocket to explain to a non-nerd. Thanks! Lee

By: Aakash

Aakash — Tue, 10 May 2011 01:42:00 +0000

Very cool article for shallow readers like me. Liked it a lot.

By: joe

joe — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 18:45:49 +0000

Man your numbers are pretty far off, some as much as 25% or so.

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Thu, 10 Feb 2011 00:00:56 +0000

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By: the brook › Spin locks and the vicious multi-threading cycle

the brook › Spin locks and the vicious multi-threading cycle — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 07:52:58 +0000

[...] as RAM latency. A disk seek, by comparison, has a latency measured in millions of cycles (see this excellent article for more info). The bottom line — you shouldn’t be using spin-locks unless you’re [...]