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Why Did Linux Eat My RAM! [Explained]

March 5, 2024 by John-EE Leave a Comment

Linux Eating Memory

This “problem” is so common there is a website linuxatemyram.com which briefly describes what Linux is doing and why your RAM is not really gone. They have a good explanation there, but I didn’t find any graphs when looking through it, so I decided to run some experiments and graph the results. The code I […]

Filed Under: Computer Science, Programming, System Performance Tagged With: Computer Science

Cloud Services Cost Comparison Site

February 13, 2024 by John-EE Leave a Comment

Deploying your services to the cloud can be convenient, but costly. Here is a great site I just learned about that compares services and costs between cloud service providers: https://getdeploying.com

Filed Under: Computer Science, Uncategorized Tagged With: Cloud, Resources

Erasure Codes for Distributed Storage

January 31, 2024 by John-EE Leave a Comment

This survey paper focuses on erasure coding techniques utilized on distributed storage systems such as RAID. There is a specific emphasis on Reed-Solomon codes due to their ubiquity within distributed storage systems. Advances in coding techniques have substantial impacts on the cost and performance of storage systems. Several methods of utilizing Reed-Solomon codes are examined […]

Filed Under: Computer Science, Uncategorized Tagged With: Computer Science, Database

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