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System design implications of declining network latency vs. disk latency
Hardware performance “obviously” affects software performance and affects how software is optimized. For example, the fact that caches are multiple orders of magnitude faster than RAM means that blocked array accesses give better performance than repeatedly striding through an array.
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Systems & PerformanceNetworking & Internet2015
On Hacker News
| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 2, 2015 | System design implications of declining network latency vs. disk latency by liotier | 155 | 39 |
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Linked from 3 Hacker News comments by 3 different people, from Dec 2017 to May 2021.
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