Interesting Links Feb 2011

Thinking local:

Nice talk covering optimising code in a single JVM: LMAX
Biased locking in Hotspot: biased_locking_in_hotspot
Good overview of caching: intel-cpu-caches
Good overview of lock free algorithms: lock-free-algorithms

Thinking Distributed:

Nice overview of the key NoSQL players: cassandra-vs-mongodb-vs-couchdb-vs-redis
Google’s layering of ACID over BigTable (at least ACID inside a partition):
- Original paper: CIDR11_Paper32.pdf
- Summary thereof: GoogleMegastoreTheDataEngineBehindGAE
- Commentary: comparing-google-megastore
- Commentary: a-interesting-note-on-google-megastore-cap
Typically Economist: economist.com

About

Published:: Sunday, February 20th, 2011 at 9:57 am

Author:: ben

Category:: Blog, Links

About

I’ve worked with software and with computers for a while now. Long enough to sometimes be useful but not so long as to have lost interest.

My experiences of late have largely focused around distributed data storage, in particular Oracle Coherence, and this has inevitably shaped my understanding of systems, so keep that in mind as you read on.

The articles above are those that are recent or popular. There are a variety of other articles, categorised to the right and more traditional blog entries below.