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Best Practices – Mongo Speed vs Distant WAN Yes — MongoDB replica sets across WANs can significantly impact performance, especially for read and write operations that wait on acknowledgments or are sensitive to replication lag. Here’s how to speed up your MongoDB replica set: Best Practices: 1. Yes, remove distant secondaries if: 2. Use readPreference: … Read more
Experiencing the maddeningly Inexplicable? Suspect AppArmor FIRST Nothing in a Long While has roused such ancient Microsft-ish Hatred and Total Retrograde to “Reboot As Fix Attempt” as AppArmor going silent default in Debian12. SILENT GOBBLER OF HUMAN LIFETIME, APPARMOR WILL INTERFERE DEATHTLY WITH DOCKER CONTAINERS BY SILENT DEFAULT — ITS EVIL ACTIONS ARE VERY TOUGH … Read more
Benchmarks of Docker vs BareMetal Note concern over mounted data volumes for Mongo Here are real-world performance comparison examples of MongoDB running on bare-metal vs Docker, using benchmarks and reports from known tests or developer observations: 1. Percona Benchmarks (2018–2020) Setup: MongoDB 4.x tested using YCSB (Yahoo! Cloud Serving Benchmark) and sysbench on identical hardware. … Read more
How to clear web browser cache on various Apple software and products To clear the browser cache on an Apple device, follow the steps based on your browser and device type: Safari on macOS (MacBook, iMac): Safari on iOS (iPhone, iPad): Chrome on macOS: Chrome on iOS:
Oracle NetSuite for 5-10 employees, estimated cost $37k to $140k startup then $12k to $24k annually plus time investment Oracle NetSuite might be considered as an Aircraft Carrier. Most actual real-world business needs are barely for a destroyer, powerboat, or even a rowboat. The “time investment” seems both up-front in the dev and learning curve(s) … Read more
Link Splitting Load Sharing Performance Detriment Slow performance at a client’s office is suspected as being caused by link-splitting / load-sharing across parallel active links. What possibly gives a speed boost in some instances may be causing all kinds of havoc in other cases. Considerations are below. Understanding Fios ‘Link Splitting’ in Firewalls “Link Splitting” … Read more