Even though experience is not a material item, it certainly must be considered a valuable 'tool.' By way of experience, good tuners generally know the cause and effect of changes, prior to making them ...

Recent articles on TheServerSide.com have discussed some of the challenges of troubleshooting and debugging Java code, much of which has focused around the futility of working with the de facto tool ...

When I want the best performance on x86/x86-64 processors while using C, C++, Fortran, or Python, Intel tools have no equal. Intel tools can also help with C# and Java optimization. Starting this week ...

Microsoft announced this morning that it was acquiring jClarity, a service designed to tune the performance of Java applications. It will be doing that on Azure from now on. In addition, the company ...

Performance optimization may be the root of all evil, but these tools simplify the process of wringing the best performance out of your code. Performance optimization in software development can be a ...

In June, Intel will debut the Performance Maximizer, a one-click software tool that will automatically overclock your high-end PC processor. Also due to return is Intel’s “insurance for overclockers,” ...

Virtualization has brought the lost art of performance tuning back into the datacenter. Here's how to get the most out of your virtual servers. Server virtualization allows organizations to make ...

Object Relational Mapping (ORM) technologies like Entity Framework can drastically simplify the programming model against databases, but when done carelessly, performance can suffer. To keep that from ...

From workload profiling to the three rules of indexing, these expert insights are sure to make your MySQL servers scream. As with all relational databases, MySQL can prove to be a complicated beast, ...

In context: Linux offers developers and engineers a means to "tune" its operations, providing thousands of individual parameters that can adjust how the open-source kernel manages resources. Tuning ...