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Autobiography, in code:
1976:

        IDAY = IDAY + 1
        IDOLLAR = IDOLLAR + 1

1978:

100 D = D + 1
110 M = M + 1

1979:

        INC DAY
        INC DOLLAR

1984:

day := day + 1
dollar := dollar + 1

1986:

day++, dollar++;

1988:

day.another(); dollar.another();

1999:

public interface WorkForALiving {
  void another_day();
  void another_dollar();
}

2003:

day += 1; dollar += 1

Jul
20
comment Linux Opteron system appears to be UMA but should be NUMA
@David, Thank you. After doing some reading, I think I understand the reason for your recommendation. We'll leave the box set for UMA.
Jul
18
accepted Linux Opteron system appears to be UMA but should be NUMA
Jul
18
awarded  Editor
Jul
18
revised Linux Opteron system appears to be UMA but should be NUMA
Added link to AMD's explanation of Magny-Cours and hypertransport
Jul
18
awarded  Student
Jul
18
asked Linux Opteron system appears to be UMA but should be NUMA
Sep
21
comment How to find the real IP to which IPVS is routing a virtual IP
Outstanding. Thanks!
Jul
13
awarded  Teacher
Feb
25
comment How to Best Manage High PostgreSQL CPU Use?
I've never had the luxury of a database that fit entirely in RAM, so I don't know much much I/O bandwidth would help you. Even things that fit in RAM do get written to disk, though, as they change.
Feb
25
answered How to Best Manage High PostgreSQL CPU Use?
Feb
25
comment How to Best Manage High PostgreSQL CPU Use?
I want to confirm the assumption that the box is CPU bound, and not IO bound. When you run iostat, it will show you each block device. You're looking for the devices which host your postgres data (e.g. /var/lib/postgresql). The mount command will help you map the path to the device.
Feb
25
comment How to Best Manage High PostgreSQL CPU Use?
When under load, What does iostat -xm 4 show for the %util of the devices hosting $pg_data and $pg_data/xlog?
Feb
2
awarded  Scholar
Feb
2
accepted How to find the real IP to which IPVS is routing a virtual IP
Feb
2
comment How to find the real IP to which IPVS is routing a virtual IP
We don't appear to have an ldirectord. keepalived, we got. In any case, although our servers don't currently reply with headers, the protocol is under our control so we can add any headers we like. I don't know why we didn't think of that before. Thanks!
Dec
21
comment How to find the real IP to which IPVS is routing a virtual IP
Thanks. The IPVS box has a tunl0 device, but it's not up. ifup tunl0 reports "Ignoring unknown interface tunl0=tunl0".
Dec
17
awarded  Tumbleweed
Dec
10
asked How to find the real IP to which IPVS is routing a virtual IP
Nov
30
comment How to see active connections and “current activity” in PostgreSQL 8.4
@Evgeny, As far as I know, you have to be logged in as the postgres user. That should be possible without root access.
Nov
29
answered How to see active connections and “current activity” in PostgreSQL 8.4