Debunking 5 Stubborn Systems Performance Myths

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Few things are as persistent as a myth. In this episode, Mark Dawson, CEO of JabPerf Corp shares how to debunk five stubborn systems performance myths. Discover 5 of these stubborn performance myths, how to debunk them, and personal experience of dealing with them in the real world.

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About Mark Dawson

Mark Dawson

Mark is CEO of JabPerf Corp, an IT Consultancy providing Low-latency Performance Engineering services in the HFT/FinTech industry. He's also Sr. Performance Engineer at WH Trading LLC in Chicago. He's a Contributing Author to the book “Performance Analysis & Tuning on Modern CPUs” (currently available on Amazon) and a former amateur boxer.

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