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The title doesn't do the surprising conclusion justice. "When we set out to look at how long VMs take to warm up, we didn’t expect to discover that they often
by im3w1l 7y ago
The title doesn't do the surprising conclusion justice.
"When we set out to look at how long VMs take to warm up, we didn’t expect to discover that they often don’t warm up. But, alas, the evidence that they frequently don’t warm up is hard to argue with."
By not warming up they refer to instances when early performance is higher than later performance or when the performance doesn't settle.
- afiori 7y ago> By not warming up they refer to instances when early performance is higher than later performance or when the performance doesn't settle. which are both cases where you would be disappointed were you to use the VM as a server. I think their point is that VMs are more unpredictable than many realize and also intrinsically unpredictable in some cases.