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9-1-1 callcenters often do, some use specialized server hardware that can in <1ms switch from one motherboard/CPU to another when it fails. Apparently there ar
by dinosaurdynasty 4y ago
9-1-1 callcenters often do, some use specialized server hardware that can in <1ms switch from one motherboard/CPU to another when it fails.
Apparently there are some workloads in finance that use similar hardware.
- ale42 4y ago> Apparently there are some workloads in finance that use similar hardware. Not surprising, I've heard from someone who worked at a financial institution doing high-speed trading that basically every ms counts for them.
- touisteur 4y agoEvery microsecond, and HFT people rent datacenter space the closest possible to physical exchanges... When speed of light is your main concern, maybe the Linux kernel is not your friend anymore (although dpdk can help here). I'm happy people keep pushing the kernel so hard, and still try to keep the kernel generic and composable, so we can profit from this huge, amazing work.