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nunez on Sept 16, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: The database servers powering Let's Encrypt (2021)

These performance improvements are absolutely insane, and churning out certs at speed is the _perfect_ use case for these CPUs.

Kudos the LE team!

hu3 on Sept 16, 2023 [–]

Indeed. If I had to bet, I would say doubling the memory allowed some/all indexes to fit in RAM. RAM is usually a big improvement when it comes to Relational Database Management Systems (RMDBS).

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