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Plate 71

posix_fadvise SEQUENTIAL vs RANDOM: Read Hint Lab

Hands-on posix_fadvise SEQUENTIAL vs RANDOM vs NORMAL lab on localhost: cold and warm 256MiB reads after drop_caches with real measured p50 MB/s and RPS.

Observability & SRELab30 Sept 2026 · 6 min

Plate 86

mmap vs read (+ O_DIRECT): Localhost Sequential Scan Lab

Hands-on mmap vs buffered read lab: 256 MiB p50 11.5 vs 5.4 GB/s; O_DIRECT ~0.9 GB/s warm-cache bypass. Fake endpoint-only GB/s disclosed. No Docker.

Summary30 Sept 2026 · 5 min