1. Brendan Gregg is a computer engineer known for his work on computing performance.
10 Facts About Brendan Gregg
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Brendan Gregg was born in Newcastle, New South Wales and graduated from the University of Newcastle, Australia.
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Brendan Gregg has created visualization types to aid performance analysis, including latency heat maps, utilization heat maps, subsecond offset heat maps, and flame graphs.
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Brendan Gregg's tools are included in multiple operating systems and products, and are in use by companies worldwide.
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Brendan Gregg pioneered eBPF as an observability technology, including authoring many advanced eBPF tracing tools to provide unique insights into system behavior.
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Brendan Gregg has developed and delivered professional training courses on computer performance.
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Brendan Gregg has authored hundreds of articles about systems performance and multiple technical books, including Systems Performance 2nd Edition and BPF Performance Tools, both in the Addison-Wesley professional computing series.
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Brendan Gregg's books are recommended or required reading at major technology companies.
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Brendan Gregg was previously known as an expert on using DTrace and the creator of the DTraceToolkit.
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Brendan Gregg is the star of the Shouting in the Data Center viral video.