Comment on Optimizing Linux Memory Management for Low-latency, High-throughput DatabasesparentComments−erichocean12yI understood it to mean that it had 1/4 the error rates they were previously seeing.−dllthomas12yHuh, that's not even one I considered. I guessed 1/5, so the change was 4x the final value. Either way it's wrong - "dropped by X%" should be calculated as (original - final) / original.−apurvamehta12yThis is exactly right :)−caf12yThen it dropped by 75%.−apurvamehta12yYes. It was a blunder. The post has been updated to reflect this.
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I understood it to mean that it had 1/4 the error rates they were previously seeing.
Huh, that's not even one I considered. I guessed 1/5, so the change was 4x the final value. Either way it's wrong - "dropped by X%" should be calculated as (original - final) / original.
This is exactly right :)
Then it dropped by 75%.
Yes. It was a blunder. The post has been updated to reflect this.