The Netflix TechBlog

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Due to its popularity, the number of workflows managed by the system has grown exponentially. The scheduler on-call has to closely monitor the system during non-business hours. Meson was based on a single leader architecture with high availability. With the high growth of workflows in the past few years?—?increasing

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DZone

DECEMBER 28, 2020

The system could work efficiently with a specific number of concurrent users; however, it may get dysfunctional with extra loads during peak traffic. For example, the gaming app has to present definite actions to bring the right experience. An app is built with some expectations and is supposed to provide firm results.

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The Netflix TechBlog

DECEMBER 3, 2022

Thanks to the Netflix internal lineage system (built by Girish Lingappa ) Dataflow migration can then help you identify downstream usage of the table in question. Workflow Definitions Below you can see a typical file structure of a sample workflow package written in SparkSQL. ??? backfill.sch.yaml ??? daily.sch.yaml ???

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The Netflix TechBlog

AUGUST 1, 2022

This article gives an overview of the system. Data Mesh Overview A New Definition Of Data Mesh Previously, we defined Data Mesh as a fully managed, streaming data pipeline product used for enabling Change Data Capture (CDC) use cases. This design enables us to reuse and share data as much as possible.

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Smashing Magazine

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Tips And Tricks For Evaluating UX/UI Designers. Tips And Tricks For Evaluating UX/UI Designers. When a company’s digital representation lacks a dedicated UX/UI design team, it can be hard to produce something that stands out from the crowd. That happens when your app/website/system is efficient. Nataliya Sambir.

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DZone

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

As a Software Engineer, the mind is trained to seek optimizations in every aspect of development and ooze out every bit of available CPU Resource to deliver a performing application. This begins not only in designing the algorithm or coming out with efficient and robust architecture but right onto the choice of programming language.

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Smashing Magazine

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

From Good To Great In Dashboard Design: Research, Decluttering And Data Viz. From Good To Great In Dashboard Design: Research, Decluttering And Data Viz. Tossing out suboptimal parts of our design can be a daunting task, especially after you’ve invested hours of work into it. Definition. Design Validation.

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The Netflix TechBlog

JUNE 13, 2023

Migrating Critical Traffic At Scale with No Downtime — Part 2 Shyam Gala , Javier Fernandez-Ivern , Anup Rokkam Pratap , Devang Shah Picture yourself enthralled by the latest episode of your beloved Netflix series, delighting in an uninterrupted, high-definition streaming experience. This is where large-scale system migrations come into play.

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Traffic Metrics Systems Strategy 279

Dynatrace

JUNE 15, 2021

The fact is, Reliability and Resiliency must be rooted in the architecture of a distributed system. The subject line said: “Success Story: Major Issue in single AWS Frankfurt Availability Zone!” The problem started at 1:24PM PDT, with the services starting to become available again about 3 hours later. Ready to learn more?

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Dynatrace

JULY 22, 2020

Kubernetes can be a confounding platform for system architects. Microservice design principles force people to think along a spectrum of loose coupling. Introduces the Dynatrace long-term design pattern for full-stack observability, described below. Dynatrace news. Automated rollout of application observability.

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Percona

MARCH 23, 2023

When it comes to enterprise-level databases, there are several options available in the market, but PostgreSQL stands out as one of the most popular and reliable choices. PostgreSQL is a free and open source object-relational database management system (ORDBMS) that has existed since the mid-1990s.

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Dynatrace

OCTOBER 4, 2022

A data lakehouse addresses these limitations and introduces an entirely new architectural design. This architecture offers rich data management and analytics features (taken from the data warehouse model) on top of low-cost cloud storage systems (which are used by data lakes). This scenario is a thing of the past.

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Artificial Intelligence Analytics Storage Architecture 272

Strategic Tech

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Domain-Driven Design is an approach to designing systems, usually software, that emphasises creating a common language between domain experts and system builders. However, some concepts in DDD do not have a clear definition and are highly implicit. This definition of a domain is very fuzzy.

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Design Strategy Systems Architecture 98

Dynatrace

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

This was one of the most demanded features, and with the introduction of security policies, this control mechanism is finally available. Let’s take a look at how the new permission system is leveraged within Settings 2.0 As of today, many settings are already available to be referenced in security policies. Policy format.

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Availability Metrics Systems Design 185

Dynatrace

JUNE 6, 2023

Thair elaborated on the concept of “designing for operations” with a car analogy. That’s not good design for Ops,” he said. From the foundational Dynatrace platform to today, “We’ve gone from systems thinking to holistic thinking.” One of the main roadblocks that arises with a broader definition for DevOps is responsibility.

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Smashing Magazine

JUNE 26, 2019

What Web Designers Can Do To Speed Up Mobile Websites. What Web Designers Can Do To Speed Up Mobile Websites. I recently wrote a blog post for a web designer client about page speed and why it matters. However, their focus has always been on making a great-looking and effective design. Suzanne Scacca.

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Dynatrace

APRIL 10, 2023

We also couldn’t compromise on performance and availability.” But “the benefits are definitely worth the effort, provided you do it in a strategic way,” Bollampally said. Such testing is critical to identifying customer shopping patterns that inform decisions about application design and user experience.

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Cloud Ecommerce Performance Retail 176

Dynatrace

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

As we look at today’s applications, microservices, and DevOps teams, we see leaders are tasked with supporting complex distributed applications using new technologies spread across systems in multiple locations. For most systems, an optimum MTTR could be less than one hour while others have an MTTR of less than one day.

DevOps 206

DevOps Metrics Traffic Efficiency 206

Strategic Tech

JULY 22, 2019

How do we break a large system into smaller, more manageable modular components? In Domain-Driven Design, a large system is decomposed into bounded contexts , which become natural boundaries in code as microservices and as teams in the organisation. 30 minutes) Bounded Context Design Canvas (min.

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Design Systems Strategy Processing 76

The Netflix TechBlog

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Instead, the schema gets generated at runtime based on definitions in code. At Netflix we strongly prefer schema-first development because: The schema design is front and center of the developer experience. link] Full documentation for the framework is available on the DGS Framework github repository.

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Open Source Java Architecture Metrics 246

Dynatrace

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Organizations use APM to ensure system availability, optimize service performance and response times, and improve user experiences. G2 Research includes a clear definition of APM in its Grid Report for Application Performance Monitoring for Spring 2021. How to evaluate APM solutions. The Dynatrace approach: APM and beyond.

Artificial Intelligence 236

Artificial Intelligence Monitoring Infrastructure Cloud 236

High Scalability

JULY 18, 2022

Wynter is looking for system administrators, engineers, and developers to join its research panel. If you have experience in hosting and with the WordPress stack, have worked with Ubuntu or Debian-based systems, and cutting-edge technologies, such Ansible and LXC, you should definitely check us out and apply here !

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High Scalability

MAY 4, 2022

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High Scalability

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

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Dynatrace

DECEMBER 2, 2021

To get a better handle on this, let’s start with some definitions. These can include business metrics, such as conversion rates, uptime, and availability; service metrics, such as application performance; or technical metrics, such as dependencies to third-party services, underlying CPU, and the cost of running a service.

Metrics 196

Metrics Best Practices DevOps Infrastructure 196

High Scalability

JUNE 10, 2022

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High Scalability

DECEMBER 9, 2021

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Percona

JULY 25, 2023

So, given a table_id, how do you get the table schema/definition? After the “data dictionary” (DD) engine and DD cache are initialized on a server, the Storage Engines can ask for a table definition. the IBD file is “self-describing”; for example, the table schema is available within an IBD file.

Cache 84

Cache Benchmarking Servers Design 84

The Netflix TechBlog

MARCH 25, 2019

You are designing a learning system to forecast Service Level Agreement (SLA) violations and would want to factor in all upstream dependencies and corresponding historical states. Design a flexible data model ? —?Represent Enable seamless integration?—?

Infrastructure 219

Infrastructure Big Data Transportation Architecture 219

High Scalability

OCTOBER 27, 2021

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High Scalability

AUGUST 24, 2021

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High Scalability

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

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High Scalability

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

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JULY 15, 2021

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JUNE 29, 2021

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Dynatrace

MAY 20, 2020

Running metric queries on a subset of entities for live monitoring and system overviews. The Metrics API v2 is the first v2 API available in Dynatrace. Metrics API v2 is designed in a RESTful way to allow you to discover which metrics are available, retrieve metadata, and to execute sophisticated time series queries.

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High Scalability

JUNE 8, 2021

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