The Netflix TechBlog

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

by Liwei Guo , Ashwin Kumar Gopi Valliammal , Raymond Tam , Chris Pham , Agata Opalach , Weibo Ni AV1 is the first high-efficiency video codec format with a royalty-free license from Alliance of Open Media (AOMedia), made possible by wide-ranging industry commitment of expertise and resources.

Media 246

Media Open Source Efficiency Software Engineering 246

Scalegrid

MAY 13, 2020

Greenplum Database is an open-source , hardware-agnostic MPP database for analytics, based on PostgreSQL and developed by Pivotal who was later acquired by VMware. Greenplum’s high performance eliminates the challenge most RDBMS have scaling to petabtye levels of data, as they are able to scale linearly to efficiently process data.

Big Data 321

Big Data Database Artificial Intelligence Open Source 321

Scalegrid

DECEMBER 21, 2023

To achieve optimal tracking results it is important to choose wisely among available tools like Prometheus or Grafana, which offer deeper insights into understanding your Redis® instances for better performance optimization. Or even having limitations when trying vertical/horizontal scalability while ensuring availability at all times.

Strategy 130

Strategy Monitoring Latency DevOps 130

Scalegrid

JANUARY 25, 2024

Understanding Redis Performance Indicators Redis is designed to handle high traffic and low latency with its in-memory data store and efficient data structures. Effective monitoring of key performance indicators plays a crucial role in maintaining this optimal speed of operation. it signifies memory fragmentation.

Metrics 130

Metrics Monitoring Latency Cache 130

Dynatrace

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Instead of worrying about infrastructure management functions, such as capacity provisioning and hardware maintenance, teams can focus on application design, deployment, and delivery. Speed is next; serverless solutions are quick to spin up or down as needed, and there are no delays due to limited storage or resource access.

Serverless 286

Serverless AWS Lambda Storage 286

Percona

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Enhanced Database Efficiency By adjusting configuration settings, you can markedly enhance the overall efficiency of your MySQL database. This results in expedited query execution, reduced resource utilization, and more efficient exploitation of the available hardware resources.

Tuning 52

Tuning Database Performance Hardware 52

KeyCDN

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Chatbots and virtual assistants Chatbots and virtual assistants are becoming more common on websites and web applications as they provide an efficient and convenient way for users to interact with a business. This can help to ensure that the website or web application remains available and responsive, even during periods of high traffic.

Artificial Intelligence 111

Artificial Intelligence Development Serverless Website 111

Percona

JUNE 22, 2023

We will also discuss related configuration variables to consider that can impact these KPIs, helping you gain a comprehensive understanding of your MySQL server’s performance and efficiency. Query performance Query performance is a key performance indicator (KPI) in MySQL, as it measures the efficiency and speed of query execution.

Performance 102

Performance Monitoring Traffic Database 102

Percona

AUGUST 30, 2023

In general terms, here are potential trouble spots: Hardware failure: Manufacturing defects, wear and tear, physical damage, and other factors can cause hardware to fail. heat) can damage hardware components and prompt data loss. Human mistakes: Incorrect configuration is an all-too-common cause of hardware and software failure.

Database 85

Database Hardware Open Source Strategy 85

Percona

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

To address these challenges, architects must design robust and scalable MongoDB databases and adopt appropriate sharding strategies that can efficiently handle increasing workloads while ensuring continuous availability. Sharding is a preferred approach for database systems facing substantial growth and needing high availability.

Best Practices 70

Best Practices Traffic Database Servers 70

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.

Java 207

Java C++ Benchmarking Programming 207

The Netflix TechBlog

APRIL 17, 2019

264/AVC, currently, the most ubiquitous video compression standard supported by modern devices, often in hardware. The encoder can typically be improved years after the standard has been frozen including varying speed and quality trade-offs. The success was repeated by H.264/AVC, 264 standard was finalized.

Open Source 166

Open Source Scalability Speed Efficiency 166

Dynatrace

OCTOBER 28, 2021

The crisis could be technical, natural, or malicious events, for example an earthquake affecting data center availability, or a cyberattack infecting applications and websites. Speeds incident response. By learning what failure scenarios are possible, these teams can speed troubleshooting, repairs, and incident response.

Engineering 231

Engineering Entertainment Cloud Infrastructure 231

Dynatrace

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Logs can include data about user inputs, system processes, and hardware states. Log analytics also help identify ways to make infrastructure environments more predictable, efficient, and resilient. “Logging” is the practice of generating and storing logs for later analysis. Benefits of log monitoring and log analytics.

Analytics 214

Analytics Monitoring Artificial Intelligence DevOps 214

Testlodge

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Results may vary because of factors like resolution, internet speed, and different OS versions. For medium to large scale applications, compatible with all commonly available operating systems and internet browsers is essential. If executed efficiently with maximum coverage, can confirm the stability and workability of the application.

Testing 78

Testing Hardware Operating System Mobile 78

Dynatrace

AUGUST 30, 2019

Reducing CPU Utilization to now only consume 15% of initially provisioned hardware. We have several YouTube Tutorials and blog posts available that show how you can use Dynatrace RUM data for Web Performance & User Experience Optimization. Impressive results I have to say!

Cache 201

Cache Architecture Database Government 201

Percona

JANUARY 4, 2024

Managing storage and performance efficiently in your MySQL database is crucial, and general tablespaces offer flexibility in achieving this. Key features Multi-table storage : Unlike file-per-table tablespaces, which store each table in a separate file, general tablespaces can house numerous tables, enhancing storage efficiency.

Storage 85

Storage Engineering Database Hardware 85

All Things Distributed

MARCH 19, 2018

Amazon SageMaker training supports powerful container management mechanisms that include spinning up large numbers of containers on different hardware with fast networking and access to the underlying hardware, such as GPUs. This can all be done without touching a single line of code. Post-training model tuning and rich states.

Scalability 159

Scalability Hardware AWS Tuning 159

ACM Sigarch

OCTOBER 12, 2020

To be clear, these languages were not designed to be fast or space-efficient, but for ease of use. Unfortunately, languages like Python have proven resistant to efficient implementation, partly because of their design, and partly because of limitations imposed by the need to interop with C code. As Leiserson et al.

C++ 108

C++ Benchmarking Hardware Architecture 108

Percona

DECEMBER 27, 2023

All of the database automation for running a highly available, resilient, and secure database is built into the operator to simplify the operation and management of your clusters. Consequently, they might miss out on the benefits of integrating security into the SDLC, such as enhanced efficiency, speed, and quality in software delivery.

Cloud 77

Cloud Open Source Strategy Best Practices 77

The Morning Paper

NOVEMBER 10, 2019

Here are the bombshell paragraphs: Our datacenter applications seek ever more CPU-efficient and lower-latency communication, which Pony Express delivers. Rather than reimplement TCP/IP or refactor an existing transport, we started Pony Express from scratch to innovate on more efficient interfaces, architecture, and protocol.

Network 92

Network Transportation Latency Entertainment 92

KeyCDN

JULY 11, 2019

When it comes to optimizing your website, images are generally the most important asset you should spend time on figuring out how to reduce in size and deliver in a more efficient way. For example, while the average mobile download speed on 4G in Switzerland is fast at 35.2 The PHP library for the API is available on GitHub.

Speed 52

Speed Website Mobile Latency 52

Brendan Gregg

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Hardware virtualization for cloud computing has come a long way, improving performance using technologies such as VT-x, SR-IOV, VT-d, NVMe, and APICv. At Netflix, we've been using these technologies as they've been made available for instance types in the AWS EC2 cloud. I'd expect between 0.1%

Virtualization 111

Virtualization AWS Hardware Storage 111

Sutter's Mill

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

If you want to do efficient linear algebra, you don’t want to write your own code by hand; that would be slow. Instead, you want a library that is tuned for your target hardware architecture and ready for par_unseq vectorized algorithms, for blazing speed. The updated paper will be available in the next mailing in mid-December.

C++ 107

C++ Lambda Network Programming 107

ACM Sigarch

OCTOBER 25, 2019

When it comes to hardware support to mitigate software security issues, there is a significant gap between what is available in products today and known solutions. Acceleration—Adding hardware support to reduce the runtime overheads of security features. hardware support for malware detection/prevention).

Hardware 98

Hardware Virtualization Architecture Games 98

Percona

AUGUST 5, 2023

Various partition types, like RANGE, LIST, HASH, and KEY, are used for specific needs, from range-based data to custom criteria, to ensure efficient data handling and the optimization of queries. Each partition holds data that falls within a specific range, optimizing data handling and query speed. Additionally, MySQL 8.0

Strategy 40

Strategy Storage Database Best Practices 40

Alex Russell

JANUARY 30, 2024

This split decision was available via last year's update , but was somewhat buried. HTML, CSS, images, and fonts can all be parsed and run at near wire speeds on low-end hardware, but JavaScript is at least three times more expensive, byte-for-byte. Going forward, I'll produce both as top-line guidance. In the U.S.,

Performance 90

Performance Network Mobile Speed 90

The Morning Paper

JANUARY 30, 2020

The current system assumes an application specific regression model is available on the servers which can predict processing time given the current parameters of the job (e.g. These use their regression models to estimate processing time (which will depend on the hardware available, current load, etc.). in the cloud).

Mobile 104

Mobile Cloud Latency Games 104

Tech News Gather

AUGUST 25, 2022

Flutter offers a wide range of advantages that speed up development and leads to much better user-friendly mobile apps and that too in minimal costs and resources. There are several quick and configurable widgets available. Management fees, cost per resource, and hourly rates are among the payment methods available to the organisation.

Development 52

Development Hardware Mobile Open Source 52

O'Reilly

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

A year after the first web servers became available, how many companies had websites or were experimenting with building them? That pricing won’t be sustainable, particularly as hardware shortages drive up the cost of building infrastructure. Certainly not two-thirds of them. We expect search to be everywhere. AI will be the same.

Open Source 106

Open Source Artificial Intelligence Google Infrastructure 106

The Morning Paper

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Could it be Analyzing efficient stream processing on modern hardware ? On one of the themes that captures my imagination, how changing hardware platform influence system design: Rethinking database high availability with RDMA networks. Some cool algorithms: Pigeonring speeds up thresholded similarity searches.

Blockchain 46

Blockchain Hardware Google Analytics 46

The Morning Paper

MAY 19, 2019

The net result of rapid advancements in the networking world is that inter-tier communications latency will approach the fundamental lower bound of speed-of-light propagation in the foreseeable future. While this core is stalled on the TLB miss(es), it is best to dispatch RPCs to other available cores on the server. Evaluation.

Latency 80

Latency Hardware Network Architecture 80

Testsigma

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Resources can be any element i.e., hardware, software, or infrastructure which are necessary to carry out tests. All components essential for test automation are available on the cloud. Since everything is available on the cloud, time to set up is almost negligible. This feature can further speed up your test case execution.

Cloud 59

Cloud Testing Mobile Scalability 59

The Morning Paper

JUNE 11, 2019

The goal here is to reduce the training times of DNNs by finding efficient parallel execution strategies, and even including its search time, FlexFlow is able to increase training throughput by up to 3.3x FlexFlow is also given a device topology graph describing all the available hardware devices and their interconnections.

Network 81

Network Strategy Hardware Benchmarking 81

Sutter's Mill

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

” This contains updated and new material that reflects the latest C++ standards and compilers, with a focus to using modern C++11/14/17 effectively on modern hardware and memory architectures. On April 25-27, I’ll be in Stockholm (Kista) giving a three-day seminar on “High-Performance and Low-Latency C++.”

Latency 51

Latency C++ Hardware Performance 51

HammerDB

JUNE 27, 2022

This post is targeted towards the questions most often asked by non-technical management who want to get up to speed on what HammerDB is (what it isn’t) and how it can benefit their organization. It enables the user to measure database performance and make comparative judgements about database hardware and software.

Benchmarking 62

Benchmarking Open Source C++ Cache 62

All Things Distributed

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Today, I'm happy to announce that the AWS Europe (Stockholm) Region, our 20th Region globally, is now generally available for use by customers. With this launch, AWS now provides 60 Availability Zones, with another 12 zones and four Regions expected to come online by 2020 in Bahrain, Cape Town, Hong Kong, and Milan.

AWS 124

AWS Cloud Games Serverless 124