The Netflix TechBlog

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

This entertaining romp through the tech stack serves as an introduction to how we think about and design systems, the Netflix approach to operational challenges, and how other organizations can apply our thought processes and technologies. In order to maintain performance, benchmarking is a vital part of our system’s lifecycle.

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The Netflix TechBlog

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

This entertaining romp through the tech stack serves as an introduction to how we think about and design systems, the Netflix approach to operational challenges, and how other organizations can apply our thought processes and technologies. In order to maintain performance, benchmarking is a vital part of our system’s lifecycle.

AWS 100

AWS Entertainment Open Source Benchmarking 100

Scalegrid

JANUARY 12, 2024

Various forms can take shape when discussing workloads within the realm of cloud computing environments – examples include order management databases, collaboration tools, videoconferencing systems, virtual desktops, and disaster recovery mechanisms. Storage is a critical aspect to consider when working with cloud workloads.

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The Netflix TechBlog

OCTOBER 19, 2020

a Netflix member via Twitter This is an example of a question our on-call engineers need to answer to help resolve a member issue?—?which Now let’s look at how we designed the tracing infrastructure that powers Edgar. which is difficult when troubleshooting distributed systems.

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Percona

JANUARY 24, 2023

For example, MySQL/InnoDB deals with this problem using a Doublewrite buffer from where a copy of the non-corrupt page can be obtained during the recovery. Lz4 is a good example. Individual processes generate WAL records, and latency is very crucial for transactions. PostgreSQL’s approach to the problem is slightly different.

Database 115

Database Benchmarking Open Source Latency 115

HammerDB

DECEMBER 5, 2020

For example HammerDB has not used tpmC terminology to report TPC-C based metrics instead using TPM and NOPM nomenclature. The HammerDB TPROC-C workload by design intended as CPU and memory intensive workload derived from TPC-C – so that we get to benchmark at maximum CPU performance at a much smaller database footprint.

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C++ Benchmarking Virtualization Open Source 40

Alex Russell

MARCH 6, 2021

The Moto G4 , for example. Using a global ASP as a benchmark can further mislead thanks to the distorting effect of ultra-high-end prices rising while shipment volumes stagnate. Chip design choices and silicon economics are the defining feature of the still-growing Performance Inequality Gap. A 2021 Global Baseline.

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The Netflix TechBlog

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

This entertaining romp through the tech stack serves as an introduction to how we think about and design systems, the Netflix approach to operational challenges, and how other organizations can apply our thought processes and technologies. In order to maintain performance, benchmarking is a vital part of our system’s lifecycle.

AWS 37

AWS Entertainment Open Source Benchmarking 37

SQL Performance

APRIL 8, 2019

The pricing details for the East US region are here , as an example. I wrote about using CPU-Z to benchmark the Intel Xeon E5-2673 v3 processor in an Azure VM in this article. Figure 1: CPU-Z Benchmark Results for LS16v2. They feature low latency, local NVMe storage that can directly leverage the 128 PCIe 3.0

Azure 42

Azure Virtualization Storage Benchmarking 42

Percona

JULY 1, 2023

With its support for MySQL and PostgreSQL, and its automated replication and backup capabilities, it’s designed to deliver high performance, scalability, and availability to meet the needs of mission-critical applications. This eliminates the need for complex or scripted backup procedures and designated backup windows.

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AWS Database Serverless Storage 52

Smashing Magazine

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

On your first try, you can use it as a benchmark for optimizations later. On design systems, UX, web performance and CSS/JS. Jamstack files usually use Markdown before being compiled to HTML, for example: author: Agustinus Theodorus title: ‘Title’ description: Description. More after jump! Jump to online workshops ?.

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Cache Performance Servers Social Media 126

Speed Curve

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

Why speed matters, examples of the impact saving a few seconds of load time has had on revenue and engagement. Bandwidth, latency and it's fundamental impact on the speed of the web. An overview of tools for measuring performance, uptime monitoring, real user monitoring and performance benchmarking. Drop that donut superman!

Speed 40

Speed Benchmarking Latency Mobile 40

The Morning Paper

MAY 14, 2019

Last time around we looked at the DeathStarBench suite of microservices-based benchmark applications and learned that microservices systems can be especially latency sensitive, and that hotspots can propagate through a microservices architecture in interesting ways. on end-to-end latency) and less than 0.15% on throughput.

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Big Data Cloud Performance Hardware 45

CSS - Tricks

APRIL 1, 2021

Google’s industry benchmarks from 2018 also provide a striking breakdown of how each second of loading affects bounce rates. Redirects are often pretty light in terms of the latency that they add to a website, but they are an easy first thing to check, and they can generally be removed with little effort. View the full example ).

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Cache Social Media Media Network 92

IO River

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

For example, if a request activates a rule designed to block SQL injection attempts, the WAF might automatically block that request, preventing it from reaching your web application.‍Security Custom rules can be designed to look for typical SQL injection patterns like UNION SELECT, --, or /*.‍2.

Traffic 52

Traffic Network Logistics Architecture 52

Alex Russell

APRIL 29, 2021

As an engineer on a browser team, I'm privy to the blow-by-blow of various performance projects, benchmark fire drills, and the ways performance marketing (deeply) impacts engineering priorities. With each team, benchmarks lost are understood as bugs. All modern browsers are fast, Chromium and Safari/WebKit included. Offscreen Canvas.

Media 145

Media Games Education Engineering 145

Alex Russell

JANUARY 30, 2024

Engineering is the discipline of designing solutions under specific constraints. For example, India's network environment has continued to evolve since the Reliance Jio revolution that drove 4G into the mainstream and pushed the price of a mobile megabyte down by ~90% on every subcontinental carrier. But that's not the whole story!

Performance 90

Performance Network Mobile Speed 90

Percona

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

This reduction in latency ensures that applications and websites provide a more rapid and responsive user experience. These issues often arise from suboptimal query design, missing or ineffective indexes, or dealing with large datasets. It is a good idea to run sysbench or another benchmark tool to determine your storage throughput.

Tuning 52

Tuning Database Performance Hardware 52

Alex Russell

OCTOBER 22, 2017

Budgets are scaled to a benchmark network & device. If our example document wasn’t reliant on JavaScript to construct the <my-app> custom element, the contents of the document would likely be interactive as soon as enough CSS and content was available to render meaningfully. Construction of DOM. Global Ground-Truth.

Performance 68

Performance Benchmarking Network Mobile 68

IO River

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

For example, if a request activates a rule designed to block SQL injection attempts, the WAF might automatically block that request, preventing it from reaching your web application.‍Security Flywheel‍‍When it comes to fortifying web applications, think of security as a flywheel—an ever-revolving cycle that gains momentum with each turn.

Traffic 40

Traffic Network Logistics Architecture 40

John McCalpin

JANUARY 22, 2018

Introduction: In December 2017, my colleague Damon McDougall (now at AMD) asked for help in porting the fused multiply-add example code from a Colfax report ( [link] ) to the Xeon Phi x200 (Knights Landing) processors here at TACC. An illustrative example: . addl $1, %eax vfmadd213pd %zmm16, %zmm17, %zmm29. cmpl $1000000000, %eax.

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Latency Hardware Code Testing 40

Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 11, 2021

Performance isn’t just a technical concern: it affects everything from accessibility to usability to search engine optimization, and when baking it into the workflow, design decisions have to be informed by their performance implications. Looking back now, things seem to have changed quite significantly.

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Performance Cache Media Metrics 145

Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 6, 2020

Performance isn’t just a technical concern: it affects everything from accessibility to usability to search engine optimization, and when baking it into the workflow, design decisions have to be informed by their performance implications. Looking back now, things seem to have changed quite significantly. thanks, Guy Podjarny! ).

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Performance Cache Network Metrics 145

ScaleOut Software

MAY 15, 2014

For example, the IMDG must be able to efficiently create millions of objects in each server to make use of its huge storage capacity. Likewise, object access paths must be heavily multi-threaded and avoid lock contention to minimize access latency and maximize throughput. A Few Words on Design Philosophy: Keep It Simple.

Cache 40

Cache Servers Network Design 40

SQL Server According to Bob

JANUARY 11, 2020

Many high-end disk subsystems provide high-speed cache facilities to reduce the latency of read and write operations. The following are examples of successful recovery situations actually encountered by Microsoft SQL Server Product Support Services personnel. This cache is often supported by a battery-powered backup facility.

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SQL Server According to Bob

JANUARY 11, 2020

​​ With new ​​ innovations ​​ come ​​ new terms, designs, ​​ and ​​ algorithms. This is different from ​​ the reference count design ​​ that was ​​ used in SQL Server 7.0 and ​​ 2000.

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