DZone

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

In the world of distributed systems, the likelihood of components failing or becoming unresponsive is higher compared to monolithic systems. Given the interdependence of microservices or modules in a distributed setup, the failure of one component can lead to cascading failures throughout the system, potentially causing the entire system to malfunction or shut down.

Architecture 258

Architecture Software Engineering Traffic Engineering 258

Dynatrace

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

What’s happening In our pursuit of continuous improvement, we’re bidding farewell to the Extension Framework 1.0 and focusing on a much-improved version 2.0 that offers security, scalability, and simplicity of use. Extensions 2.0 already address SNMP, WMI, SQL databases, and Prometheus technologies, serving the monitoring needs of hundreds of Dynatrace customers.

Technology 248

Technology Technology Scalability Availability 248

Percona

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

When it comes to Citus, successfully building out and scaling a PostgreSQL cluster across multiple nodes and even across data centers can feel, at times, to be an art form because there are so many ways of building it out. There’s an axiom that I think aptly applies to this situation describing the differences between science and art: – Science: 1 problem -> 1 solution – Art: 1 problem -> 1,000 solutions While the two previous Citus blogs that I wrote covered the fairly

Database 107

Database Benchmarking Latency C++ 107

Dynatrace

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

The White House recently released the “Delivering a Digital-First Public Experience” memorandum, which seeks to transform the way the government interacts online with citizens. Accomplishing this goal involves ensuring digital services are “easy to use, trustworthy, and accessible.” Much of the memo focuses on the customer experience (CX). The memo directs agencies to conduct qualitative and quantitative research to better understand online interactions.

Metrics 216

Metrics Government Website Monitoring 216

Percona

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Sure, database migration is complex, particularly when you’re looking to migrate from a proprietary database to an open source one. But you’re probably confident you and your team can handle it — and you’re probably right! But just because you can do something doesn’t mean that it’s in your best interest to do so.

Database 86

Database Open Source Benchmarking Strategy 86

Dynatrace

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

With growing multicloud complexity and the need for organization-wide scalability, self-service and automation capabilities have become increasingly essential for developer productivity. In response to this shift, platform engineering is growing in popularity. Many consider it an effective solution for improving efficiency and overall satisfaction for developers across a variety of organizations and industries.

Engineering 214

Engineering DevOps Software Engineering Scalability 214

The Netflix TechBlog

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Democratizing Stream Processing @ Netflix By Guil Pires , Mark Cho , Mingliang Liu , Sujay Jain Data powers much of what we do at Netflix. On the Data Platform team, we build the infrastructure used across the company to process data at scale. In our last blog post, we introduced “Data Mesh” — A Data Movement and Processing Platform. When a user wants to leverage Data Mesh to move and transform data, they start by creating a new Data Mesh pipeline.

Processing 265

Processing Engineering Infrastructure Latency 265