The Netflix TechBlog

MARCH 6, 2019

—?Mounting object storage in Netflix’s media processing platform By Barak Alon (on behalf of Netflix’s Media Cloud Engineering team) MezzFS (short for “Mezzanine File System”) is a tool we’ve developed at Netflix that mounts cloud objects as local files via FUSE. Encoding is not a one-time process?—?large We have one file?—?the

Media 214

Media Storage Processing Cache 214

IO River

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

A CDN (Content Delivery Network) is a network of geographically distributed servers that brings web content closer to where end users are located, to ensure high availability, optimized performance and low latency. M-CDN enables enacting a failover strategy with additional CDN providers that have not been impacted.

Best Practices 40

Best Practices Strategy Traffic Virtualization 40

Scalegrid

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Data replication strategies like full, incremental, and log-based replication are crucial for improving data availability and fault tolerance in distributed systems, while synchronous and asynchronous methods impact data consistency and system costs. By implementing data replication strategies, distributed storage systems achieve greater.

Storage 130

Storage Systems Big Data Azure 130

Dynatrace

APRIL 8, 2024

Optimize the IT infrastructure supporting risk management processes and controls for maximum performance and resilience. The IT infrastructure, services, and applications that enable processes for risk management must perform optimally. Automated risk management workflows, processes, and decisions.

Analytics 206

Analytics Infrastructure Efficiency Technology 206

Scalegrid

JANUARY 25, 2024

Key Takeaways Critical performance indicators such as latency, CPU usage, memory utilization, hit rate, and number of connected clients/slaves/evictions must be monitored to maintain Redis’s high throughput and low latency capabilities. It can achieve impressive performance, handling up to 50 million operations per second.

Metrics 130

Metrics Monitoring Latency Cache 130

Dynatrace

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Because Google offers its own Google Cloud Architecture Framework and Microsoft its Azure Well-Architected Framework , organizations that use a combination of these platforms triple the challenge of integrating their performance frameworks into a cohesive strategy. One of the powerful workflows to leverage is continuous release validation.

AWS 252

AWS Efficiency Azure Cloud 252

Scalegrid

MARCH 28, 2024

Redis can be configured to optimally utilize both RDB and AOF persistence methods optimally, achieving a balance between speed and data safety while minimizing the impact on response times due to its child process handling for disk writes. Scalable reads across multiple instances are possible. step in to simplify this task.

Cache 130

Cache Storage Scalability Architecture 130

Scalegrid

JANUARY 12, 2024

This is sometimes referred to as using an “over-cloud” model that involves a centrally managed resource pool that spans all parts of a connected global network with internal connections between regional borders, such as two instances in IAD-ORD for NYC-JS webpage DNS routing.

Cloud 130

Cloud Virtualization Storage Efficiency 130

Scalegrid

JANUARY 19, 2024

Key Takeaways Rollbacks in MongoDB are triggered by disruptions in the replication process due to primary node crashes, network partitions, or other failures, which can lead to substantial data loss and inconsistencies. With direct, actionable insights, prepare to navigate the complexities of rollbacks with confidence.

Database 130

Database Network Servers Monitoring 130

The Netflix TechBlog

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Reconstructing a streaming session was a tedious and time consuming process that involved tracing all interactions (requests) between the Netflix app, our Content Delivery Network (CDN), and backend microservices. The process started with manual pull of member account information that was part of the session.

Infrastructure 233

Infrastructure Transportation Storage Open Source 233

CSS Wizardry

MARCH 3, 2019

The best request is the one that never happens: in the fight for fast websites, avoiding the network is far better than hitting the network at all. To this end, having a solid caching strategy can make all the difference for your visitors. ?? We can completely cut out the overhead of a roundtrip of latency.

Cache 264

Cache Latency Strategy Servers 264

The Morning Paper

OCTOBER 4, 2020

We are standing on the eve of the 5G era… 5G, as a monumental shift in cellular communication technology, holds tremendous potential for spurring innovations across many vertical industries, with its promised multi-Gbps speed, sub-10 ms low latency, and massive connectivity. The first 5G networks are now deployed and operational.

Energy 130

Energy Latency Performance Network 130

The Netflix TechBlog

JUNE 4, 2019

Because microprocessors are so fast, computer architecture design has evolved towards adding various levels of caching between compute units and the main memory, in order to hide the latency of bringing the bits to the brains. Its goal is to assign running processes to time slices of the CPU in a “fair” way. So why mess with it?

Cache 251

Cache Latency Airlines Logistics 251

Scalegrid

JANUARY 8, 2024

Key Takeaways AI integration in cloud computing increases operational efficiency by automating processes, optimizing resource allocation, and improving scalability, leading to cost savings and allowing IT teams to concentrate on strategic initiatives. Discover how AI is reshaping the cloud and what this means for the future of technology.

Artificial Intelligence 147

Artificial Intelligence Cloud Scalability Analytics 147

Dynatrace

APRIL 5, 2021

AWS Lambda is a serverless compute service that can run code in response to predetermined events or conditions and automatically manage all the computing resources required for those processes. Real-time file processing, for quickly indexing files, processing logs, and validating content.

Lambda 184

Lambda AWS Serverless Hardware 184

The Netflix TechBlog

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Over the course of this post, we will talk about our approach to this migration, the strategies that we employed, and the tools we built to support this. Being able to canary a new route let us verify latency and error rates were within acceptable limits. Background The Netflix Android app uses the falcor data model and query protocol.

Latency 233

Latency Cache Java Traffic 233

Dynatrace

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Cloud migration is the process of transferring some or all your data, software, and operations to a cloud-based computing environment that offers unlimited scale and high availability. A key step in digital transformation is migrating from traditional on-prem IT processes to adopting cloud services. What is cloud migration?

Cloud 169

Cloud Traffic Best Practices Strategy 169

Highly Scalable

AUGUST 20, 2013

The shortcomings and drawbacks of batch-oriented data processing were widely recognized by the Big Data community quite a long time ago. It became clear that real-time query processing and in-stream processing is the immediate need in many practical applications. Fault-tolerance.

Big Data 154

Big Data Processing Lambda Database 154

Smashing Magazine

AUGUST 3, 2023

These pages serve as a pivotal tool in our digital marketing strategy, not only providing valuable information about our services but also designed to be easily discoverable through search engines. While paid marketing strategies like Google Ads play a part in our approach as well, enhancing our organic traffic remains a major priority.

Performance 74

Performance Cache Traffic Metrics 74

IO River

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

They need to deliver impeccable performance without breaking the bank.According to recent industry statistics, global streaming has seen an uptick of 30% in the past year, underscoring the importance of efficient CDN architecture strategies. This is where a well-architected Content Delivery Network (CDN) shines.

Architecture 52

Architecture Performance Internet Internet 52

IO River

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

They need to deliver impeccable performance without breaking the bank.According to recent industry statistics, global streaming has seen an uptick of 30% in the past year, underscoring the importance of efficient CDN architecture strategies. This is where a well-architected Content Delivery Network (CDN) shines.

Architecture 52

Architecture Performance Internet Internet 52

Dynatrace

JUNE 27, 2022

Real user monitoring (RUM) is a performance monitoring process that collects detailed data about users’ interactions with an application. Customized tests based on specific business processes and transactions — for example, a user that is leveraging services when accessing an application. What is real user monitoring?

Best Practices 180

Best Practices Monitoring Wireless Traffic 180

Tech News Gather

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Introduction With the recent rollout of the 5G network across the world, it is ensured that the mobile industry will revolutionize and the way we interact will completely change. With some unique advantages like low latency and faster speed, 5G aims to give birth to a new era of mobile application development with some innovations.

Mobile 40

Mobile Development Artificial Intelligence IoT 40

IO River

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

These are unchanging entities, served straight off the server, pre-generated, and devoid of server-side processing. This is where Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) come into play. Content Delivery Networks (CDNs), web browsers, and proxy servers can store static files in their caches.

Cache 52

Cache Social Media Website Performance Website 52

Percona

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Kubernetes manages and orchestrates these containers, handling tasks such as deployment, scaling, load balancing, and networking. These consist of the following but are not restricted to: Network policies : Establishing communication guidelines between pods provides additional protection at the network level.

Efficiency 99

Efficiency Cloud Healthcare Open Source 99

The Netflix TechBlog

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

A few years ago, we decided to address this complexity by spinning up a new initiative, and eventually a new team, to move the complex handling of user and device authentication, and various security protocols and tokens, to the edge of the network, managed by a set of centralized services, and a single team.

Architecture 221

Architecture Latency Servers Website 221

The Netflix TechBlog

DECEMBER 21, 2020

There are several benefits of such optimizations like saving on storage, faster query time, cheaper downstream processing, and an increase in developer productivity by removing additional ETLs written only for query performance improvement. More processing resources. Increase in storage space.

Storage 203

Storage Latency Efficiency Data Engineering 203

Dynatrace

JULY 6, 2020

As adoption rates for Microsoft Azure continue to skyrocket, Dynatrace is developing a deeper integration with the platform to provide even more value to organizations that run their businesses on Azure or use it as a part of their multi-cloud strategy. Azure Virtual Network Gateways. Azure DB for PostgreSQL. Azure HDInsight.

Azure 150

Azure Cloud Big Data Virtualization 150

VoltDB

JUNE 9, 2017

Telco networks and the systems that support those networks are some of the most advanced technology solutions in existence. Handling the data generated by these networks is a herculean task. Analytics and insights have always taken a back seat to the first two priorities – accurate data processing and billing.

Analytics 40

Analytics Strategy Network Games 40

VoltDB

JUNE 9, 2017

Telco networks and the systems that support those networks are some of the most advanced technology solutions in existence. Handling the data generated by these networks is a herculean task. Analytics and insights have always taken a back seat to the first two priorities – accurate data processing and billing.

Analytics 40

Analytics Strategy Network Games 40

IO River

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

These are unchanging entities, served straight off the server, pre-generated, and devoid of server-side processing. This is where Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) come into play. Content Delivery Networks (CDNs), web browsers, and proxy servers can store static files in their caches.

Cache 52

Cache Social Media Website Performance Website 52

The Netflix TechBlog

APRIL 26, 2022

The first version of our logger library optimized for storage by deduplicating facts and optimized for network i/o using different compression methods for each fact. Fig 2: Internal components of Axion Axion’s fact logging client logs facts to the keystone real-time stream processing platform , which outputs data to an Iceberg table.

Storage 187

Storage Design Scalability Latency 187

Dotcom-Montior

JUNE 29, 2020

As companies decide whether or not to move ahead with an “everything in the cloud” strategy for providing consumer-facing applications, enterprise applications are also getting a new shape with web-based applications to support internal business operations. Cross-department application monitoring for bottleneck and latency.

Monitoring 75

Monitoring Strategy Infrastructure Latency 75

The Morning Paper

NOVEMBER 15, 2020

An IDS/IPS monitors network flows and matches incoming packets (or more strictly, Protocol Data Units, PDUs) against a set of rules. So before matching, the IDS/IPS has to reconstruct a TCP bytestream in the face of packet fragmentation, loss, and out-of-order delivery – a process known as reassembly. IDS/IPS requirements.

Servers 128

Servers Hardware Latency Design 128

Highly Scalable

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

Although it can hardly be said that NoSQL movement brought fundamentally new techniques into distributed data processing, it triggered an avalanche of practical studies and real-life trials of different combinations of protocols and algorithms. Isolated parts of the database can serve read/write requests in case of network partition.

Database 213

Database Latency C++ Scalability 213

The Morning Paper

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Anchored in the primary use case of supporting Google’s YouTube business, what we’re looking at here could well be the future of data processing at Google. Google already has Dremel , Mesa , Photon , F1 , PowerDrill , and Spanner , so why did they need yet another data processing system? are divided.

Analytics 75

Analytics Latency Cache Google 75

CSS Wizardry

OCTOBER 27, 2018

Simply knowing the different forms of performance testing that we have available to us, and where they sit in the product development process, makes it much easier for businesses to adopt a performance strategy and keep on top of things. Each have their own time, place, purpose, focus, and audience.

Performance Testing 172

Performance Testing Testing Performance Strategy 172