High Scalability

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

He and his colleagues spend their productive hours scaling large distributed file systems. Egnyte is a secure Content Collaboration and Data Governance platform, founded in 2007 when Google drive wasn't born and AWS S3 was cost-prohibitive. Java used to power core file system code. What is your system used for?

Architecture 52

Architecture Cache Azure Storage 52

Sutter's Mill

AUGUST 27, 2010

Finally, here are links to previous Effective Concurrency columns: 1 The Pillars of Concurrency (Aug 2007). Sep 2007). 3 Use Critical Sections (Preferably Locks) to Eliminate Races (Oct 2007). 4 Apply Critical Sections Consistently (Nov 2007). 14 Lock-Free Code: A False Sense of Security (Sep 2008).

Website 40

Website Scalability Code Design 40

Sutter's Mill

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

Finally, here are links to previous Effective Concurrency columns: 1 The Pillars of Concurrency (Aug 2007). Sep 2007). 3 Use Critical Sections (Preferably Locks) to Eliminate Races (Oct 2007). 4 Apply Critical Sections Consistently (Nov 2007). 14 Lock-Free Code: A False Sense of Security (Sep 2008).

Programming 41

Programming Website Scalability Design 41

Sutter's Mill

JULY 12, 2010

From the article: … Active objects dramatically improve our ability to reason about our thread’s code and operation by giving us higher-level abstractions and idioms that raise the semantic level of our program and let us express our intent more directly. Sep 2007). 4 Apply Critical Sections Consistently (Nov 2007).

C++ 40

C++ Java Programming Website 40

Brendan Gregg

JANUARY 17, 2018

The tools use either the referenced or the idle page flags to measure a page-based WSS, and were developed out of necessity for another performance problem. ## Method 1: Referenced Page Flag This uses a kernel feature added in Linux 2.6.22: the ability to set and read the referenced page flag from user space, added for analyzing memory usage.

Cache 71

Cache Latency C++ Programming 71

O'Reilly Software

MARCH 7, 2018

Build a more scalable, composable, and functional architecture for interconnecting systems and applications. Welcome to a new world of data-driven systems. Today, data needs to be available at all times, serving its users—both humans and computer systems—across all time zones, continuously, in close to real time.

Transportation 72

Transportation Java Programming Architecture 72

The Netflix TechBlog

JANUARY 10, 2024

The Netflix video processing pipeline went live with the launch of our streaming service in 2007. This architecture shift greatly reduced the processing latency and increased system resiliency. Over the years, the system expanded to support various new use cases. This introductory blog focuses on an overview of our journey.

Processing 229

Processing Media Latency Innovation 229

Brendan Gregg

JANUARY 16, 2018

The tools use either the referenced or the idle page flags to measure a page-based WSS, and were developed out of necessity for another performance problem. ## Method 1: Referenced Page Flag This uses a kernel feature added in Linux 2.6.22: the ability to set and read the referenced page flag from user space, added for analyzing memory usage.

Cache 40

Cache Latency C++ Programming 40

The Netflix TechBlog

MARCH 1, 2021

Background The Media Cloud Engineering and Encoding Technologies teams at Netflix jointly operate a system to process incoming media files from our partners and studios to make them playable on all devices. The first generation of this system went live with the streaming launch in 2007. Productivity?—?Local Delivery?—?A

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The Agile Manager

JULY 29, 2007

While the systems and solutions it produces might automate tasks of the business, not to mention allow for complex tasks not otherwise practical to be manually executed, the production of those systems is a people-centric process. This presents both a dilemma and a competitive opportunity for companies today. But it goes beyond this.

Government 40

Government Open Source Latency Code 40

The Agile Manager

MAY 31, 2012

Project managers construct elaborately detailed project plans that show business needs decomposed into tasks which are to be performed by specialists in a highly orchestrated effort. Because this team writes unit tests, they have higher code quality. This forms a script for delivery. Does unit testing lead to higher quality?

Government 45

Government Best Practices Social Media Innovation 45

The Agile Manager

SEPTEMBER 26, 2007

The commodity model also ignores how advanced IT systems are delivered. High-return business solutions don’t fit the “mass production” model, where coders repetitively apply code fragments following exacting rules and specifications. This requires a high degree of skill from those executing. Why governance?

Airlines 40

Airlines Government Metrics Strategy 40

The Agile Manager

JUNE 23, 2007

It provides guarantees for availability, performance and completeness for delivery of identified, regimented services or functionality. Being asked to do nothing more than assume risk for something such as availability or performance of technology is appealing from an IT perspective because it’s a space we know, or at least we think we know.

Technology 40

Technology Technology Energy Innovation 40