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All of Netflix’s HDR video streaming is now dynamically optimized

The Netflix TechBlog

By June 2023 the entire HDR catalog was optimized. In spite of reaching higher qualities than the fixed ladder, the HDR-DO ladder, on average, occupies only 58% of the storage space compared to fixed-bitrate ladder. 263–1–8 (2023) [ online ] [2] A. We started backfilling HDR-DO encodes for existing titles from Q2 2022.

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USENIX SREcon APAC 2022: Computing Performance: What's on the Horizon

Brendan Gregg

It was a great privilege. ## SREcon 2023 CFP Tech moves fast, however, and I have little time to reflect on 2022 when there's 2023 to plan! I'm now program co-chair for SREcon 2023 APAC, and our 2023 conference is June 14-16 in Singapore. The call for participation ends on March 2nd 23:59 SGT!

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An Enterprise-Grade MongoDB Alternative Without Licensing or Lock-in

Percona

1 among non-relational/document-based systems ( DB-Engines, July 2023 ). A survey of 90,240 companies using MongoDB listed the leading uses as Technology and Services (23%), Computer Software (16%), and Internet (6%). Storing large datasets can be a challenge, as Redis’ storage capacity is limited by available RAM.

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USENIX LISA2021 Computing Performance: On the Horizon

Brendan Gregg

AWS Graviton2); for memory with the arrival of DDR5 and High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) on-processor; for storage including new uses for 3D Xpoint as a 3D NAND accelerator; for networking with the rise of QUIC and eXpress Data Path (XDP); and so on.

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The Ultimate Guide to Open Source Databases

Percona

Further, open source databases can be modified in infinite ways, enabling institutions to meet their specific needs for data storage, retrieval, and processing. Non-relational databases: Instead of tables, non-relational (NoSQL) databases use document-based data storage, column-oriented storage, and graph databases.

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MySQL Backup and Recovery Best Practices: The Ultimate Guide

Percona

This blog was originally published in January 2021 and updated in November of 2023. DataCenter Failure : power outage or internet provider issues. Encryption Backups have sensitive data, so it’s highly recommended to encrypt, especially for offsite storage. How do I find out what’s the best retention policy for us?

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Proof of Concept: Horizontal Write Scaling for MySQL With Kubernetes Operator

Percona

This operation is quite expensive but our database can run it in a few milliseconds or less, thanks to several optimizations that allow the node to execute most of them in memory with no or little access to mass storage. The key factor is that the whole data structure resides in the same location (node), facilitating the operations.

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