Alex Russell

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

It's being reposted here for completeness, but if you care about web performance, make sure to check out the whole series and get subscribed to the RSS feed to avoid missing any of next year's posts. The predominant answer: a unified theory of web performance. What, in particular, is "web performance"? How do we do it?

Performance 104

Performance Latency Architecture Network 104

Dynatrace

APRIL 7, 2023

Dynatrace is a launch partner in support of AWS Lambda Response Streaming , a new capability enabling customers to improve the efficiency and performance of their Lambda functions. Customers can use AWS Lambda Response Streaming to improve performance for latency-sensitive applications and return larger payload sizes.

Lambda 215

Lambda AWS Serverless Latency 215

Dynatrace

MAY 31, 2023

With so many of their transactions occurring online, customers are becoming more demanding, expecting websites and applications to always perform perfectly. Microservices-based architectures and software containers enable organizations to deploy and modify applications with unprecedented speed. availability.

Best Practices 223

Best Practices DevOps Latency Metrics 223

Dynatrace

MAY 19, 2022

However, many teams struggle with knowing which ones to use and how to incorporate them into the processes. Below, several Dynatrace customers shared their SLO management journey and discussed the resulting dashboards they rely on daily to manage their mission-critical business processes and applications. What are SLOs?

Automotive 270

Automotive Latency Architecture Azure 270

The Morning Paper

OCTOBER 4, 2020

Understanding operational 5G: a first measurement study on its coverage, performance and energy consumption , Xu et al., What is the end-to-end throughput and latency, and where are the bottlenecks? Future 5G Standalone Architecture (SA) deployments with a native 5G control plane will not have this problem. SIGCOMM’20.

Energy 130

Energy Latency Performance Network 130

Dynatrace

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

The framework comprises six pillars: Operational Excellence, Security, Reliability, Performance Efficiency, Cost Optimization, and Sustainability. And how can you verify this performance consistently across a multicloud environment that also uses Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform frameworks?

AWS 246

AWS Efficiency Azure Cloud 246

Dynatrace

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Site reliability engineering (SRE) is the practice of applying software engineering principles to operations and infrastructure processes to help organizations create highly reliable and scalable software systems. SRE applies DevOps principles to developing systems and software that help increase site reliability and performance.

Engineering 254

Engineering DevOps Government Latency 254

High Scalability

JANUARY 11, 2022

Architecture. from a client it performs two parallel operations: i) persisting the action in the data store ii) publish the action in a streaming data store for a pub-sub model. User Feed Service, Media Counter Service) read the actions from the streaming data store and performs their specific tasks. High Level Design.

Design 334

Design Media Storage Logistics 334

Brendan Gregg

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

At USENIX SREcon22 APAC I gave the opening keynote on the future of computer performance, rounding up the latest developments and making predictions of where I see things heading. This talk originated from my updates to [Systems Performance 2nd Edition], and this was the first time I've given this talk in person! Or even on a plane.

Performance 110

Performance Latency Cache Virtualization 110

The Netflix TechBlog

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

A distinct, NN-based, video processing block can evolve independently, be used beyond video downscaling and be combined with different codecs. While conventional video codecs remain prevalent, NN-based video encoding tools are flourishing and closing the performance gap in terms of compression efficiency.

Network 292

Network Media Innovation Efficiency 292

Dynatrace

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Sure, cloud infrastructure requires comprehensive performance visibility, as Dynatrace provides , but the services that leverage cloud infrastructures also require close attention. Cloud-based application architectures commonly leverage microservices. High latency or lack of responses. Soaring number of active connections.

Infrastructure 191

Infrastructure Latency Metrics Analytics 191

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

DECEMBER 15, 2022

This transition to public, private, and hybrid cloud is driving organizations to automate and virtualize IT operations to lower costs and optimize cloud processes and systems. The primary goal of ITOps is to provide a high-performing, consistent IT environment. Performance. So, what is ITOps? What is ITOps?

Artificial Intelligence 202

Artificial Intelligence DevOps Hardware Virtualization 202

Dynatrace

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Site reliability engineering (SRE) is the practice of applying software engineering principles to operations and infrastructure processes to help organizations create highly reliable and scalable software systems. SRE applies DevOps principles to developing systems and software that help increase site reliability and performance.

Engineering 176

Engineering DevOps Government Latency 176

The Netflix TechBlog

AUGUST 30, 2021

The challenge, then, is to be able to ingest and process these events in a scalable manner, i.e., scaling with the number of devices, which will be the focus of this blog post. System Setup Architecture The following diagram summarizes the architecture description: Figure 1: Event-sourcing architecture of the Device Management Platform.

Latency 213

Latency Traffic Transportation Hardware 213

Smashing Magazine

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Five Data-Loading Patterns To Improve Frontend Performance. Five Data-Loading Patterns To Improve Frontend Performance. When it comes to performance, you shouldn’t be stingy. Every unnecessary bit of JavaScript code you bundle and serve will be more code the client has to load and process. Common Websocket Architecture.

Performance 125

Performance Cache Servers Social Media 125

Dynatrace

JULY 18, 2023

As software development grows more complex, managing components using an automated onboarding process becomes increasingly important. This is especially crucial in microservice architectures, where the number of components can be overwhelming. Proper notifications or escalations are automated based on ownership information.

Best Practices 189

Best Practices Code Infrastructure Latency 189

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. Optimizing Lambda for performance.

Lambda 180

Lambda AWS Serverless Hardware 180

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. High performance and mobility. Fault-tolerance.

Big Data 154

Big Data Processing Lambda Database 154

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. Linux to the rescue?

Cache 251

Cache Latency Airlines Logistics 251

Scalegrid

MARCH 22, 2024

It focuses on aligning organizational needs with cloud services, balancing performance and cost, and ensuring compliance, security, and effective cost management. They can also bolster uptime and limit latency issues or potential downtimes. Pick combinations that are not just affordable but also high-performing.

Strategy 130

Strategy Cloud Government Innovation 130

The Morning Paper

AUGUST 29, 2019

Choosing a cloud DBMS: architectures and tradeoffs Tan et al., As it is infeasible to test every OLAP system runnable on AWS, we chose widely-used systems that represented a variety of architectures and cost models. InS does now offer an NVMe variant too, and the authors perform limited testing on that as well. VLDB’19.

Architecture 76

Architecture Cloud Storage Serverless 76

VoltDB

JULY 10, 2018

This goal has been attempted to be addressed from the beginning of time: think of Object Oriented Programming, Service Oriented Architecture, Enterprise Service Bus and now Microservices. There are further requirements for high performance in the following: Telecom: vEPC or 5G Core. Real-World Example Problem. Problem solved, right?

Architecture 40

Architecture Scalability Ecommerce Latency 40

VoltDB

JULY 10, 2018

This goal has been attempted to be addressed from the beginning of time: think of Object Oriented Programming, Service Oriented Architecture, Enterprise Service Bus and now Microservices. There are further requirements for high performance in the following: Telecom: vEPC or 5G Core. Real-World Example Problem. Problem solved, right?

Architecture 40

Architecture Scalability Ecommerce Latency 40

The Netflix TechBlog

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

We tried a few iterations of what this new service should look like, and eventually settled on a modern architecture that aimed to give more control of the API experience to the client teams. For us, it means that we now need to have ~15 MDN tabs open when writing routes :) Let’s briefly discuss the architecture of this microservice.

Latency 233

Latency Cache Java Traffic 233

Dynatrace

DECEMBER 2, 2021

As organizations adopt microservices-based architecture , service-level objectives (SLOs) have become a vital way for teams to set specific, measurable targets that ensure users are receiving agreed-upon service levels. And why have SLOs and SLIs become so important as teams automate processes to consistently meet SLAs and error budgets?

Metrics 191

Metrics Best Practices DevOps Infrastructure 191

Brendan Gregg

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

At USENIX SREcon22 APAC I gave the opening keynote on the future of computer performance, rounding up the latest developments and making predictions of where I see things heading. This talk originated from my updates to Systems Performance 2nd Edition , and this was the first time I've given this talk in person!

Performance 52

Performance Latency Cache Virtualization 52

ACM Sigarch

MARCH 18, 2019

Existing systems can be studied with measurement, while prospective systems are most often studied by extrapolating from measurements of prior systems or via simulation software that mimics target system function and provides performance metrics. Can one both minimize latency and maximize throughput for unscheduled work? Little’s Law.

Systems 60

Systems Latency Performance Analytics 60

The Netflix TechBlog

MARCH 4, 2024

In this way, no human intervention is required in the remediation process. Auto Remediation generates recommendations by considering both performance (i.e., In addition, even if a job’s memory configuration is initially well tuned, changes such as data size and job definition can cause performance to degrade. user name).

Tuning 210

Tuning Efficiency Big Data Engineering 210

IO River

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Do continue reading to gain a deep dive into static and dynamic content, its differences, pros, and cons while focusing on the best ways to optimize performance on websites that use such content.‍What These are unchanging entities, served straight off the server, pre-generated, and devoid of server-side processing.

Cache 52

Cache Social Media Website Performance Website 52

ScaleOut Software

JULY 19, 2021

Today’s streaming analytics architectures are not equipped to make sense of this rapidly changing information and react to it as it arrives. This architecture does not apply computing resources to track the myriad data sources sending telemetry and continuously look for issues and opportunities that need immediate responses.

IoT 78

IoT Analytics Big Data Architecture 78

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 165

Cloud Traffic Best Practices Strategy 165

The Netflix TechBlog

JANUARY 10, 2024

Future blogs will provide deeper dives into each service, sharing insights and lessons learned from this process. The Netflix video processing pipeline went live with the launch of our streaming service in 2007. The Netflix video processing pipeline went live with the launch of our streaming service in 2007.

Processing 229

Processing Media Latency Innovation 229

Dynatrace

JULY 6, 2020

Effortlessly optimize Azure database performance. Database-service views provide all the metrics you need to set up high-performance database services. Azure HDInsight is a fully-managed cloud service on Azure that makes it easy to process massive amounts of data in hyper-scale environments. What’s next?

Azure 147

Azure Cloud Big Data Virtualization 147

Dotcom-Montior

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

In serverless architecture, when applications are developed, they are typically composed of many different services. Other benefits to serverless architecture include the following: Cost. There is plenty to like about moving to a serverless architecture, but there can be some disadvantages compared to the traditional, monolithic model.

Serverless 57

Serverless Monitoring Lambda Latency 57

ACM Sigarch

MARCH 25, 2019

How many buffers are needed to track pending requests as a function of needed bandwidth and expected latency? Can one both minimize latency and maximize throughput for unscheduled work? The M/M/1 queue will show us a required trade-off among (a) allowing unscheduled task arrivals, (b) minimizing latency, and (c) maximizing throughput.

Systems 53

Systems Latency Performance C++ 53

IO River

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Do continue reading to gain a deep dive into static and dynamic content, its differences, pros, and cons while focusing on the best ways to optimize performance on websites that use such content.‍What is Static Content?Static These are unchanging entities, served straight off the server, pre-generated, and devoid of server-side processing.

Cache 52

Cache Social Media Website Performance Website 52