InfoQ

MAY 14, 2024

By combining smart and meaningful choices for each of these three components, we can build massively scalable, SLO-compliant stateful services at Netflix. Building reliable stateful services at scale isn’t a matter of building reliability into the servers, the clients, or the APIs in isolation. By Joseph Lynch

Systems 106

Systems Scalability Servers Design 106

High Scalability

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

In this article, we discuss the concepts of dependability and fault tolerance in detail and explain how the Ably platform is designed with fault tolerant approaches to uphold its dependability guarantees. Fault tolerant design approaches address these shortfalls to provide continuity both to business and to the user experience.

Engineering 215

Engineering Systems Scalability Availability 215

The Netflix TechBlog

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

by Shefali Vyas Dalal AWS re:Invent is a couple weeks away and our engineers & leaders are thrilled to be in attendance yet again this year! To sustain this data growth at Netflix, it has deployed open-source software Ceph using AWS services to achieve the required SLOs of some of the post-production workflows.

AWS 100

AWS Entertainment Open Source Benchmarking 100

The Netflix TechBlog

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

by Shefali Vyas Dalal AWS re:Invent is a couple weeks away and our engineers & leaders are thrilled to be in attendance yet again this year! To sustain this data growth at Netflix, it has deployed open-source software Ceph using AWS services to achieve the required SLOs of some of the post-production workflows.

AWS 100

AWS Entertainment Open Source Benchmarking 100

Dynatrace

MARCH 18, 2024

Following FinOps practices, engineering, finance, and business teams take responsibility for their cloud usage, making data-driven spending decisions in a scalable and sustainable manner. For example, Amazon Web Services (AWS) charges for data transfer between Amazon EC2 instances within the same region. Suboptimal architecture design.

Best Practices 228

Best Practices Strategy Cloud AWS 228

InfoQ

MAY 15, 2023

A horizontally scalable exabyte-scale blob storage system which operates out of multiple regions, Magic Pocket is used to store all of Dropbox’s data. Adopting SMR technology and erasure codes, the system has extremely high durability guarantees but is cheaper than operating in the cloud. By Facundo Agriel

Storage 111

Storage Systems Scalability Cloud 111

Dynatrace

DECEMBER 22, 2019

AWS offers a broad set of global, cloud-based services including computing, storage, networking, Internet of Things (IoT), and many others. You can use these services in combinations that are tailored to help your business move faster, lower IT costs, and support scalability. Monitor and understand additional AWS services.

AWS 135

AWS Metrics IoT Storage 135

Dynatrace

DECEMBER 22, 2019

AWS offers a broad set of global, cloud-based services including computing, storage, networking, Internet of Things (IoT), and many others. You can use these services in combinations that are tailored to help your business move faster, lower IT costs, and support scalability. Monitor and understand additional AWS services.

AWS 132

AWS Metrics IoT Storage 132

High Scalability

OCTOBER 19, 2018

cpeterso : Your quote reminds me of cybernetics' Law of Requisite Variety: "If a system is to be stable, the number of states of its control mechanism must be greater than or equal to the number of states in the system being controlled.". Maybe it's flawed, but the design is absolutely on the right traack. ” -Larry Tesler.

Internet 123

Internet Internet Scalability Lambda 123

Scalegrid

JANUARY 8, 2024

This article delves into the specifics of how AI optimizes cloud efficiency, ensures scalability, and reinforces security, providing a glimpse at its transformative role without giving away extensive details. AI models integrated into cloud systems offer flexibility, enable agile methodologies, and ensure secure systems.

Artificial Intelligence 147

Artificial Intelligence Cloud Scalability Analytics 147

Percona

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Welcome to the first installment of our series: Scalable Solutions with Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL. Then, in the upcoming part of this post, Scalable Solutions with Percona Distribution for PostgreSQL (Part 2): Using Citus , we will use these worker nodes to establish a multi-node Citus cluster and implement sharding techniques.

Scalability 84

Scalability Database Open Source Traffic 84

High Scalability

DECEMBER 21, 2018

It's HighScalability time: Have a very scalable Xmas everyone! 2) Cloud will decentralise in terms of provision not power i.e. Amazon will "invade" more of those holdouts with AWS Outpost. odrotbohm : I’ve seen microservice based systems more deranged after 2 years than any 1,5 decades old monolith could ever have been.

Internet 137

Internet Internet Scalability Serverless 137

Scalegrid

JANUARY 8, 2024

Discover key insights and strategic advice in our article, designed to steer you toward the best cloud solution that fits your company’s priorities. On the other hand, a hybrid model combines at least one private cloud solution with one or more public clouds to strike an optimal balance between security controls and scalability.

Strategy 147

Strategy Cloud Scalability Artificial Intelligence 147

Percona

JULY 1, 2023

Now that Database-as-a-service (DBaaS) is in high demand, there are multiple questions regarding AWS services that cannot always be answered easily: When should I use Aurora and when should I use RDS MySQL ? These may be performance, high availability, operational cost, management, capacity planning, scalability, security, monitoring, etc.

AWS 52

AWS Database Serverless Storage 52

Scalegrid

MARCH 14, 2024

This approach allows companies to combine the security and control of private clouds with public clouds’ scalability and innovation potential. Understanding Hybrid Cloud Strategy A hybrid cloud merges the capabilities of public and private clouds into a singular, coherent system. A hybrid cloud strategy could be your answer.

Strategy 130

Strategy Cloud Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure 130

High Scalability

JULY 20, 2018

The third wing of the architecture piece is the “domain specific system-on-chip.” tef : You can use a message broker to glue systems together, but never use one to cut systems apart. tef : You can use a message broker to glue systems together, but never use one to cut systems apart.

Internet 121

Internet Internet Scalability Automotive 121

High Scalability

AUGUST 17, 2018

coryodaniel : Rewrote an #AWS APIGateway & #lambda service that was costing us about $16000 / month in #elixir. cablelounger : OH: To use AWS offerings, you really need in-house dev-ops expertise vs GCP, they make dev ops transparent to you I've a lot of experience with AWS and mostly agree with the first point.

Internet 105

Internet Internet Scalability Games 105

Dynatrace

DECEMBER 8, 2022

They are similar to site reliability engineers (SREs) who focus on creating scalable, highly reliable software systems. Belgian engineer Patrick Debois coined the term “DevOps” in 2009 when he needed a Twitter hashtag for DevOpsDays, an agile systems administrators conference in Europe. Amazon Web Services (AWS).

DevOps 187

DevOps Engineering Testing Open Source 187

High Scalability

AUGUST 4, 2020

has hours of system design content. They also do live system design discussions every week. Learn the stuff they don't teach you in the AWS docs. Filter out the distracting hype, and focus on the parts of AWS that you'd be foolish not to use. Learn the Good Parts of AWS. Who's Hiring?

Education 115

Education AWS Scalability Java 115

High Scalability

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

has hours of system design content. They also do live system design discussions every week. Learn the stuff they don't teach you in the AWS docs. Filter out the distracting hype, and focus on the parts of AWS that you'd be foolish not to use. Learn the Good Parts of AWS. Who's Hiring?

Education 105

Education AWS Scalability Java 105

High Scalability

JUNE 11, 2020

has hours of system design content. They also do live system design discussions every week. Learn the stuff they don't teach you in the AWS docs. Filter out the distracting hype, and focus on the parts of AWS that you'd be foolish not to use. Learn the Good Parts of AWS. Who's Hiring?

Education 105

Education AWS Scalability Java 105

High Scalability

MARCH 8, 2021

has hours of system design content. They also do live system design discussions every week. Learn the stuff they don't teach you in the AWS docs. Filter out the distracting hype, and focus on the parts of AWS that you'd be foolish not to use. Learn the Good Parts of AWS. All in under 48 hours.

Education 100

Education AWS Scalability Java 100

High Scalability

DECEMBER 22, 2020

has hours of system design content. They also do live system design discussions every week. Learn the stuff they don't teach you in the AWS docs. Filter out the distracting hype, and focus on the parts of AWS that you'd be foolish not to use. Learn the Good Parts of AWS. All in under 48 hours.

Education 100

Education AWS Scalability Java 100

High Scalability

JULY 8, 2020

has hours of system design content. They also do live system design discussions every week. Learn the stuff they don't teach you in the AWS docs. Filter out the distracting hype, and focus on the parts of AWS that you'd be foolish not to use. Learn the Good Parts of AWS. Who's Hiring?

Education 102

Education AWS Scalability Java 102

High Scalability

DECEMBER 8, 2020

has hours of system design content. They also do live system design discussions every week. Learn the stuff they don't teach you in the AWS docs. Filter out the distracting hype, and focus on the parts of AWS that you'd be foolish not to use. Learn the Good Parts of AWS. All in under 48 hours.

Education 100

Education AWS Scalability Java 100

High Scalability

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

has hours of system design content. They also do live system design discussions every week. Learn the stuff they don't teach you in the AWS docs. Filter out the distracting hype, and focus on the parts of AWS that you'd be foolish not to use. Learn the Good Parts of AWS. All in under 48 hours.

Education 100

Education AWS Scalability Java 100

High Scalability

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

has hours of system design content. They also do live system design discussions every week. Learn the stuff they don't teach you in the AWS docs. Filter out the distracting hype, and focus on the parts of AWS that you'd be foolish not to use. Learn the Good Parts of AWS. Who's Hiring?

Education 100

Education AWS Scalability Java 100

High Scalability

OCTOBER 14, 2020

has hours of system design content. They also do live system design discussions every week. Learn the stuff they don't teach you in the AWS docs. Filter out the distracting hype, and focus on the parts of AWS that you'd be foolish not to use. Learn the Good Parts of AWS. Who's Hiring?

Education 102

Education AWS Scalability Java 102

High Scalability

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

has hours of system design content. They also do live system design discussions every week. Learn the stuff they don't teach you in the AWS docs. Filter out the distracting hype, and focus on the parts of AWS that you'd be foolish not to use. Learn the Good Parts of AWS. All in under 48 hours.

Education 100

Education AWS Scalability Java 100

High Scalability

JANUARY 25, 2021

has hours of system design content. They also do live system design discussions every week. Learn the stuff they don't teach you in the AWS docs. Filter out the distracting hype, and focus on the parts of AWS that you'd be foolish not to use. Learn the Good Parts of AWS. All in under 48 hours.

Education 100

Education AWS Scalability Java 100

High Scalability

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

has hours of system design content. They also do live system design discussions every week. Learn the stuff they don't teach you in the AWS docs. Filter out the distracting hype, and focus on the parts of AWS that you'd be foolish not to use. Learn the Good Parts of AWS. Who's Hiring?

Education 100

Education AWS Scalability Java 100

High Scalability

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

has hours of system design content. They also do live system design discussions every week. Learn the stuff they don't teach you in the AWS docs. Filter out the distracting hype, and focus on the parts of AWS that you'd be foolish not to use. Learn the Good Parts of AWS. Who's Hiring?

Education 102

Education AWS Scalability Java 102

High Scalability

JANUARY 5, 2021

has hours of system design content. They also do live system design discussions every week. Learn the stuff they don't teach you in the AWS docs. Filter out the distracting hype, and focus on the parts of AWS that you'd be foolish not to use. Learn the Good Parts of AWS. All in under 48 hours.

Education 100

Education AWS Scalability Java 100

High Scalability

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

has hours of system design content. They also do live system design discussions every week. Learn the stuff they don't teach you in the AWS docs. Filter out the distracting hype, and focus on the parts of AWS that you'd be foolish not to use. Learn the Good Parts of AWS. Who's Hiring?

Education 100

Education AWS Scalability Java 100

High Scalability

JULY 8, 2020

has hours of system design content. They also do live system design discussions every week. Learn the stuff they don't teach you in the AWS docs. Filter out the distracting hype, and focus on the parts of AWS that you'd be foolish not to use. Learn the Good Parts of AWS. Who's Hiring?

Education 100

Education AWS Scalability Java 100

Dynatrace

AUGUST 11, 2022

Before an organization moves to function as a service, it’s important to understand how it works, its benefits and challenges, its effect on scalability, and why cloud-native observability is essential for attaining peak performance. How does function as a service affect scalability? But what is FaaS? What is FaaS?

Development 247

Development Serverless Best Practices Lambda 247

High Scalability

MARCH 18, 2021

If you have experience in hosting and with the WordPress stack, have worked with Ubuntu or Debian-based systems, and cutting-edge technologies, such Ansible and LXC, you should definitely check us out and apply here ! has hours of system design content. They also do live system design discussions every week.

Education 100

Education DevOps AWS Scalability 100