The Netflix TechBlog

MARCH 14, 2023

We implemented a batch processing system for users to submit their requests and wait for the system to generate the output. This limited pilot system greatly reduced the time spent by our users to manually analyze the content. Dawn Chenette , Design Lead This approach had several benefits for product engineering.

Media 291

Media Innovation Energy Architecture 291

Scalegrid

MARCH 22, 2024

This process thoroughly assesses factors like cost-effectiveness, security measures, control levels, scalability options, customization possibilities, performance standards, and availability expectations. Register now for free and experience the seamless operation of your databases across multi-cloud and hybrid-cloud systems.

Strategy 130

Strategy Cloud Government Innovation 130

High Scalability

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Wynter is looking for system administrators, engineers, and developers to join its research panel. 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 ! Who's Hiring?

Education 100

Education DevOps Infrastructure Benchmarking 100

High Scalability

AUGUST 24, 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 Infrastructure Benchmarking 100

Dynatrace

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Because they’re separate, they allow for faster release cycles, greater scalability, and the flexibility to test new methodologies and technologies. However, the distributed system of a microservices architecture comes with its own cost: increased application complexity and convoluted testing. Migration is time-consuming and involved.

Architecture 237

Architecture Artificial Intelligence Cloud Open Source 237

High Scalability

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Wynter is looking for system administrators, engineers, and developers to join its research panel. 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 ! Who's Hiring?

Education 100

Education DevOps Infrastructure Benchmarking 100

High Scalability

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

Wynter is looking for system administrators, engineers, and developers to join its research panel. 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 ! Who's Hiring?

Education 100

Education DevOps Infrastructure Benchmarking 100

Scalegrid

JANUARY 12, 2024

Simply put, it’s the set of computational tasks that cloud systems perform, such as hosting databases, enabling collaboration tools, or running compute-intensive algorithms. Such demanding use cases place a great value on systems capable of fast and reliable execution, a need that spans across various industry segments.

Cloud 130

Cloud Virtualization Storage Efficiency 130

Percona

APRIL 6, 2023

PostgreSQL is a popular open source relational database management system many organizations use to store and manage their data. One of the key benefits of using PostgreSQL is its reliability, scalability, and performance. Two benchmarks from users can be found here: [1] [2] 4. Pgpool-II This is where the pgpool-II comes in.

Cache 111

Cache Open Source Benchmarking Database 111

HammerDB

JANUARY 5, 2019

Some opinions claim that “Benchmarks are meaningless”, “benchmarks are irrelevant” or “benchmarks are nothing like your real applications” However for others “Benchmarks matter,” as they “account for the processing architecture and speed, memory, storage subsystems and the database engine.”

Benchmarking 40

Benchmarking Database Social Media Scalability 40

Percona

MARCH 17, 2023

These updates are designed to keep databases running at peak performance and simplify database operations. But as companies grow and see more demand for their databases, we need to ensure that PMM also remains scalable so you don’t need to worry about its performance while tending to the rest of your environment.

Monitoring 96

Monitoring Scalability Cache Database 96

HammerDB

JUNE 27, 2022

HammerDB is a software application for database benchmarking. HammerDB has graphical and command line interfaces for the Windows and Linux operating systems. Databases are highly sophisticated software, and to design and run a fair benchmark workload is a complex undertaking. Why HammerDB was developed.

Benchmarking 62

Benchmarking Open Source C++ Cache 62

The Netflix TechBlog

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

4:45pm-5:45pm NFX 202 A day in the life of a Netflix Engineer Dave Hahn , SRE Engineering Manager Abstract : Netflix is a large, ever-changing ecosystem serving millions of customers across the globe through cloud-based systems and a globally distributed CDN. We explore all the systems necessary to make and stream content from Netflix.

AWS 100

AWS Entertainment Open Source Benchmarking 100

The Netflix TechBlog

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

4:45pm-5:45pm NFX 202 A day in the life of a Netflix Engineer Dave Hahn , SRE Engineering Manager Abstract : Netflix is a large, ever-changing ecosystem serving millions of customers across the globe through cloud-based systems and a globally distributed CDN. We explore all the systems necessary to make and stream content from Netflix.

AWS 100

AWS Entertainment Open Source Benchmarking 100

HammerDB

APRIL 19, 2023

Therefore, before we attempt to measure our database performance, we should know the system or cloud instance to be tested in detail. Benchmarking the target Two of the more popular database benchmarks for MySQL are HammerDB and sysbench. Operating System: Ubuntu 22.04 Operating System: Ubuntu 22.04

Performance 54

Performance Benchmarking Cache Storage 54

The Netflix TechBlog

OCTOBER 19, 2020

which is difficult when troubleshooting distributed systems. Now let’s look at how we designed the tracing infrastructure that powers Edgar. Troubleshooting a session in Edgar When we started building Edgar four years ago, there were very few open-source distributed tracing systems that satisfied our needs.

Infrastructure 233

Infrastructure Transportation Storage Open Source 233

Percona

JUNE 22, 2023

Defining high availability In general terms, high availability refers to the continuous operation of a system with little to no interruption to end users in the event of hardware or software failures, power outages, or other disruptions. Some disruption might occur, but it will be minimal. Fault tolerance aims for zero downtime and data loss.

Availability 105

Availability Database Open Source Hardware 105

Apica

APRIL 11, 2023

Businesses today use automation for everything from payroll to report generation, and they often turn to a robotic process automation (RPA) system to help. RPA Features to Look For While your systems utilize various operating systems, you probably use Windows to interface with most.

IoT 52

IoT Benchmarking Scalability Network 52

The Netflix TechBlog

MAY 21, 2019

The device ecosystem is rich with partners ranging from Silicon-on-Chip (SoC) manufacturers, Original Design Manufacturer (ODM) and Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) vendors. Solving the above problems could help Netflix and our Partners save time and money during the entire lifecycle of device design, build, test, and certification.

Testing 163

Testing AWS Lambda Network 163

HammerDB

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

HammerDB is a load testing and benchmarking application for relational databases. On high-performance multi-core systems all the supported databases can return performance in the many millions of transactions per minute. Basic Benchmarking Concepts. To benchmark a database we introduce the concept of a Virtual User.

Programming 67

Programming Benchmarking Virtualization C++ 67

Adrian Cockcroft

JANUARY 20, 2023

on Myths and Legends of High Performance Computing  — it’s a somewhat light-hearted look at some of the same issues by the leader of the team that built the Fugaku system I mention below. HPCG is led by Japan’s RIKEN Fugaku system at 16 petaflops, which is 3% of it’s peak capacity. Next generation architectures will use CXL3.0

Architecture 52

Architecture Latency Benchmarking AWS 52

Percona

MAY 1, 2023

It is primarily the responsibility of the database administrator or developer to tune PostgreSQL according to their system’s workload. PostgreSQL performance optimization is an ongoing process involving monitoring, benchmarking, and adjustments to maintain high-performing PostgreSQL databases.

Tuning 52

Tuning Efficiency Database Performance 52

The Morning Paper

AUGUST 29, 2019

use the TPC-H benchmark to assess Redshift, Redshift Spectrum, Athena, Presto, Hive, and Vertica to find out what works best and the trade-offs involved. We focused on OLAP-oriented parallel data warehouse products available for AWS and restricted our attention to commercially available systems. The design space.

Architecture 76

Architecture Cloud Storage Serverless 76

Percona

JULY 1, 2023

These may be performance, high availability, operational cost, management, capacity planning, scalability, security, monitoring, etc. Aurora Features High Performance and Scalability Amazon Aurora has gained widespread recognition for its exceptional performance and scalability, making it an ideal solution for handling demanding workloads.

AWS 52

AWS Database Serverless Storage 52

Percona

AUGUST 22, 2023

We’ll wrap it up by suggesting high availability open source solutions, and we’ll introduce you to support options for ensuring continuous high performance from your systems. A basic high availability database system provides failover (preferably automatic) from a primary database node to redundant nodes within a cluster.

Availability 77

Availability Hardware Open Source Database 77

Adrian Cockcroft

JUNE 21, 2022

Photo by Adrian I spent six years at Cambridge Consultants, building some interesting systems, managing our Sun workstations and learning a lot, but by then Sun had opened a sales office across the street, and I wanted to find out what they were going to release next, before everyone else.

Tuning 52

Tuning Benchmarking Engineering C++ 52

High Scalability

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

Never inflict a distributed system on yourself unless you have too." Or, maybe, they can succeed as in getting comfy job at IBM, but their designs don't translate into useful products. JavaScript benchmark. seconds with the system. Hey, it's HighScalability time: @danielbryantuk : "A LAMP stack is a good thing.

Internet 35

Internet Internet Scalability Blockchain 35

Percona

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Enhanced User Experience Whether you operate an e-commerce platform, a content management system, or any other application reliant on MySQL, users will notice and appreciate the improved speed and responsiveness. These issues often arise from suboptimal query design, missing or ineffective indexes, or dealing with large datasets.

Tuning 52

Tuning Database Performance Hardware 52

HammerDB

DECEMBER 5, 2020

The HammerDB TPROC-C workload by design intended as CPU and memory intensive workload derived from TPC-C – so that we get to benchmark at maximum CPU performance at a much smaller database footprint. I.e. if system A generated 1.5X I.e. if system A generated 1.5X This was both expensive and time consuming to configure.

C++ 40

C++ Benchmarking Virtualization Open Source 40

The Morning Paper

JUNE 16, 2019

Such a design rules out an entire class of application errors, protecting private data from accidentally leaking. Although state-of-the-are databases have security features designed for exactly this purpose, such as row-level access policies and grants of views, these features are too limiting for many web applications.

Database 90

Database Cache Benchmarking Efficiency 90

The Netflix TechBlog

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

4:45pm-5:45pm NFX 202 A day in the life of a Netflix Engineer Dave Hahn , SRE Engineering Manager Abstract : Netflix is a large, ever-changing ecosystem serving millions of customers across the globe through cloud-based systems and a globally distributed CDN. We explore all the systems necessary to make and stream content from Netflix.

AWS 37

AWS Entertainment Open Source Benchmarking 37

Testsigma

JANUARY 12, 2021

This list guides you on the areas to test, the browsers, versions, operating systems to consider, the benchmarks to meet, as well as time and budget allocation. Perform all the design and functionality tests on Chrome first in order to have a better picture of how the application is intended to behave in front of the end-user.

Website 65

Website Benchmarking Operating System Testing Tools 65

Testsigma

MARCH 23, 2021

We don’t even need a moment to gather which operating system is the most used one. The older devices also have different screen resolutions which mean several features have to be categorically designed for them. Such information helps us design experiences for a higher retention rate. Which device brand do they use?

Testing 52

Testing Mobile Testing Tools Strategy 52

Enprowess

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

Scalability. Vue vs React: Scalability. It provides scaffolding which can be used with build systems such as Browserify or Webpack (or no build system at all). As your system gets larger, it gets tougher to manage this data without unpleasant side effects. In this article, I will compare React.js and Vue.js

Open Source 52

Open Source Mobile Scalability Google 52

KeyCDN

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Codrops Codrops features blogs with topics ranging from UI design and page animations to image formatting and general JavaScript practices. A List Apart A List Apart focuses on UX and branding from business and design-oriented perspectives. Topics include web design, security, web-based tools and workflows and more.

Development 75

Development Website Design Code 75

Rigor

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Rachel is also one of the people behind Perch , a PHP content management system (CMS). Vitaly specializes in front-end development, performance optimization, and responsive design, and he has made an epic contribution to the performance industry in addition to many other technology and design-related spaces. Patrick Hamann.

Performance 89

Performance Education Google Website 89

High Scalability

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

He and his colleagues spend their productive hours scaling large distributed file systems. Our only option was to roll up our sleeves and build basic cloud file system components such as object store ourselves. To help our customers manage ongoing data explosion, we have designed many of the core components over the last few years.

Architecture 52

Architecture Cache Azure Storage 52