The Netflix TechBlog

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

While we understand it’s virtually impossible to achieve a linear increase in throughput as the number of vCPUs grow, a near-linear increase is attainable. GS2 is a stateless service that receives traffic through a flavor of round-robin load balancer, so all nodes should receive nearly equal amounts of traffic.

Hardware 363

Hardware Cache Performance Latency 363

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. Load balancers can detect when a component is not responding and put traffic redirection in motion.

Availability 104

Availability Database Open Source Hardware 104

IO River

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

What Comprises Video Streaming - Traffic CharacteristicsWith the emphasis on a high-quality streaming experience, the optimization starts from the very core. Fundamentally, internet traffic can be broadly categorized into static and dynamic content. Given its unchanging nature, static content is ideal for caching.

Architecture 52

Architecture Performance Internet Internet 52

IO River

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

‍What Comprises Video Streaming - Traffic CharacteristicsWith the emphasis on a high-quality streaming experience, the optimization starts from the very core. Fundamentally, internet traffic can be broadly categorized into static and dynamic content. By the time the player needs it, the content is already cached and ready to go.

Architecture 52

Architecture Performance Internet Internet 52

SQL Server According to Bob

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Device level flushing may have an impact on your I/O caching, read ahead or other behaviors of the storage system. Testing shows that by using the Fua bit with the data, write request can reduce the I/O traffic by ~50% for a SQL Server, write-intensive workload. Linux open command flag used to bypass file system cache.

Servers 90

Servers Media Cache Storage 90

Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 11, 2021

Build Optimizations JavaScript modules, module/nomodule pattern, tree-shaking, code-splitting, scope-hoisting, Webpack, differential serving, web worker, WebAssembly, JavaScript bundles, React, SPA, partial hydration, import on interaction, 3rd-parties, cache. You can create your own on Chrome UX Dashboard. Large preview ). Large preview ).

Performance 145

Performance Cache Media Metrics 145

IO River

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Consider an example where a company is running multiple virtual machines (VMs) on a cloud provider. ‍Businesses can adjust configurations to manage everything from basic distribution settings to intricate geo-targeted content caching and delivery strategies, all with the same ease.‍‍2. ‍For CDNs, redundancy is really important.

Open Source 52

Open Source DevOps AWS Infrastructure 52