The Netflix TechBlog

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Investigating a video streaming failure consists of inspecting all aspects of a member account. We took a hybrid head-based sampling approach that allows for recording 100% of traces for a specific and configurable set of requests, while continuing to randomly sample traffic per the policy set at ingestion point.

Infrastructure 233

Infrastructure Transportation Storage Open Source 233

All Things Distributed

OCTOBER 2, 2017

" Of course, no technology change happens in isolation, and at the same time NoSQL was evolving, so was cloud computing. The requirements for a fully hosted cloud database service needed to be at an even higher bar than what we had set for our Amazon internal system.

Internet 128

Internet Internet AWS Performance 128

O'Reilly

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Cloud computing? And that brings our story to the present day: Stage 3: Neural networks High-end video games required high-end video cards. And just as we started to complain that the crypto miners were snapping up all of the affordable GPU cards, cloud providers stepped up to offer access on-demand.

Hardware 97

Hardware Storage Big Data Blockchain 97

The Netflix TechBlog

OCTOBER 18, 2019

For example, a ranking team would ingest live user traffic and subject it to a number of ranking configurations and simulate the event outcomes using predictive models running on canary rankers. Their training infrastructure relies on a hybrid cloud approach.

Infrastructure 126

Infrastructure Metrics Architecture Efficiency 126

InfoQ

MARCH 24, 2020

Ryan Landry, the senior director for TechOps at Fastly, has shared how network automation enables them to manage traffic peaks during popular live-streamed events such as the Super Bowl LIV. By Helen Beal.

Network 41

Network Traffic Tuning Programming 41

The Netflix TechBlog

OCTOBER 18, 2019

For example, a ranking team would ingest live user traffic and subject it to a number of ranking configurations and simulate the event outcomes using predictive models running on canary rankers. Their training infrastructure relies on a hybrid cloud approach.

Infrastructure 100

Infrastructure Metrics Architecture Efficiency 100

Apica

MAY 10, 2019

When more and more video content is streaming directly into the consumer’s hands, how will your streaming services ensure the performance of those services, and at what level will you ensure high service levels? Application uptime matters more than ever, and we’ve seen in the past that large streaming services can go down.

Testing 40

Testing Performance Social Media Wireless 40

Brendan Gregg

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

. ## Observability Here's the big picture of performance observability tools on Linux, from my [Linux performance] page, where I also have diagrams for other tool types, as well as videos and slides of prior Linux performance talks: I also have a USE Method: Linux Performance Checklist , as a different way to navigate and apply the tools.

Virtualization 76

Virtualization AWS Engineering Hardware 76