The Netflix TechBlog

MAY 4, 2023

Migrating Critical Traffic At Scale with No Downtime — Part 1 Shyam Gala , Javier Fernandez-Ivern , Anup Rokkam Pratap , Devang Shah Hundreds of millions of customers tune into Netflix every day, expecting an uninterrupted and immersive streaming experience. The batch job creates a high-level summary that captures some key comparison metrics.

Traffic 339

Traffic Latency Tuning Systems 339

Brendan Gregg

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

A Cassandra database cluster had switched to Ubuntu and noticed write latency increased by over 30%. As a Xen guest, this profile was gathered using perf(1) and the kernel's software cpu-clock soft interrupts, not the hardware NMI. Software-based clocksources could fix those issues and provide accurate monotonically-increasing time.

Speed 126

Speed Java AWS Virtualization 126

Brendan Gregg

OCTOBER 8, 2018

eBPF was created by Alexei Starovoitov while at PLUMgrid (he's now at Facebook) as a generic in-kernel virtual machine, with software defined networks as the primary use case. See the [reference guide] for more details. ## Script Comparison I could pick scripts that minimize or maximize the differences, but either would be misleading.

C++ 110

C++ Virtualization Programming Latency 110

Brendan Gregg

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

A Cassandra database cluster had switched to Ubuntu and noticed write latency increased by over 30%. As a Xen guest, this profile was gathered using perf(1) and the kernel's software cpu-clock soft interrupts, not the hardware NMI. Software-based clocksources could fix those issues and provide accurate monotonically-increasing time.

Speed 40

Speed Java AWS Virtualization 40

The Netflix TechBlog

JUNE 13, 2023

By collecting and analyzing key performance metrics of the service over time, we can assess the impact of the new changes and determine if they meet the availability, latency, and performance requirements. They enable us to further fine-tune and configure the system, ensuring the new changes are integrated smoothly and seamlessly.

Traffic 279

Traffic Metrics Systems Strategy 279

John McCalpin

JANUARY 22, 2018

Each of the two vector units can issue one FMA instruction per cycle, assuming that there are enough independent accumulators to tolerate the 6-cycle dependent-operation latency. This is an uninspiring fraction of peak performance that would normally suggest significant inefficiencies in either the hardware or software. jb.B1.8.

Latency 40

Latency Hardware Code Testing 40

Brendan Gregg

OCTOBER 7, 2018

eBPF was created by Alexei Starovoitov while at PLUMgrid (he's now at Facebook) as a generic in-kernel virtual machine, with software defined networks as the primary use case. See the [reference guide] for more details. ## Script Comparison I could pick scripts that minimize or maximize the differences, but either would be misleading.

C++ 40

C++ Virtualization Programming Latency 40