Dynatrace

MAY 1, 2020

Other distributions like Debian and Fedora are available as well, in addition to other software like VMware, NGINX, Docker, and, of course, Java. This is especially the case with microservices and applications created around multiple tiers, where cheaper hardware alternatives play a significant role in the infrastructure footprint.

Java 132

Java Hardware Tuning Metrics 132

The Morning Paper

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Last time out we looked at fairness in the context of machine learning systems, coming to the realisation that you can’t define ‘fair’ solely from the perspective of an algorithm and the data it is trained on. POTS: Protective optimization technologies , Kulynych, Overdorf et al., arXiv 2019. Taking a wider perspective.

Technology 100

Technology Technology Traffic Government 100

Percona

JULY 7, 2023

No single point of failure (SPOF): If the failure of a database infrastructure component could cause downtime, that component is considered an SPOF. Also, in general terms, a high availability PostgreSQL solution must cover four key areas: Infrastructure: This is the physical or virtual hardware database systems rely on to run.

Availability 87

Availability Open Source Architecture Database 87

IO River

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

The code is declarative, which means you specify what you want the final configuration to look like, and Terraform ensures the infrastructure matches that desired state.‍So, ‍Terraform is a revolution in the way we handle infrastructure. Background‍The idea of managing infrastructure through code wasn't initiated by HashiCorp.

Open Source 52

Open Source DevOps AWS Azure 52

Particular Software

JULY 18, 2022

While Kafka can deal with high traffic volumes, the right partition strategy is a key factor and will have a major impact on the scalability and elasticity of the whole system. Unlike Kafka, consumers can be added and removed at any point in time without any impact on the topology of the queuing system.

Transportation 98

Transportation Azure Processing Systems 98

Percona

AUGUST 15, 2023

The idea is to use secondary servers on your infrastructure for either reads or other administrative solutions. MySQL replication provides high availability, load balancing, and data redundancy, enhancing system reliability. When a problem is detected, these tools automatically redirect traffic to a standby replica.

Servers 52

Servers Database Availability Traffic 52

IO River

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

The code is declarative, which means you specify what you want the final configuration to look like, and Terraform ensures the infrastructure matches that desired state.‍So, What Exactly is Terraform?‍Terraform Terraform is a revolution in the way we handle infrastructure. This level of granularity is not found in UI-managed systems.

Open Source 40

Open Source DevOps AWS Azure 40

All Things Distributed

DECEMBER 27, 2012

Werner Vogels weblog on building scalable and robust distributed systems. As such I am very happy that the Amazon S3 team has finally knocked off the last piece of dependency on an external infrastructure piece. And, S3 Website Hosting can redirect that incoming traffic to your preferred domain name (e.g. All Things Distributed.

Website 126

Website Traffic Storage Scalability 126

Alex Russell

JULY 14, 2021

Meanwhile, on Android, the #2 and #3 sources of web traffic do not respect browser choice. The predominant desktop situation is relatively straightforward: Browsers handle links, and non-browsers defer loading http and https URLs to the system, which in turn invokes the default browser. The Baseline Scenario #.

Google 121

Google Mobile Engineering Internet 121

Percona

OCTOBER 18, 2023

MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, MariaDB, and others each have unique strengths and weaknesses and should be evaluated based on factors such as scalability, compatibility, performance, security, data types, community support, licensing rules, compliance, and, of course, the all-important learning curve if your choice is new to you.

Open Source 96

Open Source Database Hardware Strategy 96

Alex Russell

JUNE 22, 2022

And then you need infrastructure; lots of it. This market then funds all of the R&D and operational costs of search engines, including "traffic acquisition costs" like browser default placement deals. [2]. How much does all of this cost? A reasonable floor comes from Mozilla's annual reports.

Engineering 110

Engineering Traffic Government Google 110

Particular Software

JUNE 1, 2020

As software consultants at Headspring , we’re often tasked with helping organizations migrate their highly complex legacy systems to modern cloud environments. For complex software systems like the ones we’re used to working with, moving to the cloud often involves more than a simple “lift and shift.”

Cloud 52

Cloud Transportation Azure Government 52

Rigor

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

It’s about ensuring that your front-end is also working perfectly, that your site can deliver a delightful experience to your users or customers, and that it is functional – even when it’s experiencing up to seven or more times the typical traffic load. Traffic patterns outside of normal [RUM or Analytics].

Website 74

Website Cache Ecommerce Traffic 74

Dynatrace

DECEMBER 9, 2020

We are moving from static to very dynamic infrastructure and applications. As services are, of course, highly dependent on the user context, not all indicators are equally appropriate in very strict SLO target definitions. This can be detected during any canary deployment or blue/green traffic routing to a new version.

Metrics 150

Metrics Engineering Google Monitoring 150

Alex Russell

MAY 9, 2022

Only teams that master their systems can make intentional trade-offs. Panglossian nonsense. --> Organisations that serve their tools tread water no matter how advanced their technology, while groups that intentionally manage systems can succeed on any stack. [1]. Performance isn't a binary and there are no silver bullets.

Performance 86

Performance Latency Metrics Engineering 86

Smashing Magazine

APRIL 1, 2020

In the end, youll have built a shopping cart using GraphCMS (a (backend-only content management system). You can always brush up on React and GraphQL skills, of course!). A scalable, cross-platform content management system is crucial to ensuring a product’s growth velocity. and GraphQL queries. Headless CMS Cons.

Open Source 103

Open Source Website Mobile Code 103

Apica

MAY 10, 2019

These powerful brands drive much excitement and, of course, dollars. One thing is clear: when planning for the consumer experience to be simple and easy to use, the backend infrastructure and performance becomes much more complicated.

Testing 40

Testing Performance Social Media Wireless 40

Rigor

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Of course, since websites change daily (in some cases) and scripts can stop working, it is also important to evaluate a tool based on its troubleshooting capabilities, such as: Can you test the script? Of course, configuring a test with different options is only half the battle. Is it a physical system or virtual?

Monitoring 59

Monitoring Benchmarking Mobile Traffic 59

Alex Russell

MARCH 6, 2021

Not as much as we'd like, of course, but the worldwide baseline has changed enormously. In 2016, Jio swept over the subcontinent like a monsoon dropping a torrent of 4G infrastructure and free data rather than rain. There are differences, of course, but not where it counts. Talk about a hard target. Reliance Jio, mostly.

Performance 124

Performance Network Cache Metrics 124

High Scalability

OCTOBER 15, 2019

Grokking the System Design Interview is a popular course on Educative.io (taken by 20,000+ people) that's widely considered the best System Design interview resource on the Internet. More than 400 companies rely on Stream for their production feed infrastructure, this includes apps with 30 million users.

Education 22

Education Java Engineering Software Engineering 22

High Scalability

JANUARY 7, 2020

Level up on in-demand technologies and prep for your interviews on Educative.io, featuring popular courses like the bestselling Grokking the System Design Interview. More than 400 companies rely on Stream for their production feed infrastructure, this includes apps with 30 million users. Check out the job opening on AngelList.

Education 21

Education Java Software Engineering Engineering 21

High Scalability

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Level up on in-demand technologies and prep for your interviews on Educative.io, featuring popular courses like the bestselling Grokking the System Design Interview. More than 400 companies rely on Stream for their production feed infrastructure, this includes apps with 30 million users. Check out the job opening on AngelList.

Education 21

Education Java Software Engineering Engineering 21

High Scalability

JULY 19, 2019

Grokking the System Design Interview is a popular course on Educative.io (taken by 20,000+ people) that's widely considered the best System Design interview resource on the Internet. More than 400 companies rely on Stream for their production feed infrastructure, this includes apps with 30 million users. Apply here.

Education 22

Education Metrics Engineering Java 22

High Scalability

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

Grokking the System Design Interview is a popular course on Educative.io (taken by 20,000+ people) that's widely considered the best System Design interview resource on the Internet. More than 400 companies rely on Stream for their production feed infrastructure, this includes apps with 30 million users.

Education 22

Education Java Software Engineering Engineering 22

High Scalability

AUGUST 20, 2019

Grokking the System Design Interview is a popular course on Educative.io (taken by 20,000+ people) that's widely considered the best System Design interview resource on the Internet. More than 400 companies rely on Stream for their production feed infrastructure, this includes apps with 30 million users. Apply here.

Education 22

Education Metrics Engineering Java 22

High Scalability

AUGUST 6, 2019

Grokking the System Design Interview is a popular course on Educative.io (taken by 20,000+ people) that's widely considered the best System Design interview resource on the Internet. More than 400 companies rely on Stream for their production feed infrastructure, this includes apps with 30 million users. Apply here.

Education 22

Education Metrics Engineering Java 22

High Scalability

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Grokking the System Design Interview is a popular course on Educative.io (taken by 20,000+ people) that's widely considered the best System Design interview resource on the Internet. More than 400 companies rely on Stream for their production feed infrastructure, this includes apps with 30 million users. Apply here.

Education 21

Education Metrics Engineering Java 21

High Scalability

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Grokking the System Design Interview is a popular course on Educative.io (taken by 20,000+ people) that's widely considered the best System Design interview resource on the Internet. More than 400 companies rely on Stream for their production feed infrastructure, this includes apps with 30 million users. Apply here.

Education 21

Education Metrics Engineering Java 21

High Scalability

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Grokking the System Design Interview is a popular course on Educative.io (taken by 20,000+ people) that's widely considered the best System Design interview resource on the Internet. More than 400 companies rely on Stream for their production feed infrastructure, this includes apps with 30 million users.

Education 22

Education Java Software Engineering Engineering 22

High Scalability

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Grokking the System Design Interview is a popular course on Educative.io (taken by 20,000+ people) that's widely considered the best System Design interview resource on the Internet. More than 400 companies rely on Stream for their production feed infrastructure, this includes apps with 30 million users. Apply here.

Education 21

Education Metrics Engineering Java 21

All Things Distributed

APRIL 5, 2012

Werner Vogels weblog on building scalable and robust distributed systems. Large Seasonal Peaks – Our largest community supports TurboTax where the peak traffic during February or April is often 100s of times greater than a quiet day in June. All Things Distributed. By Werner Vogels on 06 April 2012 06:00 AM. Comments ().

Innovation 146

Innovation AWS Education Network 146

The Netflix TechBlog

MAY 14, 2021

However, they are scattered across multiple systems, and there isn’t an easy way to tie related messages together. You’re joining tables, resolving status types, cross-referencing data manually with other systems, and by the end of it all you ask yourself why? Things got hairy. We wanted a scalable service that was near real-time, 2.

Traffic 160

Traffic Latency Java Google 160

O'Reilly

DECEMBER 2, 2019

I don’t need more bandwidth for video conferences or movies, but I would like to be able to download operating system updates and other large items in seconds rather than minutes. Can 5G replace wired broadband, allowing one wireless service for home and mobile connectivity? Phones are a painful way to watch movies–more about that later.

Wireless 53

Wireless Serverless IoT Artificial Intelligence 53

Alex Russell

OCTOBER 22, 2017

Tools and CI systems help them monitor progress & prevent regressions. Teams with this support are free to set performance budgets, do “bakeoffs” between competing approaches, and invest in performance infrastructure. Some systems show median RTTs near ~100ms for 3G users. The median user is on a slow network.

Performance 68

Performance Benchmarking Network Mobile 68

Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 11, 2021

CrUX generates an overview of performance distributions over time, with traffic collected from Google Chrome users. But account for the different types and usage behaviors of your customers (which Tobias Baldauf called cadence and cohorts ), along with bot traffic and seasonality effects. You can create your own on Chrome UX Dashboard.

Performance 145

Performance Cache Media Metrics 145

All Things Distributed

DECEMBER 12, 2018

In April 2017, Amazon Web Services announced that it would launch a new AWS infrastructure region Region in Sweden. Today, we add to that presence with an infrastructure Region in Stockholm with three Availability Zones. They rely on the AWS Cloud for their entire infrastructure and use almost every AWS service available.

AWS 124

AWS Cloud Games Serverless 124

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. Cliff Click : The JVM is very good at eliminating the cost of code abstraction, but not the cost of data abstraction.

Internet 121

Internet Internet Scalability Automotive 121