The Netflix TechBlog

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

By Abhinaya Shetty , Bharath Mummadisetty At Netflix, our Membership and Finance Data Engineering team harnesses diverse data related to plans, pricing, membership life cycle, and revenue to fuel analytics, power various dashboards, and make data-informed decisions. We expect complete and accurate data at the end of each run.

Data Engineering 264

Data Engineering Engineering Processing Games 264

Scalegrid

JANUARY 19, 2024

When a MongoDB rollback happens, it can cause trouble to your data integrity and system consistency. Understanding how to address a rollback is critical for minimizing potential data loss and maintaining seamless operations. With direct, actionable insights, prepare to navigate the complexities of rollbacks with confidence.

Database 130

Database Network Servers Monitoring 130

Dynatrace

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Applications and services are often slowed down by under-performing DNS communications or misconfigured DNS servers, which can result in frustrated customers uninstalling your application. Ensure high quality network traffic by tracking DNS requests out-of-the-box. Identify under-performing DNS servers.

Traffic 264

Traffic Network Infrastructure Artificial Intelligence 264

DZone

AUGUST 16, 2023

Caching is the process of storing frequently accessed data or resources in a temporary storage location, such as memory or disk, to improve retrieval speed and reduce the need for repetitive processing. Bandwidth optimization: Caching reduces the amount of data transferred over the network, minimizing bandwidth usage and improving efficiency.

Cache 246

Cache Scalability Performance Latency 246

Dynatrace

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Hyper-V plays a vital role in ensuring the reliable operations of data centers that are based on Microsoft platforms. Firstly, managing virtual networks can be complex as networking in a virtual environment differs significantly from traditional networking. What is Microsoft Hyper-V?

Efficiency 219

Efficiency Virtualization Hardware Performance 219

Smashing Magazine

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Five Data-Loading Patterns To Improve Frontend Performance. Five Data-Loading Patterns To Improve Frontend Performance. When it comes to performance, you shouldn’t be stingy. It essentially describes the lifetime of each file you download to load your page from the network. Agustinus Theodorus.

Cache 125

Cache Performance Servers Social Media 125

DZone

MARCH 7, 2023

Apache Spark is a powerful open-source distributed computing framework that provides a variety of APIs to support big data processing. In addition, pySpark applications can be tuned to optimize performance and achieve better execution time, scalability, and resource utilization.

Big Data 161

Big Data Code Tuning Open Source 161

The Netflix TechBlog

APRIL 20, 2020

How Netflix brings safer and faster streaming experience to the living room on crowded networks using TLS 1.3 We want playback to start instantly and to never stop unexpectedly in any network environment. Confidentiality: Data sent over the channel is only visible to the endpoints. Authenticated Encryption For encryption, TLS 1.3

Network 237

Network Media Transportation Traffic 237

Scalegrid

JANUARY 5, 2024

Enhanced data security, better data integrity, and efficient access to information. This article cuts through the complexity to showcase the tangible benefits of DBMS, equipping you with the knowledge to make informed decisions about your data management strategies. What are the key advantages of DBMS?

Efficiency 147

Efficiency Storage Database Scalability 147

Dynatrace

OCTOBER 17, 2023

In the recently published Gartner® “ Critic al Capabilities for Application Performance Monitoring and Observability,” Dynatrace scored highest for the IT Operations Use Case (4.15/5) Data, AI, analytics, and automation are key enablers for efficient IT operations Data is the foundation for AI and IT automation. out of 5.00.

Monitoring 231

Monitoring Artificial Intelligence Performance Analytics 231

Dynatrace

APRIL 13, 2023

The massive volumes of log data associated with a breach have made cybersecurity forensics a complicated, costly problem to solve. As organizations adopt more cloud-native technologies, observability data—telemetry from applications and infrastructure, including logs, metrics, and traces—and security data are converging.

Analytics 190

Analytics Java Infrastructure Cloud 190

DZone

APRIL 26, 2022

The exponential growth of data has fed artificial intelligence’s voracious appetite and led to its transformation from niche to omnipresent. An equally important aspect of this AI growth equation is the ever-expanding demands it places on computer system requirements to deliver higher AI performance.

Software 130

Software Software Performance Hardware 130

Dynatrace

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Any problem, such as a simple software update overburdening a critical database, can cause a ripple effect that degrades the performance of dependent services or applications. It provides accurate real-time insights to ensure operational integrity and optimal performance to meet an organization’s service-level objectives (SLOs).

Infrastructure 186

Infrastructure Metrics Network Monitoring 186

Dynatrace

MARCH 20, 2024

Continuously monitoring application behavior, network traffic, and system logs allows teams to identify abnormal or suspicious activities that could indicate a security breach. These could include issues with vulnerable and outdated components, injections, and software and data integrity failures.

Monitoring 217

Monitoring Analytics Traffic Best Practices 217

DZone

JULY 11, 2023

Artificial Intelligence: Definition and Practical Applications Artificial intelligence (AI) refers to the development of computer systems that can perform tasks that typically require human intelligence. AI encompasses various techniques, including machine learning, natural language processing , computer vision, and robotics.

Artificial Intelligence 109

Artificial Intelligence Healthcare Network Transportation 109

Alex Podelko

AUGUST 18, 2019

While there are still quite a lot of cases where it is still applicable, it needs to evolve into more sophisticated processes tightly integrated with development and other parts of performance engineering. That dictates changes needed in performance testing (and, eventually, performance testing tools).

Performance Testing 243

Performance Testing Testing Performance Testing Tools 243

Dynatrace

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Cloud-native workloads on edge devices are gaining momentum among organizations as they extend the hybrid cloud closer to the data source and end users at the edge. Successful deployments of cloud-native workloads at the edge help to reduce costs, boost performance, and improve customer experience.

Retail 264

Retail Analytics Storage Cloud 264

Dynatrace

MARCH 6, 2024

Gaining knowledge about IBM i performance can be a challenging and pricey task. Additionally, certain tools require auxiliary services to gather performance data before it can be examined and queried. It then collects performance data using existing database services running on your system.

Monitoring 240

Monitoring Infrastructure Metrics Analytics 240

DZone

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Someone trying to look at the network through a 4-D lens. While ‘digital transformation’ and ‘cloud migration’ are two concepts with relatively broad definitions, they’re both rooted in the modernization of enterprise networks.

Network 100

Network Hardware Cloud Architecture 100

Dynatrace

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Nutanix overview dashboard The extension automatically gathers real-time performance data from your Nutanix clusters to monitor resource usage, cluster health, and more, all in one place. Dynatrace, in tandem with the Nutanix extension, simplifies performance monitoring and makes issue identification and resolution more efficient.

Virtualization 198

Virtualization Storage Metrics Monitoring 198

DZone

JUNE 20, 2023

APIs are a vital component in the modern digital landscape, enabling applications to interact with each other and access data from various sources. However, as the number of applications relying on APIs continues to grow, it's increasingly crucial to ensure that APIs can handle the load and perform effectively.

Network 268

Network Performance 268

DZone

APRIL 4, 2023

Service meshes are becoming increasingly popular in cloud-native applications as they provide a way to manage network traffic between microservices. Istio, one of the most popular service meshes, uses Envoy as its data plane. Intelligent autoscaling: Adjusts resource allocation based on demand and performance.

Traffic 261

Traffic Network Architecture Monitoring 261

Dynatrace

MARCH 15, 2024

Getting insights into the health and disruptions of your networking or infrastructure is fundamental to enterprise observability. For example, a supported syslog component must support the masking of sensitive data at capture to avoid transmitting personally identifiable information or other confidential data over the network.

Open Source 205

Open Source Infrastructure Network Government 205

DZone

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

A privileged user is someone who has been granted elevated permissions to access certain data, applications, or systems within an organization. These users are typically IT admins who require these privileges to perform their job duties, such as system administrators, database administrators , and network engineers.

Strategy 183

Strategy Architecture Network Database 183

DZone

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

If your environment is like many others, it can often seem like your systems produce logs filled with a bunch of excess data. Since you need to access multiple components (servers, databases, network infrastructure, applications, etc.) Though it can feel like more trouble than it’s worth, sorting through logs is crucial.

Best Practices 249

Best Practices Analytics Infrastructure Network 249

DZone

JULY 12, 2023

In today's digital landscape, businesses heavily rely on content delivery networks (CDNs) to ensure efficient and reliable delivery of their web content to users across the globe. CDNs play a crucial role in enhancing website performance and user experience. What Is CDN Observability?

Infrastructure 244

Infrastructure Monitoring Website Performance Website 244

Dynatrace

MARCH 18, 2024

Following FinOps practices, engineering, finance, and business teams take responsibility for their cloud usage, making data-driven spending decisions in a scalable and sustainable manner. Empowering teams to manage their FinOps practices, however, requires teams to have access to reliable multicloud monitoring and analysis data.

Best Practices 237

Best Practices Strategy Cloud AWS 237

IO River

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

A Common Mistake Which Everyone does When it Comes to Measure Performance of Dynamic Content‍Monitoring the performance of your traffic is vital. IT experts frequently rely on the performance measurements of static content, as a strong indication of Edge platform functionality. Make sure you take it under your consideration

Monitoring 52

Monitoring Performance Traffic C++ 52

Dynatrace

APRIL 8, 2024

Optimize the IT infrastructure supporting risk management processes and controls for maximum performance and resilience. The IT infrastructure, services, and applications that enable processes for risk management must perform optimally. Once teams solidify infrastructure and application performance, security is the subsequent priority.

Analytics 206

Analytics Infrastructure Efficiency Technology 206

Dynatrace

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Recent improvements in OneAgent runtime-data handling. Storage and network transfer of files is a measurable cost. OneAgent is deployed on a Linux host where some of the standard folders are mapped from network drives while some are provisioned as local drives with limited storage. Customizable location of large runtime files.

Storage 150

Storage Latency Operating System Network 150

Percona

JUNE 22, 2023

As a MySQL database administrator, keeping a close eye on the performance of your MySQL server is crucial to ensure optimal database operations. A monitoring tool like Percona Monitoring and Management (PMM) is a popular choice among open source options for effectively monitoring MySQL performance.

Performance 102

Performance Monitoring Traffic Database 102

IO River

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

A content delivery network (CDN) is a distributed network of servers strategically located across multiple geographical locations to deliver web content to end users more efficiently. A lower RTT indicates a faster network response time and happier end users. What is a CDN?‍A What is CDN Architecture?‍CDN

Architecture 52

Architecture Cache Performance Latency 52

Dynatrace

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Complex cloud computing environments are increasingly replacing traditional data centers. In fact, Gartner estimates that 80% of enterprises will shut down their on-premises data centers by 2025. The primary goal of ITOps is to provide a high-performing, consistent IT environment. Performance. What does IT operations do?

Artificial Intelligence 208

Artificial Intelligence DevOps Hardware Virtualization 208

Dynatrace

JANUARY 22, 2024

While traditional AI relies on finding correlations in data, causal AI aims to determine the precise underlying mechanisms that drive events and outcomes. Most AI today uses association-based machine learning models like neural networks that find correlations and make predictions based on them. Government.

Artificial Intelligence 212

Artificial Intelligence Healthcare Retail Government 212

IO River

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

‍A content delivery network (CDN) is a distributed network of servers strategically located across multiple geographical locations to deliver web content to end users more efficiently. A lower RTT indicates a faster network response time and happier end users. What is a CDN?‍A ‍What is CDN Architecture?

Architecture 52

Architecture Cache Performance Latency 52

Dynatrace

JULY 25, 2022

This new service enhances the user visibility of network details with direct delivery of Flow Logs for Transit Gateway to your desired endpoint via Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) bucket or Amazon CloudWatch Logs. AWS Transit Gateway is a service offering from Amazon Web Services that connects network resources via a centralized hub.

AWS 223

AWS Transportation Network Traffic 223

Dynatrace

JANUARY 20, 2020

If you work with SAP ABAP, you may have noticed that finding information about SAP application and transaction performance involves scaling a high barrier to entry. While powerful, SAP performance management tools like the SAP Solution Manager are also complex. Assess problem impact and focus on the pressing issues first.

Monitoring 153

Monitoring Performance Infrastructure Network 153