The Netflix TechBlog

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Moorthy and Zhi Li Introduction Measuring video quality at scale is an essential component of the Netflix streaming pipeline. Perceptual quality measurements are used to drive video encoding optimizations , perform video codec comparisons , carry out A/B testing and optimize streaming QoE decisions to mention a few.

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Particular Software

JUNE 3, 2019

We amaze ourselves by our ability to have a real-time video conversation with someone on the other side of the world, but then react with extreme frustration when the connection quality starts to dip and we must ask "are you there? Disks, including those used by our databases, have bandwidth limitations as well.

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Smashing Magazine

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Continue reading below ↓ Meet Smashing Online Workshops on front-end & UX , with practical takeaways, live sessions, video recordings and a friendly Q&A. On design systems, UX, web performance and CSS/JS. Event sourcing removes this problem by creating a separate database for retrieving data. More after jump!

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Dotcom-Montior

DECEMBER 8, 2021

ITSM defines how teams design, create, and deliver their services. The IT service catalog is typically a database or resource that an organization creates to provide users with information on their operational services and offerings. It is much more than just IT support. Service Catalog. Incident Management Lifecyle: Process and Steps.

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The Netflix TechBlog

MARCH 7, 2023

We designed a unique concept called Annotation Operations which allows teams to create data pipelines and easily write annotations without worrying about access patterns of their data from different applications. in a video file. But we cannot search or present low latency retrievals from files Etc. Write algo runs into files.

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Speed Curve

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

Bandwidth, latency and it's fundamental impact on the speed of the web. Real User Monitoring (RUM) Pingdom New Relic (also backend, database and server health monitoring) Google Analytics mPulse. Responsive web design is solid gold Etsy - Building Resilient User Experiences Velocity Conference Videos Browser Diet References.

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Percona

APRIL 17, 2023

Note that the intent of tuning the settings is not exclusively about improving performance but also enhancing the high availability and resilience of the MongoDB database. The Linux default is usually 60 , which is not ideal for database usage. The CFQ works well for many general use cases but lacks latency guarantees.

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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. Our system doesn’t require strict consistency guarantees and does not use database transactions.

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The Netflix TechBlog

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Data scientists and engineers collect this data from our subscribers and videos, and implement data analytics models to discover customer behaviour with the goal of maximizing user joy. The data warehouse is not designed to serve point requests from microservices with low latency.

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The Netflix TechBlog

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

by Eric Eiswerth Background Netflix has been offering streaming video-on-demand (SVOD) for over 10 years. In particular, it’s our job to design and build the systems and protocols that enable customers from all over the world to sign up for Netflix with the plan features and incentives that best suit their needs.

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Alex Russell

APRIL 29, 2021

Next-generation video codecs, supported in many modern chips, but also a licensing minefield. Necessary for building competitive video experiences, including messaging and videoconferencing. Fundamentally enabling for video creation apps. Without it, video recordings must fit in memory, leading to crashes. getUserMedia().

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Smashing Magazine

AUGUST 3, 2023

These pages serve as a pivotal tool in our digital marketing strategy, not only providing valuable information about our services but also designed to be easily discoverable through search engines. This could be an image, a block of text, or even an embedded video. SEO is key to our success.

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All Things Distributed

OCTOBER 2, 2017

Today marks the 10 year anniversary of Amazon's Dynamo whitepaper , a milestone that made me reflect on how much innovation has occurred in the area of databases over the last decade and a good reminder on why taking a customer obsessed approach to solving hard problems can have lasting impact beyond your original expectations.

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The Morning Paper

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

That’s hard for many reasons, including the differing trade-offs between throughput and latency that need to be made across the use cases. to understand YouTube video performance) drive tens of thousands of canned (known in advance) queries per second, that need to be served with latency in the tens of milliseconds.

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All Things Distributed

DECEMBER 12, 2013

We launched DynamoDB last year to address the need for a cloud database that provides seamless scalability, irrespective of whether you are doing ten transactions or ten million transactions, while providing rock solid durability and availability. DynamoDB stores information as database tables, which are collections of individual items.

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SQL Server According to Bob

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

Our customers who deployed Availability Groups were now using servers for primary and secondary replicas with 12+ core sockets and flash storage SSD arrays providing microsecond to low millisecond latencies. Our design needed to scale and be adaptable to the modern hardware on the market. Direct seeding of new database replicas.

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Alex Russell

JUNE 20, 2020

rich multimedia (animations, video, audio). built-in relational SQL database engines. Huge reach, plus the licensing of On2's video codecs , made Flash the default video delivery mechanism for many years. a lab's worth of sensors , including: cameras (both still and video). high-color image raster. floppy/CD/DVD).

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Enprowess

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

The technology develops single-page applications , websites, and backend API services designed with real-time and push-based architectures. Real-time software system – Collaboration tools used for video/audio conferencing, document writing, Chat applications, etc. Use cases of Node.js Micro-services. Streaming web applications.

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The Netflix TechBlog

MARCH 6, 2019

It’s used extensively in our media processing platform, which includes services like Archer and runs features like video encoding and title image generation on tens of thousands of Amazon EC2 instances. We are constantly innovating on video encoding technology at Netflix, and we have a lot of content to encode. We have one file?

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Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 6, 2020

Performance isn’t just a technical concern: it affects everything from accessibility to usability to search engine optimization, and when baking it into the workflow, design decisions have to be informed by their performance implications. Looking back now, things seem to have changed quite significantly. thanks, Guy Podjarny! ).

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Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 7, 2019

Performance isn’t just a technical concern: it matters, and when baking it into the workflow, design decisions have to be informed by their performance implications. Without a strong alignment between dev/design and business/marketing teams, performance isn’t going to sustain long-term.

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