The Netflix TechBlog

MARCH 6, 2019

Mounting object storage in Netflix’s media processing platform By Barak Alon (on behalf of Netflix’s Media Cloud Engineering team) MezzFS (short for “Mezzanine File System”) is a tool we’ve developed at Netflix that mounts cloud objects as local files via FUSE. in Atlas , Netflix’s in-memory dimensional time series database.

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Media Storage Processing Cache 214

The Netflix TechBlog

APRIL 27, 2023

Ruchir Jha , Brian Harrington , Yingwu Zhao TL;DR Streaming alert evaluation scales much better than the traditional approach of polling time-series databases. It allows us to overcome high dimensionality/cardinality limitations of the time-series database. Engineers want their alerting system to be realtime, reliable, and actionable.

Storage 288

Storage Cache Metrics Database 288

Percona

MARCH 30, 2023

The use of open source databases has increased steadily in recent years. Past trepidation — about perceived vulnerabilities and performance issues — has faded as decision makers realize what an “open source database” really is and what it offers. What is an open source database?

Open Source 75

Open Source Database Storage Scalability 75

Scalegrid

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

MySQL is a popular open-source relational database management system for online applications and data warehousing. However, data loss is always possible due to hardware malfunction, software defects, or other unforeseen circumstances, just like with any computer system.

Best Practices 130

Best Practices Storage Strategy Database 130

Percona

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Migrating a proprietary database to open source is a major decision that can significantly affect your organization. Today, we’ll be taking a deep dive into the intricacies of database migration, along with specific solutions to help make the process easier.

Open Source 91

Open Source Database Hardware Strategy 91

Percona

JUNE 22, 2023

To make data count and to ensure cloud computing is unabated, companies and organizations must have highly available databases. A basic high availability database system provides failover (preferably automatic) from a primary database node to redundant nodes within a cluster. More in the following sub-section.)

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Availability Database Open Source Hardware 107

Scalegrid

JULY 29, 2019

MySQL is a free open source relational database management system that is leveraged across a majority of WordPress sites, and allows you to query your data such as posts, pages, images, user profiles, and more. We help you configure your MySQL deployment to optimize your performance based on the size of your databases.

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Database Cloud Website Azure 166

Scalegrid

MARCH 28, 2024

Introduction Caching serves a dual purpose in web development – speeding up client requests and reducing server load. This article will explore how they handle data storage and scalability, perform in different scenarios, and, most importantly, how these factors influence your choice. Data transfer technology.

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Cache Storage Scalability Architecture 130

Scalegrid

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, the way we manage databases is undergoing a transformative shift. The rise of Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) is not just a trend but a strategic response to the growing complexities of data management. However, using a database as a service is not without its set of challenges.

Healthcare 130

Healthcare Hardware Database Scalability 130

Dynatrace

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Microsoft Hyper-V is a virtualization platform that manages virtual machines (VMs) on Windows-based systems. It enables multiple operating systems to run simultaneously on the same physical hardware and integrates closely with Windows-hosted services. This leads to a more efficient and streamlined experience for users.

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Efficiency Virtualization Hardware Performance 213

Percona

APRIL 14, 2023

Below, we outline some proactive steps for achieving cost efficiency and maintaining performant database environments amid a turbulent economy: 1. Here are a few ways you can scale down and save: Audit your systems: Auditing your system for unused servers and eliminating those servers can reduce your cloud spend.

Database 81

Database Serverless Tuning Cloud 81

High Scalability

JANUARY 11, 2022

Currently, he is in the Alexa Shopping organization where he is developing machine-learning-based solutions to send personalized reorder hints to customers for improving their experience. The streaming data store makes the system extensible to support other use-cases (e.g. System Components. Problem Statement. Component Design.

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Design Media Storage Logistics 334

KeyCDN

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Smart developers are always looking ahead for ways to adapt to the ever-changing world of web development. Staying on top of the latest web development trends could eventually help you land a job that doesn't exist yet. Here is a roundup of frontend web development trends to keep an eye on in 2023. Source: web.dev 2.

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Artificial Intelligence Development Serverless Website 111

DZone

DECEMBER 17, 2021

The load testing for the database needs to be conducted usually so that the impact on the system can be monitored in different scenarios, such as query language rule optimization, storage engine parameter adjustment, etc. The operating system in this article is the x86 CentOS 7.8.

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Testing Operating System Storage Performance 240

Dynatrace

JULY 29, 2022

Log analytics is the process of viewing, interpreting, and querying log data so developers and IT teams can quickly detect and resolve application and system issues. As companies migrate their infrastructure and development workloads to the cloud, there are numerous use cases for log analytics. Cold storage and rehydration.

Analytics 214

Analytics Storage Retail Monitoring 214

Percona

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Rather than listing the concepts, function calls, etc, available in Citus, which frankly is a bit boring, I’m going to explore scaling out a database system starting with a single host. I won’t cover all the features but show just enough that you’ll want to see more of what you can learn to accomplish for yourself.

Database 104

Database Benchmarking Latency C++ 104

Dynatrace

OCTOBER 7, 2021

This means you no longer have to provision, scale, and maintain servers to run your applications, databases, and storage systems. Speed is next; serverless solutions are quick to spin up or down as needed, and there are no delays due to limited storage or resource access. AWS offers four serverless offerings for storage.

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Serverless AWS Lambda Storage 279

All Things Distributed

MARCH 13, 2019

Relational databases have been around for a long time. The core technologies underpinning the major relational database management systems of today were developed in the 1980–1990s. Those fundamentals helped make relational databases immensely popular with users everywhere. Small blast radius.

Database 147

Database Design Cloud AWS 147

Scalegrid

JANUARY 12, 2024

Simply put, it’s the set of computational tasks that cloud systems perform, such as hosting databases, enabling collaboration tools, or running compute-intensive algorithms. Such demanding use cases place a great value on systems capable of fast and reliable execution, a need that spans across various industry segments.

Cloud 130

Cloud Virtualization Storage Efficiency 130

All Things Distributed

MARCH 13, 2019

Relational databases have been around for a long time. The core technologies underpinning the major relational database management systems of today were developed in the 1980–1990s. Those fundamentals helped make relational databases immensely popular with users everywhere. Small blast radius.

Database 156

Database Design Cloud AWS 156

Dynatrace

JANUARY 16, 2023

As Kubernetes adoption increases and it continues to advance technologically, Kubernetes has emerged as the “operating system” of the cloud. Kubernetes is emerging as the “operating system” of the cloud. The strongest Kubernetes growth areas are security, databases, and CI/CD technologies. Kubernetes moved to the cloud in 2022.

Open Source 342

Open Source Java Operating System Programming 342

Percona

JULY 1, 2023

Now that Database-as-a-service (DBaaS) is in high demand, there are multiple questions regarding AWS services that cannot always be answered easily: When should I use Aurora and when should I use RDS MySQL ? What we should really compare is the MySQL and Aurora database engines provided by Amazon RDS. How do I choose which one to use?

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AWS Database Serverless Storage 52

Scalegrid

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Redis® Monitoring Essentials Ensuring the performance, reliability, and safety of a Redis® database requires active monitoring. With these essential support systems in place, you can effectively monitor your databases with up-to-date data about their health and functioning status at all times.

Strategy 130

Strategy Monitoring Latency DevOps 130

Dynatrace

JULY 29, 2022

Log analytics is the process of viewing, interpreting, and querying log data so developers and IT teams can quickly detect and resolve application and system issues. As companies migrate their infrastructure and development workloads to the cloud, there are numerous use cases for log analytics. Cold storage and rehydration.

Analytics 180

Analytics Storage Retail Monitoring 180

Scalegrid

JULY 13, 2020

Oracle Database is a commercial, proprietary multi-model database management system produced by Oracle Corporation, and the largest relational database management system (RDBMS) in the world. While Oracle remains the #1 database on the market, its popularity has steadily declined by over 18% since 2013.

Open Source 244

Open Source Tuning C++ Database 244

Scalegrid

JANUARY 20, 2020

Follower clusters are a ScaleGrid feature that allows you to keep two independent database systems (of the same type) in sync. Here are a few critical ways in which it differs from replication: You can control how frequently the destination system syncs from source – once a week, once a day, or even less frequently.

Analytics 185

Analytics Storage Database Systems 185

Dynatrace

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Logs assist operations, security, and development teams in ensuring the reliability and performance of application environments. Application and system logs are often collected in data silos using different tools, with no relationships between them, and then correlated in manual and often meaningless ways.

Analytics 220

Analytics Storage Infrastructure Metrics 220

The Morning Paper

MARCH 3, 2020

Millions of tiny databases , Brooker et al., It takes you through the thinking processes and engineering practices behind the design of a key part of the control plane for AWS Elastic Block Storage (EBS): the Physalia database that stores configuration information. NSDI’20. This paper is a real joy to read.

Database 106

Database AWS Network Design 106

Percona

MAY 1, 2023

It has default settings for all of the database parameters. It is primarily the responsibility of the database administrator or developer to tune PostgreSQL according to their system’s workload. The performance of a PostgreSQL database has a significant impact on the overall effectiveness of an application.

Tuning 52

Tuning Efficiency Database Performance 52

Dynatrace

JUNE 9, 2023

That’s because of the heterogeneity of the data their environments generate and the limitations of the systems they rely on to analyze this information. DevOps maturity is a model that measures the completeness and effectiveness of an organization’s processes for software development, delivery, operations, and monitoring.

DevOps 183

DevOps Analytics Storage Metrics 183

Dynatrace

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Much of the software developed today is cloud native. Organizations need to unify all this observability, business, and security data based on context and generate real-time insights to inform actions taken by automation systems, as well as business, development, operations, and security teams. Don’t reinvent the wheel.

Analytics 190

Analytics Software Software Storage 190

Scalegrid

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

PostgreSQL graphical user interface (GUI) tools help these open source database users to manage, manipulate, and visualize their data. PostgreSQL is the fourth most popular database management system in the world, and heavily used in all sizes of applications from small to large. Why Use a GUI Tool? Top PostgreSQL GUI Tools.

Open Source 262

Open Source Database Azure Cloud 262

Scalegrid

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Imagine a world where your PostgreSQL® database connections are seamless and secure. Key Takeaways Understanding PostgreSQL hostname is essential for successful database connections. Configure the PostgreSQL hostname by editing configuration files and restarting the server, with secure storage of connection details to enhance security.

Database 130

Database Servers Storage Network 130

Scalegrid

JULY 17, 2020

Why should a relational database even care about unstructured data? Often times an external system is providing data as JSON, so it might be a temporary store before data is ingested into other parts of the system. JSON database in 9.2 It is useful to validate incoming JSON and store in the database. JSONB Indexes.

Storage 321

Storage Database Efficiency Processing 321

The Morning Paper

JUNE 16, 2019

Towards multiverse databases Marzoev et al., The central idea behind multiverse databases is to push the data access and privacy rules into the database itself. With multiverse databases, each user sees a consistent “parallel universe” database containing only the data that user is allowed to see.

Database 90

Database Cache Benchmarking Efficiency 90

Dynatrace

JUNE 7, 2023

Container orchestration allows an organization to digitally transform at a rapid clip without getting bogged down by slow, siloed development, difficult scaling, and high costs associated with optimizing application infrastructure. Its inherent complexity makes observability difficult — especially when used across highly distributed systems.

Open Source 205

Open Source Social Media Infrastructure Operating System 205

Scalegrid

JANUARY 8, 2024

AI-driven cloud solutions like ScaleGrid offer a diverse range of database hosting options, robust infrastructure optimized for scalability and security, and enable significant cost reductions, supporting businesses in efficient growth and improved ROI. These services are tailored to meet various business requirements.

Artificial Intelligence 147

Artificial Intelligence Cloud Scalability Analytics 147