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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Media Storage Processing Cache 214

Brendan Gregg

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

The video is now on [YouTube]: The slides are [online] and as a [PDF]: first prev next last / permalink/zoom In Q&A I was asked about CXL (compute express link) which was fortunate as I had planned to cover it and then forgot, so the question let me talk about it (although Q&A is missing from the video). Ford, et al., “TCP

Performance 110

Performance Latency Cache Virtualization 110

Smashing Magazine

MARCH 25, 2021

Of the many factors that affect page-load speed, media is a significant one. For example, a budget can help them decide if a page should contain five images — or three images and one video — and still remain within the planned limits. Appeal Of Videos. The right product video can raise conversions by over 80%.

Media 118

Media Performance Mobile Latency 118

Dynatrace

JANUARY 13, 2022

For example, data collected on load actions can include navigation start, request start, and speed index metrics. Analyzing a clinician’s clickstream when using an electronic medical record system to better improve the efficiency of data entry. Real user monitoring collects data on a variety of metrics.

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Monitoring Latency Mobile Best Practices 188

The Netflix TechBlog

MARCH 13, 2020

The teams have been working closely on SVT-AV1 development, discussing architectural decisions, implementing new tools, and improving compression efficiency. The SVT-AV1 encoder supports all AV1 tools which contribute to compression efficiency. As seen below, SVT-AV1 demonstrates 16.5%

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Open Source Efficiency C++ Speed 154

Brendan Gregg

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

The video is now on YouTube : The slides are online and as a PDF : first prev next last / permalink/zoom In Q&A I was asked about CXL (compute express link) which was fortunate as I had planned to cover it and then forgot, so the question let me talk about it (although Q&A is missing from the video). Ford, et al., “TCP

Performance 52

Performance Latency Cache Virtualization 52

Smashing Magazine

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Users appreciate high-quality visuals, but care needs to be taken to deliver those hero images, product photos and cat memes as efficiently and effectively as possible. Assuming encode/decode speeds meet your needs. The efficiency of a codec can be mainly measured by how much compression it can achieve. Encode/Decode Speed.

Open Source 144

Open Source Speed Website Google 144

Smashing Magazine

AUGUST 22, 2021

A Primer on Speed. Discussing performance and “speed” can quickly get complex, because many underlying aspects contribute to a web-page loading “slowly”. Because we are dealing with network protocols here, we will mainly look at network aspects, of which two are most important: latency and bandwidth. Congestion Control.

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Performance Network Latency Servers 106

IO River

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

With the ever-growing demands of the internet, websites and web applications face the challenge of delivering content swiftly and efficiently to users worldwide. For instance, you might set up rules to send video streaming requests to data center A and image loading requests to data center B. That’s where rules come in.

Traffic 52

Traffic Cache Servers Latency 52

IO River

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

With the ever-growing demands of the internet, websites and web applications face the challenge of delivering content swiftly and efficiently to users worldwide. Just like how a traffic cop ensures cars flow smoothly at an intersection, a Load Balancer makes sure data moves efficiently across the network. That’s where rules come in.

Traffic 40

Traffic Cache Network Servers 40

Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 11, 2021

Assets Optimizations Brotli, AVIF, WebP, responsive images, AV1, adaptive media loding, video compression, web fonts, Google fonts. Note : If you use Page Speed Insights or Page Speed Insights API (no, it isn’t deprecated!), You can then mimic the 90th percentile’s experience for testing.

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Performance Cache Media Metrics 145

Dotcom-Montior

MARCH 6, 2022

Users can also watch the actual URL loading video in the browser window. It’s important to mention that within the Dotcom Monitor platform there is a feature that a user can watch the actual URL loading video in the browser window (shown below). To understand the speed of your website, waterfall diagrams are used.

Performance 52

Performance Cache Website Speed 52

Smashing Magazine

AUGUST 3, 2023

Largest Contentful Paint (LCP) LCP measures the perceived load speed of a webpage from a user’s perspective. This could be an image, a block of text, or even an embedded video. This is why the async and deferred attributes are crucial, as they ensure an efficient, seamless web browsing experience. Time to First Byte over time.

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Performance Cache Traffic Metrics 74

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. Efficient use of a client’s resources and bandwidth can greatly improve your application’s performance. More after jump! Jump to online workshops ?. Caching Schemes.

Cache 126

Cache Performance Servers Social Media 126

Dotcom-Montior

MAY 6, 2020

Users can also watch the actual URL loading video in the browser window. It’s important to mention that within the Dotcom Monitor platform there is a feature that a user can watch the actual URL loading video in the browser window (shown below). Performance and speed of a web site plays a tremendous role.

Performance 53

Performance Cache Website Speed 53

VoltDB

JUNE 1, 2017

Latency Optimizers” – need support for very large federated deployments. 5G expects a latency of 1ms , which considering that the speed of light means the data center can’t be more than 186 miles away, or 93 miles for a round trip, assuming an instant response. Watch the Video.

Hardware 56

Hardware Latency Virtualization Cloud 56

Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 6, 2020

You need a business stakeholder buy-in, and to get it, you need to establish a case study, or a proof of concept using the Performance API on how speed benefits metrics and Key Performance Indicators ( KPIs ) they care about. Treo Sites provides competitive analysis based on real-world data. Large preview ). Large preview ).

Performance 145

Performance Cache Network Metrics 145

Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 7, 2019

You need a business stakeholder buy-in, and to get it, you need to establish a case study on how speed benefits metrics and Key Performance Indicators ( KPIs ) they care about. Note : If you use Page Speed Insights (no, it isn’t deprecated), you can get CrUX performance data for specific pages instead of just the aggregates.

Performance 104

Performance Cache Network Metrics 104

All Things Distributed

DECEMBER 12, 2013

Moreover, a GSI''s performance is designed to meet DynamoDB''s single digit millisecond latency - you can add items to a Users table for a gaming app with tens of millions of users with UserId as the primary key, but retrieve them based on their home city, with no reduction in query performance. Efficient Queries.

Games 130

Games Scalability Database Retail 130

Alex Russell

JUNE 20, 2020

rich multimedia (animations, video, audio). 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). Unfortunately, much has already been done to speed the web's irrelevance.

Hardware 55

Hardware Games Java Media 55

Smashing Magazine

AUGUST 20, 2021

Fast-forward 30 years, and website technology has changed significantly — we have images, stylesheets, JavaScript, streaming video, AJAX, animation, WebSockets, WebGL, rounded corners in CSS — the list goes on. If you need a developer, taking a Jamstack approach is one of the most efficient ways to leverage your staffing resources.

Ecommerce 139

Ecommerce Website Government Internet 139

Rigor

OCTOBER 30, 2019

The Lighthouse Performance score is based on some of the most important performance metrics : First Contentful Paint, First Meaningful Paint, Speed Index, Time to Interactive, First CPU Idle, and Estimated Input Latency. Maintaining performant sites and applications requires you to efficiently gather and analyze data points over time.

Google 51

Google Best Practices Energy Website 51

Brendan Gregg

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

. ## Observability Here's the big picture of performance observability tools on Linux, from my [Linux performance] page, where I also have diagrams for other tool types, as well as videos and slides of prior Linux performance talks: I also have a USE Method: Linux Performance Checklist , as a different way to navigate and apply the tools.

Virtualization 76

Virtualization AWS Engineering Hardware 76