The Netflix TechBlog

JUNE 7, 2021

Summary Providing network insight into the cloud network infrastructure using eBPF flow logs at scale is made possible with eBPF and a highly scalable and efficient flow collection pipeline. After several iterations of the architecture and some tuning, the solution has proven to be able to scale.

Network 325

Network Transportation AWS Cloud 325

Dynatrace

JULY 18, 2023

However, scaling up software development requires more tools along the software product lifecycle, which must be configured promptly and efficiently. Efficient environment configuration at scale One of software engineers’ most significant challenges is managing the numerous tools and technologies required for the software product lifecycle.

Best Practices 188

Best Practices Code Infrastructure Latency 188

Percona

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

A bloom filter is a space-efficient way of storing information about a list of keys. Tuning In terms of tuning, two parameters can be tuned, the size of the bitmap and the number of bits set by every value. At its base, there is a bitmap and a hash function.

Storage 130

Storage Tuning Cache Engineering 130

Percona

DECEMBER 13, 2023

MySQL 8 introduces Error Log Filtering as a mechanism to fine-tune the error log, allowing administrators to focus on the most critical issues. This is particularly beneficial in high-traffic environments where minimizing log noise is crucial for efficient log analysis.

Database 97

Database Open Source Tuning Traffic 97

Dynatrace

DECEMBER 18, 2023

For busy site reliability engineers, ensuring system reliability, scalability, and overall health is an imperative that’s getting harder to achieve in ever-expanding, cloud-native, container-based environments. Please stay tuned! To get a more granular look into telemetry data, many analysts rely on custom metrics using Prometheus.

Metrics 176

Metrics Engineering Energy Tuning 176

Dynatrace

JUNE 2, 2020

More cost-efficiency through the incorporation of consumption and usage data. Drive developer experience through consistency and scalability. The Dynatrace Environment API v2 delivers a consistent developer experience and scalability by providing a set of common features for all endpoints. Please stay tuned for more details.

Metrics 186

Metrics Scalability Tuning Monitoring 186

Percona

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Consequently, they might miss out on the benefits of integrating security into the SDLC, such as enhanced efficiency, speed, and quality in software delivery. Customers will increasingly prioritize AI efficiency and education to tackle legal and ethical concerns. It’s worry-free and doesn’t require human intervention.

Cloud 82

Cloud Open Source Strategy Best Practices 82

The Netflix TechBlog

DECEMBER 8, 2021

We knew that given our scale, we needed to rely heavily on automations and that we needed to build our solutions using battle tested scalable infrastructure. Snare Finding Lifecycle Overview Snare was built from the ground up to be scalable to manage Netflix’s massive scale.

AWS 196

AWS Cloud Infrastructure Scalability 196

The Netflix TechBlog

OCTOBER 19, 2020

We earned the trust of our engineers by developing empathy for their operational burden and by focusing on providing efficient tracer library integrations in runtime environments. An additional implication of a lenient sampling policy is the need for scalable stream processing and storage infrastructure fleets to handle increased data volume.

Infrastructure 233

Infrastructure Transportation Storage Open Source 233

The Netflix TechBlog

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Although model-based anomaly detection approaches are more scalable and suitable for real-time analysis, they highly rely on the availability of (often labeled) context-specific data. On the other hand, in model-based anomaly detection approaches, models are built and used to detect anomalous incidents in a fairly automated manner.

C++ 312

C++ Metrics Tuning Strategy 312

Dynatrace

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Once established, chaos engineering becomes an effective way to fine tune service-level indicators and objectives, improve alerting, and build more efficient dashboards, so you know you are collecting all the data you need to accurately observe and analyze your environment. Boosts business outcomes. Controlling the chaos.

Engineering 224

Engineering Entertainment Cloud Infrastructure 224

Dynatrace

DECEMBER 5, 2023

This growth was spurred by mobile ecosystems with Android and iOS operating systems, where ARM has a unique advantage in energy efficiency while offering high performance. Energy efficiency and carbon footprint outshine x86 architectures The first clear benefit of ARM in the enterprise IT landscape is energy efficiency.

Efficiency 264

Efficiency Architecture Energy Monitoring 264

Percona

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Have you tuned your environment? Third-party services typically already have these tools and the expertise to use them, providing more efficient and accurate testing. Time efficiency : Testing a database, especially a large one, can be time-consuming. Schema, data, and app migration: Do you have the right tools at your disposal?

Database 86

Database Open Source Benchmarking Strategy 86

Dynatrace

JULY 21, 2020

The Dynatrace Software Intelligence Platform supports you on your way to the enterprise cloud with deep insights into containerized, scalable microservices on cutting-edge technologies like Red Hat OpenShift or Kubernetes. These capabilities allow you to build efficient and robust business services on the mainframe. Stay tuned!

Java 178

Java Government Database Programming 178

SQL Performance

JULY 8, 2021

The basic unit of SQL tuning is the query. With Load-More paging, there’s at least a chance to make efficient use of an index. It can also be very difficult to pull off efficiently using SQL Server. That kind of feedback is necessary to help build maintainable, scalable solutions. When does this get awkward? Conclusion.

Design 92

Design Software Architecture Database Servers 92

Dynatrace

MAY 17, 2022

This solution offers both maximum efficiency and adherence for the toughest privacy or compliance demands. Stay tuned for more awesome Dynatrace Kubernetes announcements throughout the year. The post Flexible, scalable, self-service Kubernetes native observability now in General Availability appeared first on Dynatrace blog.

Availability 315

Availability Scalability Cloud Metrics 315

Percona

AUGUST 17, 2023

General PostgreSQL use cases In addition to being used as a backend database management system, here are other general uses of PostgreSQL software: Website applications: Because PostgreSQL can handle high volumes of data and concurrent users efficiently, it’s suitable for applications that require scalability and performance.

Open Source 81

Open Source Healthcare Social Media Database 81

DZone

AUGUST 16, 2019

In this article, we explain why you should pay attention to when building a scalable application. What Is Application Scalability? Application scalability is the potential of an application to grow in time, being able to efficiently handle more and more requests per minute (RPM).

Scalability 145

Scalability Efficiency Hardware Software 145

KeyCDN

AUGUST 15, 2019

Before you begin tuning your website or application, you must first figure out which metrics matter most to your users and establish some achievable benchmarks. Quantitative performance testing looks at metrics like response time while qualitative testing is concerned with scalability, stability, and interoperability.

Testing Tools 55

Testing Tools Best Practices Performance Testing Testing 55

Dynatrace

APRIL 20, 2023

With more automated approaches to log monitoring and log analysis, however, organizations can gain visibility into their applications and infrastructure efficiently and with greater precision—even as cloud environments grow. ” A data warehouse, on the other hand, is an efficient and fast option for querying data.

Analytics 186

Analytics Infrastructure Storage Efficiency 186

Abhishek Tiwari

JULY 12, 2018

Here are 8 fallacies of data pipeline The pipeline is reliable Topology is stateless Pipeline is infinitely scalable Processing latency is minimum Everything is observable There is no domino effect Pipeline is cost­-effective Data is homogeneous The pipeline is reliable The inconvenient truth is that pipeline is not reliable.

Latency 63

Latency Analytics Scalability Engineering 63

The Netflix TechBlog

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

In order to train the model on internal training data (video clips with aligned text descriptions), we implemented a scalable version on Ray Train and switched to a more performant video decoding library. We also found that extending contrastive learning to videos and text provided a substantial improvement over frame-level models.

Media 225

Media Social Media Tuning Efficiency 225

All Things Distributed

MARCH 19, 2018

At AWS, we continue to strive to enable builders to build cutting-edge technologies faster in a secure, reliable, and scalable fashion. While building Amazon SageMaker and applying it for large-scale machine learning problems, we realized that scalability is one of the key aspects that we need to focus on. Factorization Machines.

Scalability 159

Scalability Hardware AWS Tuning 159

Dynatrace

JULY 24, 2023

In the world of DevOps and SRE, DevOps automation answers the undeniable need for efficiency and scalability. This evolution in automation, referred to as answer-driven automation, empowers teams to address complex issues in real time, optimize workflows, and enhance overall operational efficiency.

DevOps 219

DevOps Traffic Efficiency Servers 219

Percona

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Flexibility and scalability Open source databases provide much greater flexibility regarding customization and configuration. Are you looking to enhance performance, improve scalability, cut expenses, or gain access to specific features you don’t currently have? Start by identifying the reasons driving the migration.

Open Source 95

Open Source Database Hardware Strategy 95

O'Reilly

MAY 25, 2021

Bitcoin’s market capitalization is in the tune of hundreds of billions of dollars, and the cumulative crypto market capitalization is in the realm of a trillion dollars. The merge, expected to occur at the end of 2021, is intended to make Ethereum more scalable and sustainable. HODL for Fun & Profit.

Social Media 138

Social Media Media Internet Internet 138

The Netflix TechBlog

AUGUST 17, 2023

The tool provides an efficient way for creatives (photo editors, artwork designers, etc.) Watching every moment of content to find the best frames and select them manually takes a lot of time, and this approach is often not scalable. Each algorithm needed a process of evaluation and tuning to get great results in AVA Discovery View.

Media 169

Media Scalability Architecture Strategy 169

Edge Perspectives

AUGUST 5, 2019

Scalable learning will be the key to institutional success as we move deeper into an exponentially changing world. In our research on the Big Shift that is transforming the global economy, we’ve come to believe that all our institutions will need to make a fundamental shift from a scalable efficiency model to a scalable learning model.

Strategy 17

Strategy Scalability Efficiency Programming 17

The Netflix TechBlog

DECEMBER 21, 2020

We built AutoOptimize to efficiently and transparently optimize the data and metadata storage layout while maximizing their cost and performance benefits. This article will list some of the use cases of AutoOptimize, discuss the design principles that help enhance efficiency, and present the high-level architecture.

Storage 203

Storage Latency Efficiency Data Engineering 203

Dynatrace

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

This opens the door to auto-scalable applications, which effortlessly matches the demands of rapidly growing and varying user traffic. For a deeper look into how to gain end-to-end observability into Kubernetes environments, tune into the on-demand webinar Harness the Power of Kubernetes Observability. What is Docker? Networking.

Open Source 300

Open Source Traffic DevOps Cloud 300

The Netflix TechBlog

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

We will show how we are building a clean and efficient incremental processing solution (IPS) by using Netflix Maestro and Apache Iceberg. As our business scales globally, the demand for data is growing and the needs for scalable low latency incremental processing begin to emerge. past 3 hours or 10 days).

Processing 210

Processing Big Data Efficiency Engineering 210

The Netflix TechBlog

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Therefore, we must efficiently move data from the data warehouse to a global, low-latency and highly-reliable key-value store. What is Bulldozer Bulldozer is a self-serve data platform that moves data efficiently from data warehouse tables to key-value stores in batches. Figure 1 shows how we use Bulldozer to move data at Netflix.

Latency 243

Latency Storage Big Data Tuning 243

The Netflix TechBlog

OCTOBER 18, 2022

As Big data and ML became more prevalent and impactful, the scalability, reliability, and usability of the orchestrating ecosystem have increasingly become more important for our data scientists and the company. Motivation Scalability and usability are essential to enable large-scale workflows and support a wide range of use cases.

Java 202

Java Scalability Traffic Architecture 202

The Netflix TechBlog

JANUARY 10, 2024

Moving away from the use of dedicated instances that were constrained in quantity, we tapped into Netflix’s internal trough created due to autoscaling microservices, leading to significant improvements in computation elasticity as well as resource utilization efficiency. depending on the use case.

Processing 229

Processing Media Latency Innovation 229

Dynatrace

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

To take full advantage of the scalability, flexibility, and resilience of cloud platforms, organizations need to build or rearchitect applications around a cloud-native architecture. Taken together, these features enable organizations to build software that is more scalable, reliable, and flexible than traditionally built software.

Cloud 162

Cloud Architecture Serverless Infrastructure 162

The Netflix TechBlog

MARCH 25, 2019

Building and Scaling Data Lineage at Netflix to Improve Data Infrastructure Reliability, and Efficiency By: Di Lin , Girish Lingappa , Jitender Aswani Imagine yourself in the role of a data-inspired decision maker staring at a metric on a dashboard about to make a critical business decision but pausing to ask a question?—?“Can

Infrastructure 219

Infrastructure Big Data Transportation Architecture 219

Percona

JANUARY 4, 2024

Managing storage and performance efficiently in your MySQL database is crucial, and general tablespaces offer flexibility in achieving this. Key features Multi-table storage : Unlike file-per-table tablespaces, which store each table in a separate file, general tablespaces can house numerous tables, enhancing storage efficiency.

Storage 90

Storage Engineering Database Hardware 90