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Building Netflix’s Distributed Tracing Infrastructure

The Netflix TechBlog

Now let’s look at how we designed the tracing infrastructure that powers Edgar. If we had an ID for each streaming session then distributed tracing could easily reconstruct session failure by providing service topology, retry and error tags, and latency measurements for all service calls.

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What are quality gates? How to use quality gates to deliver better software at speed and scale

Dynatrace

To remain competitive in today’s fast-paced market, organizations must not only ensure that their digital infrastructure is functioning optimally but also that software deployments and updates are delivered rapidly and consistently. In this example, unlike latency, the remaining three signals did not receive a “pass.”

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Event-Based Autoscaling: Ensuring Smooth Operations on Your Peak Days

DZone

These organizations face a common challenge – how much infrastructure do they need to ensure optimal performance without overprovisioning – which can become very costly, very quickly. This incident serves as a stark illustration of insufficient infrastructure planning during a critical event.

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The Power of Caching: Boosting API Performance and Scalability

DZone

Benefits of Caching Improved performance: Caching eliminates the need to retrieve data from the original source every time, resulting in faster response times and reduced latency. Reduced server load: By serving cached content, the load on the server is reduced, allowing it to handle more requests and improving overall scalability.

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How to Reduce Your CDN Infrastructure Expenses

IO River

Common Infrastructure ExpensesYour first step in optimizing CDN expenses isn’t to look for the best-priced solution but to remember that a cheaper price isn’t always the best deal. If your traffic is mostly static, you may be able to meet all your needs with a less expensive CDN that provides content distribution services.

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Service level objectives: 5 SLOs to get started

Dynatrace

Note : you might hear the term latency used instead of response time. Both latency and response time are critical to ensure reliability. Latency typically refers to the time it takes for a single request to travel from its source to its destination. Latency primarily focuses on the time spent in transit.

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Service level objective examples: 5 SLO examples for faster, more reliable apps

Dynatrace

Note : you might hear the term latency used instead of response time. Both latency and response time are critical to ensure reliability. Latency typically refers to the time it takes for a single request to travel from its source to its destination. Latency primarily focuses on the time spent in transit.

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