The Netflix TechBlog

MARCH 7, 2024

Berg , Romain Cledat , Kayla Seeley , Shashank Srikanth , Chaoying Wang , Darin Yu Netflix uses data science and machine learning across all facets of the company, powering a wide range of business applications from our internal infrastructure and content demand modeling to media understanding. ETL workflows), as well as downstream (e.g.

Systems 226

Systems Media Cache Open Source 226

Dynatrace

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

As of September 2020, we run 51 clusters on 1100 EC2 instances distributed across six AWS Regions ensuring that all our users can leverage the Dynatrace Software Intelligence Platform to monitor their hybrid-multi cloud environments. Modern hybrid-multicloud monitoring needs more than just metrics.

Infrastructure 179

Infrastructure Cloud Monitoring AWS 179

Dynatrace

MAY 8, 2023

With the world’s increased reliance on digital services and the organizational pressure on IT teams to innovate faster, the need for DevOps monitoring tools has grown exponentially. In fact, the Dynatrace 2023 CIO Report found that 78% of respondents deploy software updates every 12 hours or less. What is DevOps monitoring?

DevOps 220

DevOps Efficiency Monitoring Infrastructure 220

Dynatrace

JUNE 26, 2023

In today’s digital world, software is everywhere. Software is behind most of our human and business interactions. This, in turn, accelerates the need for businesses to implement the practice of software automation to improve and streamline processes. What is software automation? What is software analytics?

Software 187

Software Software Analytics Big Data 187

Dynatrace

JUNE 10, 2022

.” While this methodology extends to every layer of the IT stack, infrastructure as code (IAC) is the most prominent example. Here, we’ll tackle the basics, benefits, and best practices of IAC, as well as choosing infrastructure-as-code tools for your organization. What is infrastructure as code? Consistency.

Best Practices 209

Best Practices Infrastructure Code Speed 209

Dynatrace

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

That’s where hyperconverged infrastructure, or HCI, comes in. What is hyperconverged infrastructure? Hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) is an IT architecture that combines servers, storage, and networking functions into a unified, software-centric platform to streamline resource management.

Infrastructure 200

Infrastructure Storage Virtualization Network 200

Dynatrace

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

IT infrastructure is the heart of your digital business and connects every area – physical and virtual servers, storage, databases, networks, cloud services. We’ve seen the IT infrastructure landscape evolve rapidly over the past few years. What is infrastructure monitoring? . Dynatrace news.

Infrastructure 200

Infrastructure Monitoring Virtualization Serverless 200

Dynatrace

JUNE 28, 2022

Organizations can now accelerate innovation and reduce the risk of failed software releases by incorporating on-demand synthetic monitoring as a metrics provider for automatic, continuous release-validation processes. The ability to scale testing as part of the software development lifecycle (SDLC) has proven difficult.

Monitoring 200

Monitoring Software Software DevOps 200

Dynatrace

OCTOBER 28, 2020

As a PSM system administrator, you’ve relied on AppMon as a preconfigured APM tool for detecting, diagnosing, and repairing problems that impact the operational health of your Windchill application suite. The Dynatrace Software Intelligence Platform provides you with so much more monitoring functionality. Dynatrace news.

Monitoring 146

Monitoring Systems Infrastructure Cloud 146

Scalegrid

JANUARY 11, 2024

Cloud security monitoring is key—identifying threats in real-time and mitigating risks before they escalate. This article strips away the complexities, walking you through best practices, top tools, and strategies you’ll need for a well-defended cloud infrastructure. What does it take to secure your cloud assets effectively?

Best Practices 130

Best Practices Cloud Monitoring Strategy 130

Dynatrace

JUNE 29, 2022

More than 90% of enterprises now rely on a hybrid cloud infrastructure to deliver innovative digital services and capture new markets. That’s because cloud platforms offer flexibility and extensibility for an organization’s existing infrastructure. Dynatrace news. With public clouds, multiple organizations share resources.

Infrastructure 182

Infrastructure Cloud Azure AWS 182

The Netflix TechBlog

OCTOBER 19, 2020

which is difficult when troubleshooting distributed systems. Now let’s look at how we designed the tracing infrastructure that powers Edgar. This insight led us to build Edgar: a distributed tracing infrastructure and user experience. Investigating a video streaming failure consists of inspecting all aspects of a member account.

Infrastructure 233

Infrastructure Transportation Storage Open Source 233

Scalegrid

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

A distributed storage system is foundational in today’s data-driven landscape, ensuring data spread over multiple servers is reliable, accessible, and manageable. This guide delves into how these systems work, the challenges they solve, and their essential role in businesses and technology.

Storage 130

Storage Systems Big Data Azure 130

Dotcom-Montior

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Web developers or administrators did not have to worry or even consider the complexity of distributed systems of today. Great, your system was ready to be deployed. Once the system was deployed, to ensure everything was running smoothly, it only took a couple of simple checks to verify. What is a Distributed System?

Systems 74

Systems Monitoring Hardware Network 74

Dynatrace

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Infrastructure as code is a way to automate infrastructure provisioning and management. In this blog, I explore how Dynatrace has made cloud automation attainable—and repeatable—at scale by embracing the principles of infrastructure as code. Infrastructure-as-code. But how does it work in practice?

Infrastructure 172

Infrastructure Code Cloud DevOps 172

Dynatrace

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Log monitoring, log analysis, and log analytics are more important than ever as organizations adopt more cloud-native technologies, containers, and microservices-based architectures. A log is a detailed, timestamped record of an event generated by an operating system, computing environment, application, server, or network device.

Analytics 209

Analytics Monitoring Artificial Intelligence DevOps 209

DZone

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Observability Vs. Monitoring: Why A Developer Needs Both. Given the complexity of distributing the evolving cloud-based services and infrastructures across a diverse range of users, IT service providers consistently observe and monitor metrics, datasets, and logs.

Monitoring 226

Monitoring Development Infrastructure Cloud 226

Dynatrace

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Log management is an organization’s rules and policies for managing and enabling the creation, transmission, analysis, storage, and other tasks related to IT systems’ and applications’ log data. Most infrastructure and applications generate logs. Comparing log monitoring, log analytics, and log management.

Systems 185

Systems Cloud Analytics DevOps 185

Dynatrace

APRIL 18, 2024

DevOps and platform engineering are essential disciplines that provide immense value in the realm of cloud-native technology and software delivery. Observability of applications and infrastructure serves as a critical foundation for DevOps and platform engineering, offering a comprehensive view into system performance and behavior.

DevOps 190

DevOps Engineering Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure 190

Dynatrace

MAY 24, 2023

Dynatrace is proud to provide deep monitoring support for Azure Linux as a container host operating system (OS) platform for Azure Kubernetes Services (AKS) to enable customers to operate efficiently and innovate faster. Why monitor Azure Linux container host for AKS? Resource utilization management. Performance.

Azure 226

Azure Monitoring Operating System Virtualization 226

Scalegrid

DECEMBER 21, 2023

In today’s data-driven world, the ability to effectively monitor and manage data is of paramount importance. With its widespread use in modern application architectures, understanding the ins and outs of Redis® monitoring is essential for any tech professional. Redis®, a powerful in-memory data store, is no exception.

Strategy 130

Strategy Monitoring Latency DevOps 130

Dynatrace

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Why organizations are turning to software development to deliver business value. Digital immunity has emerged as a strategic priority for organizations striving to create secure software development that delivers business value. Software development success no longer means just meeting project deadlines. Autonomous testing.

Software 195

Software Software Artificial Intelligence DevOps 195

Dynatrace

DECEMBER 27, 2022

When organizations implement SLOs, they can improve software development processes and application performance. SLOs improve software quality. SLOs can be a great way for DevOps and infrastructure teams to use data and performance expectations to make decisions, such as whether to release and where engineers should focus their time.

Software 263

Software Software Benchmarking Latency 263

Dynatrace

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Visibility into system activity and behavior has become increasingly critical given organizations’ widespread use of Amazon Web Services (AWS) and other serverless platforms. These resources generate vast amounts of data in various locations, including containers, which can be virtual and ephemeral, thus more difficult to monitor.

Best Practices 211

Best Practices AWS Monitoring Serverless 211

DZone

JULY 22, 2019

At Logicify , we are proud to be software monitoring geeks. We love to monitor both the apps we develop and the ones we use internally. Monitoring helps us be proactive and avert issues before real users are affected. Not because they are sloppy. Not because we don’t trust our code.

Monitoring 100

Monitoring Infrastructure Software Software 100

Dynatrace

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

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. They help foster confidence and consistency throughout the entire software development lifecycle (SDLC).

Speed 206

Speed Software Software Latency 206

Dynatrace

MARCH 20, 2024

Deploying software in Kubernetes is often viewed as a straightforward process—just use kubectl or a GitOps solution like ArgoCD to deploy a YAML file, and you’re all set, right? Numerous hurdles can hinder successful deployments, from resource constraints to external dependencies and monitoring inadequacies.

Open Source 267

Open Source Hardware DevOps Infrastructure 267

Dynatrace

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Software and data are a company’s competitive advantage. That’s because every company is now a software company. As a result, organizations need software to work perfectly to create customer experiences, deliver innovation, and generate operational efficiency. That’s exactly what a software intelligence platform does.

Analytics 191

Analytics Software Software Storage 191

Dynatrace

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Sure, cloud infrastructure requires comprehensive performance visibility, as Dynatrace provides , but the services that leverage cloud infrastructures also require close attention. Extend infrastructure observability to WSO2 API Manager. Save hours of bug hunting with out-of-the-box WSO2 API Manager monitoring.

Infrastructure 191

Infrastructure Latency Metrics Analytics 191

Dynatrace

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Certification by an independent assessor includes an audit of the company’s information security measures, including its infrastructure, processes, and data protection practices. The certification is issued by ENX , a well-known German association, and is globally recognized 1.

Automotive 245

Automotive Infrastructure Analytics Innovation 245

Dynatrace

APRIL 8, 2024

Optimize the IT infrastructure supporting risk management processes and controls for maximum performance and resilience. Managing these risks involves using a range of technology solutions, from in-house, do-it-yourself solutions to third-party, software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions.

Analytics 200

Analytics Infrastructure Efficiency Technology 200

Dynatrace

MAY 2, 2024

As organizations train generative AI systems with critical data, they must be aware of the security and compliance risks. Whether multicloud or hybrid , public or private, cloud-native architecture offers flexibility and agility to help organizations deliver software faster. Check out the resources below for more information.

Artificial Intelligence 229

Artificial Intelligence Cloud Best Practices DevOps 229

Dynatrace

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

According to leading analyst firm Gartner, “80% of software engineering organizations will establish platform teams as internal providers of reusable services, components, and tools for application delivery…” by 2026. The ability to effectively manage multi-cluster infrastructure is critical to consistent and scalable service delivery.

Engineering 273

Engineering DevOps Best Practices Infrastructure 273

Dynatrace

APRIL 26, 2022

Digital experience monitoring (DEM) allows an organization to optimize customer experiences by taking into account the context surrounding digital experience metrics. What is digital experience monitoring? Primary digital experience monitoring tools.

Monitoring 203

Monitoring Social Media IoT Metrics 203

Dynatrace

JANUARY 31, 2024

Monitoring SAP products can present challenges Monitoring SAP systems can be challenging due to the inherent complexity of using different technologies—such as ABAP, Java, and cloud offerings—and the sheer amount of generated data. SAP Basis teams have established best practices for managing their SAP systems.

Java 188

Java Analytics Best Practices Monitoring 188

Dynatrace

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

It offers automated installation, upgrades, and life cycle management throughout the container stack — the operating system, Kubernetes and cluster services, and applications — on any cloud. It also protects your development infrastructure at scale with enterprise-grade security. Scale and manage infrastructure. The result?

Monitoring 147

Monitoring DevOps Infrastructure Metrics 147

Dynatrace

JANUARY 31, 2024

Still, a single unmonitored host can become a weak link , causing system failures and security breaches. This includes the ability to tailor the observability and security coverage to the requirements of different application tiers and systems. The new Discovery & Coverage app helps achieve these full monitoring coverage goals.

Analytics 173

Analytics Infrastructure Monitoring Cloud 173