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Stuff The Internet Says On Scalability For March 22nd, 2019

High Scalability

µs of replication latency on lossy Ethernet, which is faster than or comparable to specialized replication systems that use programmable switches, FPGAs, or RDMA.". slobodan_ : "It is serverless the same way WiFi is wireless. We achieve 5.5 matthewstoller : I just looked at Netflix’s 10K. Yep, there are more quotes.

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Employing QUIC Protocol to Optimize Uber’s App Performance

Uber Engineering

Uber operates on a global scale across more than 600 cities, with our apps relying entirely on wireless connectivity from over 4,500 mobile carriers.

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HTTP/3: Performance Improvements (Part 2)

Smashing Magazine

This is because HTTP/3 and QUIC mainly help deal with the somewhat uncommon yet potentially high-impact problems that can arise on today’s Internet. 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.