The Netflix TechBlog

JUNE 4, 2019

Because microprocessors are so fast, computer architecture design has evolved towards adding various levels of caching between compute units and the main memory, in order to hide the latency of bringing the bits to the brains. CFS is widely used and therefore well tested and Linux machines around the world run with reasonable performance.

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KeyCDN

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

The POP is strategially located within the country and lowers latency overall. KeyCDN is always on the lookout for ways to minimize latency and accelerate asset delivery worldwide. With this new POP, our performance in Latin America has significantly improved and provides a better web experience.

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The Netflix TechBlog

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Over the course of this post, we will talk about our approach to this migration, the strategies that we employed, and the tools we built to support this. In this step, a pipeline picks our candidate change, deploys the service, makes it publicly discoverable, and redirects a small percentage of production traffic to this new service.

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Percona

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

While there is no magic bullet for MySQL performance tuning, there are a few areas that can be focused on upfront that can dramatically improve the performance of your MySQL installation. What are the Benefits of MySQL Performance Tuning? Experiencing database performance issues?

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Scalegrid

JANUARY 8, 2024

By analyzing real-time data, AI-based models can: Adjust the allocation of resources in response to demand Boost business performance Reduce unnecessary expenditures Lead to significant cost savings Improve scalability Operational Efficiency through Automation Automation is a significant way AI enhances cloud operations.

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The Netflix TechBlog

OCTOBER 19, 2020

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. Our engineering teams tuned their services for performance after factoring in increased resource utilization due to tracing.

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IO River

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Do continue reading to gain a deep dive into static and dynamic content, its differences, pros, and cons while focusing on the best ways to optimize performance on websites that use such content.‍What This increased server load can strain server resources, especially during high-traffic periods. How Can You Boost Website Performance?To

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Scalegrid

APRIL 16, 2020

In this post, we compare ScaleGrid’s Bring Your Own Cloud (BYOC) plan vs. the standard Dedicated Hosting model to help you determine the best strategy for your MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis™ and MongoDB® database deployment. Deploying your application and database on the same VPC also provides the lowest possible latency path. Expert Tip.

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Dynatrace

JULY 6, 2020

As adoption rates for Microsoft Azure continue to skyrocket, Dynatrace is developing a deeper integration with the platform to provide even more value to organizations that run their businesses on Azure or use it as a part of their multi-cloud strategy. Azure Traffic Manager. Effortlessly optimize Azure database performance.

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Smashing Magazine

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

As developers, we rightfully obsess about the customer experience, relentlessly working to squeeze every millisecond out of the critical rendering path, optimize input latency, and eliminate jank. At the limit, statically generated, edge delivered, and HTML-first pages look like the optimal strategy.

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IO River

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Do continue reading to gain a deep dive into static and dynamic content, its differences, pros, and cons while focusing on the best ways to optimize performance on websites that use such content.‍What is Static Content?Static This increased server load can strain server resources, especially during high-traffic periods.

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VoltDB

JUNE 9, 2017

The performance requirements for telco networks are staggering – the ability to process millions of transactions per second, the ability to manage billions of events per day, and the ability to manage tens of millions of devices simultaneously – and to do so without any perceptible downtime. Does this affect our analytics strategy?

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VoltDB

JUNE 9, 2017

The performance requirements for telco networks are staggering – the ability to process millions of transactions per second, the ability to manage billions of events per day, and the ability to manage tens of millions of devices simultaneously – and to do so without any perceptible downtime. Does this affect our analytics strategy?

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The Netflix TechBlog

JUNE 14, 2023

This blog post will share broadly-applicable techniques (beyond GraphQL) we used to perform this migration. The three strategies we will discuss today are AB Testing , Replay Testing, and Sticky Canaries. Let’s discuss the three testing strategies in further detail. To launch Phase 1 safely, we used AB Testing.

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Rigor

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Reading time 4 min It’s important for both technical and business teams to understand the different web performance monitoring options that are available as well as their various use cases and the benefits of each. Understanding Web Performance Monitoring Methodologies. AB Test the Performance Impact of Third Parties.

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Percona

DECEMBER 11, 2023

A quick configuration change may do the trick in improving the performance of your AWS RDS for MySQL instance. Here, we will discuss a notable new feature in Amazon RDS, the Dedicated Log Volume (DLV), that has been introduced to boost database performance. Who can benefit from DLV? 2xlarge c5.2xlarge MySQL 8.0.31

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Testsigma

JANUARY 30, 2021

The native and mobile web browser testing is being performed more and more compared to desktop testing. The graph below shows the result of a survey performed by Statistica in 2020 on the increase of usage of mobile data across years. Prioritize browser testing based on usage, market demand, highest traffic.

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Smashing Magazine

AUGUST 3, 2023

How We Optimized Performance To Serve A Global Audience How We Optimized Performance To Serve A Global Audience Liran Cohen 2023-08-03T10:00:00+00:00 2023-08-03T13:06:00+00:00 I work for Bookaway , a digital travel brand. It increases our visibility and enables us to draw a steady stream of organic (or “free”) traffic to our site.

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Dynatrace

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Streamline development and delivery processes Nowadays, digital transformation strategies are executed by almost every organization across all industries. SREs use Service-Level Indicators (SLI) to see the complete picture of service availability, latency, performance, and capacity across various systems, especially revenue-critical systems.

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IO River

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

A CDN (Content Delivery Network) is a network of geographically distributed servers that brings web content closer to where end users are located, to ensure high availability, optimized performance and low latency. The result would be a performance drop in the end users’ experience, often causing the application to become unusable.

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Scalegrid

MARCH 28, 2024

In this comparison of Redis vs Memcached, we strip away the complexity, focusing on each in-memory data store’s performance, scalability, and unique features. Redis and Memcached both provide high performance with sub-millisecond response times. Choosing between Redis and Memcached hinges on specific application requirements.

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Cache Storage Scalability Architecture 130

Scalegrid

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Data replication strategies like full, incremental, and log-based replication are crucial for improving data availability and fault tolerance in distributed systems, while synchronous and asynchronous methods impact data consistency and system costs. By implementing data replication strategies, distributed storage systems achieve greater.

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IO River

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

They need to deliver impeccable performance without breaking the bank.According to recent industry statistics, global streaming has seen an uptick of 30% in the past year, underscoring the importance of efficient CDN architecture strategies. Fundamentally, internet traffic can be broadly categorized into static and dynamic content.Â

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IO River

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

They need to deliver impeccable performance without breaking the bank.According to recent industry statistics, global streaming has seen an uptick of 30% in the past year, underscoring the importance of efficient CDN architecture strategies. Fundamentally, internet traffic can be broadly categorized into static and dynamic content.

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Architecture Performance Internet Internet 52

IO River

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

A CDN (Content Delivery Network) is a network of geographically distributed servers that brings web content closer to where end users are located, to ensure high availability, optimized performance and low latency. The result would be a performance drop in the end users’ experience, often causing the application to become unusable.

Best Practices 40

Best Practices Strategy Traffic Virtualization 40

Scalegrid

DECEMBER 16, 2019

In this post, we’ll walk you through the best way to host MongoDB on DigitalOcean, including the best instance types to use, disk types, replication strategy, and managed service providers. What’s most impressive is that you’re not compromising performance for cost. MongoDB Replication Strategies. DigitalOcean Droplets.

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IO River

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

A low-cost CDN may not always be as reliable and high-performing as a high-cost one. Therefore, you need to make sure you have the right balance between costs and performance & reliability according to your business needs.Here are some questions to ask yourself before choosing a CDN:How important is the price to you?

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The Netflix TechBlog

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

In that scenario, the system would need to deal with the data propagation latency directly, for example, by use of timeouts or client-originated update tracking mechanisms. With traffic growth, a single leader node handling all request volume started becoming overloaded. The cache is kept in sync with the current leader process.

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Dynatrace

JUNE 27, 2022

These development and testing practices ensure the performance of critical applications and resources to deliver loyalty-building user experiences. Real user monitoring (RUM) is a performance monitoring process that collects detailed data about users’ interactions with an application. What is real user monitoring?

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Best Practices Monitoring Wireless Traffic 172

IO River

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

A low-cost CDN may not always be as reliable and high-performing as a high-cost one. Therefore, you need to make sure you have the right balance between costs and performance & reliability according to your business needs.Here are some questions to ask yourself before choosing a CDN:How important is the price to you?

Infrastructure 52

Infrastructure Traffic Cache Strategy 52

IO River

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

By investing in robust infrastructure and implementing a multi-CDN strategy, Netflix ensures the high availability of its streaming service across various devices and regions. The stakes are even higher during high-traffic periods such as Black Friday or Cyber Monday. High availability is a business imperative in this sector.

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IO River

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

By investing in robust infrastructure and implementing a multi-CDN strategy, Netflix ensures the high availability of its streaming service across various devices and regions. The stakes are even higher during high-traffic periods such as Black Friday or Cyber Monday. High availability is a business imperative in this sector.

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Availability Social Media Traffic Games 52

The Netflix TechBlog

JULY 26, 2021

Operational Reporting is a reporting paradigm specialized in covering high-resolution, low-latency data sets, serving detailed day-to-day activities¹ and processes of a business domain. The compaction process is needed to optimize the performance of downstream queries on the business view as well as lower costs of S3 GET OBJECT operations.

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The Morning Paper

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

Taiji: managing global user traffic for large-scale internet services at the edge Xu et al., It’s another networking paper to close out the week (and our coverage of SOSP’19), but whereas Snap looked at traffic routing within the datacenter, Taiji is concerned with routing traffic from the edge to a datacenter. SOSP’19.

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Traffic Internet Internet Latency 42

Scalegrid

JANUARY 12, 2024

Simply put, it’s the set of computational tasks that cloud systems perform, such as hosting databases, enabling collaboration tools, or running compute-intensive algorithms. These crucial elements act as conductors in a symphony, coordinating the performance of all aspects related to cloud workloads.

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Cloud Virtualization Storage Efficiency 130

Alex Russell

MAY 9, 2022

Despite advances in browser tooling , automated evaluation , lab tools , guidance , and runtimes , however, teams struggle to deliver even decent performance with today's popular frameworks. What is Performance? It may seem a silly question, but what is performance, exactly?

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The Netflix TechBlog

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Perceptual quality measurements are used to drive video encoding optimizations , perform video codec comparisons , carry out A/B testing and optimize streaming QoE decisions to mention a few. This enables us to use our scale to increase throughput and reduce latencies. VQS is called using the measureQuality endpoint.

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