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Stuff The Internet Says On Scalability For March 8th, 2019

High Scalability

There was already a transportation network called the US Postal Service, and Royal Mail, and Deutsche Post, all over the world, that could deliver our packages. They'll learn a lot and love you even more. There was already a telecommunication network, which became the backbone of the internet. So many more quotes.

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Kubernetes vs Docker: What’s the difference?

Dynatrace

Just like shipping containers revolutionized the transportation industry, Docker containers disrupted software. This opens the door to auto-scalable applications, which effortlessly matches the demands of rapidly growing and varying user traffic. In production, containers are easy to replicate. What is Docker? Networking.

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Building Netflix’s Distributed Tracing Infrastructure

The Netflix TechBlog

This was the most important question we considered when building our infrastructure because data sampling policy dictates the amount of traces that are recorded, transported, and stored. The next challenge was to stream large amounts of traces via a scalable data processing platform. Storage: don’t break the bank!

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Towards a Reliable Device Management Platform

The Netflix TechBlog

The challenge, then, is to be able to ingest and process these events in a scalable manner, i.e., scaling with the number of devices, which will be the focus of this blog post. As such, we can see that the traffic load on the Device Management Platform’s control plane is very dynamic over time.

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Simple streaming telemetry

The Netflix TechBlog

Introducing gnmi-gateway: a modular, distributed, and highly available service for modern network telemetry via OpenConfig and gNMI By: Colin McIntosh, Michael Costello Netflix runs its own content delivery network, Open Connect , which delivers all streaming traffic to our members. Where is Cacti for streaming telemetry?

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MongoDB Security: Top Security Concerns and Best Practices

Percona

Because of its NoSQL origin and document architecture design, MongoDB is much more flexible and scalable than SQL databases such as MySQL. Encrypting traffic ensures that no one can “sniff” sensitive data on the network. As a result, typically, much more data is stored in MongoDB than in traditional SQL databases.

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How We Optimized Performance To Serve A Global Audience

Smashing Magazine

As an online booking platform, we connect travelers with transport providers worldwide, offering bus, ferry, train, and car transfers in over 30 countries. We aim to eliminate the complexity and hassle associated with travel planning by providing a one-stop solution for all transportation needs. Bookaway site search.