The Netflix TechBlog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

As described by the white paper Apple ProRes ( link ), the target data rate of the Apple ProRes HQ for 1920x1080 at 29.97 Table 1: Movie and File Size Examples Initial Architecture A simplified view of our initial cloud video processing pipeline is illustrated in the following diagram. is 220 Mbps.

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Cloud Media Storage Cache 242

Percona

JULY 7, 2023

Unfortunately, using certain open source database software as part of an HA architecture can present significant challenges. Downtime due to SPOFs can also be attributed to bottlenecks from architectures designed for applications instead of databases. Despite all its upside, PostgreSQL software presents such challenges.

Availability 98

Availability Open Source Architecture Database 98

All Things Distributed

AUGUST 16, 2012

An apples to apples comparison of the costs associated with running various usage patterns on-premises and with AWS requires more than a simple comparison of hardware expense versus always-on utility pricing for compute and storage. Total Cost of Ownership and the Return on Agility. By Werner Vogels on 16 August 2012 10:00 AM. Comments ().

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AWS Hardware Traffic Best Practices 99

Percona

AUGUST 30, 2018

You can see in this case it happens to match the IO activity graph, with storage taking more time to serve write requests versus read requests. While our white paper Performance at Scale could provide useful insight if you are at the planning or review stage.

Benchmarking 69

Benchmarking Database Operating System Architecture 69

Percona

APRIL 17, 2023

The swap issue is explained in the excellent article by Jeremy Cole at the Swap Insanity and NUMA Architecture. For example: Read/Write tickets WiredTiger uses tickets to control the number of read / write operations simultaneously processed by the storage engine. The report focuses on MySQL, but it is valid for MongoDB as well.

Best Practices 52

Best Practices Design Tuning Database 52

SQL Server According to Bob

JANUARY 11, 2020

This White Paper is for informational purposes only. Stable Media Stable media is often confused with physical storage. SQL Server defines stable media as storage that can survive system restart or common failure. For example, many high-end installations contain multiple I/O storage devices. SQL Server 7.0

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Servers Cache Media Hardware 40

Adrian Cockcroft

JUNE 21, 2022

In 1991 I wrote a white paper on performance that was widely read, and in 1993 (with help from Brian Wong) that got me a job in the USA, working alongside Brian for Mike Briggs in technical product marketing. Later on after some re-orgs we ended up reporting to Greg Papadopoulos, who was CTO of the server organization at the time.

Tuning 52

Tuning Benchmarking Engineering C++ 52