The Netflix TechBlog

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

How can we achieve a similar functionality when designing our gRPC APIs? Add FieldMask to the Request Message Instead of creating one-off “include” fields, API designers can add field_mask field to the request message: [link] Consumers can set paths for the fields they expect to receive in the response. Field names are not included.

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DZone

JUNE 22, 2023

It involves a combination of techniques and best practices aimed at reducing latency, improving user experience, and increasing the overall efficiency of the system. API performance optimization is the process of improving the speed, scalability, and reliability of APIs.

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Scalegrid

JANUARY 5, 2024

Enhanced data security, better data integrity, and efficient access to information. Despite initial investment costs, DBMS presents long-term savings and improved efficiency through automated processes, efficient query optimizations, and scalability, contributing to enhanced decision-making and end-user productivity.

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Efficiency Storage Database Scalability 147

Dynatrace

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Why manual audits and custom scripts fall short for Kubernetes security posture management In the dynamic and complex world of Kubernetes, relying on manual audits, custom scripts, and general-purpose security tools is no longer enough to achieve efficient security posture management. Here’s why: Misconfigurations are pervasive.

Best Practices 256

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Dynatrace

DECEMBER 3, 2024

This year’s AWS re:Invent will showcase a suite of new AWS and Dynatrace integrations designed to enhance cloud performance, security, and automation. These innovations promise to streamline operations, boost efficiency, and offer deeper insights for enterprises using AWS services.

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AWS Cloud Performance Innovation 256

DZone

AUGUST 14, 2024

When building ETL data pipelines using Azure Data Factory (ADF) to process huge amounts of data from different sources, you may often run into performance and design-related challenges. This article will serve as a guide in building high-performance ETL pipelines that are both efficient and scalable.

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DZone

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

SIMD Computers Overview SIMD (Single Instruction, Multiple Data) computers represent a class of parallel computing architectures designed to execute a single instruction across multiple data points simultaneously. This approach enables efficient processing of large datasets by applying the same operation to multiple elements concurrently.

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DZone

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Enter IoT device management — the suite of tools and practices designed to monitor, maintain, and update these interconnected devices. Efficient device management allows organizations to handle this vast network without hitches. As these devices multiply, so does the complexity of managing them.

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DZone

JANUARY 8, 2024

As organizations increasingly migrate their applications to the cloud, efficient and scalable load balancing becomes pivotal for ensuring optimal performance and high availability. Each of these services addresses specific use cases, offering diverse functionalities to meet the demands of modern applications. What Is Load Balancing?

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DZone

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Virtual threads are a lightweight and efficient alternative to traditional platform threads, designed to simplify concurrent programming and enhance the performance of Java applications. They are designed to address the challenges of writing, maintaining, and optimizing high-throughput concurrent applications.

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The Netflix TechBlog

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

While conventional video codecs remain prevalent, NN-based video encoding tools are flourishing and closing the performance gap in terms of compression efficiency. We employed an adaptive network design that is applicable to the wide variety of resolutions we use for encoding. How do we apply neural networks at scale efficiently?

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DZone

JUNE 20, 2024

In the vast realm of software development, there's a pursuit for software systems that are not only robust and efficient but can also "heal" themselves. They are designed to detect, diagnose, and resolve issues without human intervention, allowing for higher uptime and reliability.

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Dynatrace

MARCH 29, 2024

AI innovation elevates efficiency and performance of Google Cloud AI adoption is increasingly critical for any organization. Visit Dynatrace booth #1141 during the event to explore how its real-time insights and optimization capabilities ensure seamless scalability and performance.

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Dynatrace

MAY 7, 2024

Fluent Bit is a telemetry agent designed to receive data (logs, traces, and metrics), process or modify it, and export it to a destination. Fluent Bit was designed to help you adjust your data and add the proper context, which can be helpful in the observability backend. What’s the difference between Fluent Bit and Fluentd?

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DZone

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Choosing the right data types in PostgreSQL can significantly impact your database's performance and efficiency. Whether you're designing tables for a new project or optimizing an existing database, these insights will help you make informed decisions.

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Scalegrid

MAY 13, 2020

It’s architecture was specially designed to manage large-scale data warehouses and business intelligence workloads by giving you the ability to spread your data out across a multitude of servers. Greenplum uses an MPP database design that can help you develop a scalable, high performance deployment. Greenplum Architectural Design.

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DZone

AUGUST 7, 2023

Lightweight Linux distributions are specifically designed to be low-resource, efficient, and quick, offering users a smooth and responsive user experience. These lightweight distributions are tailored to run on older hardware or low-powered devices while still providing users a robust and customizable experience.

Hardware 245

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DZone

JUNE 25, 2024

Scalable software architectures are the backbone of efficient and flexible production lines, enabling manufacturers to meet the increasing demands for innovative display technologies. As display manufacturing continues to evolve, the demand for scalable software solutions to support automation has become more critical than ever.

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Dynatrace

JANUARY 26, 2021

This includes custom, built-in-house apps designed for a single, specific purpose, API-driven connections that bridge the gap between legacy systems and new services, and innovative apps that leverage open-source code to streamline processes. Each has its own role to play in successfully implementing this tactical trifecta at scale.

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The Netflix TechBlog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

In this post, we dive deep into how Netflix’s KV abstraction works, the architectural principles guiding its design, the challenges we faced in scaling diverse use cases, and the technical innovations that have allowed us to achieve the performance and reliability required by Netflix’s global operations.

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DZone

JULY 12, 2023

Cloud-native architecture has become a key concept in the software industry, providing an efficient way to develop, deploy, and manage applications in the cloud. As more and more applications are moved to the cloud, it becomes increasingly important to design and build them in a way that takes full advantage of cloud computing.

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DZone

APRIL 13, 2023

The Apollo router is a powerful routing solution designed to replace the GraphQL Gateway. With its ability to handle large amounts of traffic and complex data, the Apollo router is quickly becoming a popular choice among developers seeking a reliable and efficient routing solution.

Monitoring 245

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Dynatrace

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

As more organizations move their operations to the cloud, it is crucial for teams to have visibility and control over their applications and infrastructure to ensure smooth and efficient operations. This seamless integration allows organizations to leverage Dynatrace AI-driven observability for more efficient application migrations.

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Dynatrace

OCTOBER 10, 2023

EdgeConnect facilitates seamless interaction, ensuring data security and operational efficiency. In this hybrid world, IT and business processes often span across a blend of on-premises and SaaS systems, making standardization and automation necessary for efficiency.

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The Netflix TechBlog

APRIL 20, 2020

To achieve that, we are efficiently using ABR (adaptive bitrate streaming) for a better playback experience, DRM (Digital Right Management) to protect our service and TLS (Transport Layer Security) to protect customer privacy and to create a safer streaming experience. It is simpler, more secure and more efficient than its predecessor.

Network 247

Network Media Transportation Traffic 247

DZone

JANUARY 23, 2022

There are various High availability deployment patterns that are employed and with the advent of containerization bundled with the power of DevOps, more efficient patterns of solving this problem have also emerged. In today's world, cloud providers take care of the rest usually.

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Hardware DevOps Network Storage 243

DZone

AUGUST 9, 2023

Machine learning (ML) has seen explosive growth in recent years, leading to increased demand for robust, scalable, and efficient deployment methods. This article proposes a technique using Docker, an open-source platform designed to automate application deployment, scaling, and management, as a solution to these challenges.

Scalability 246

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DZone

OCTOBER 25, 2021

The goal of Levels of Testing is to make software testing more structured and efficient, as well as to make it easier to identify all available test cases and test scenarios at a given level. There are various steps in the SDLC paradigm, such as requirement gathering, analysis, coding, design, execution, testing, and deployment.

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Software Software Testing Efficiency 246

Dynatrace

JULY 24, 2024

By leveraging Dynatrace observability on Red Hat OpenShift running on Linux, you can accelerate modernization to hybrid cloud and increase operational efficiencies with greater visibility across the full stack from hardware through application processes. Dynatrace is designed to scale easily across the entire Kubernetes stack.

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DZone

JULY 13, 2021

Experienced engineers used Perl scripts, vi, grep and awk to make log searches more efficient. These historical approaches worked for a different era of software applications: ones more monolithic in design, changing relatively infrequently (once every few weeks or months) and with only a handful of log types to monitor.

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Google Architecture Efficiency Cloud 261

Dynatrace

APRIL 22, 2024

In trans-Atlantic and global business relationships, the privacy frameworks and regulations in various regions must be aligned to allow efficient collaboration between enterprises and other involved institutions. the Data Privacy Framework (DPF) is designed to serve as an adequate data transfer mechanism under the GDPR.

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DZone

JANUARY 17, 2022

To design a scalable Android application in a multi-core device environment, an Android developer must be able to create concurrent execution lines that mix and match data from many resources. All of this is important, but it's just the tip of the mobile monitoring iceberg.

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DZone

JULY 12, 2023

Among the multitude of VM options available, Azure B Series Virtual Machines stand out as a cost-effective and efficient choice for various workloads. These VMs are designed to handle workloads that have varying resource requirements and can adapt to changing demands dynamically. What Are Azure B Series Virtual Machines?

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Azure Virtualization Scalability Cloud 246

DZone

DECEMBER 28, 2020

The system could work efficiently with a specific number of concurrent users; however, it may get dysfunctional with extra loads during peak traffic. It is almost a part of the wider performance engineering portrait, concentrating on performance glitches in the architecture and design of any software.

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DZone

OCTOBER 27, 2023

In the dynamic world of microservices architecture, efficient service communication is the linchpin that keeps the system running smoothly. This dedicated infrastructure layer is designed to cater to service-to-service communication, offering essential features like load balancing, security, monitoring, and resilience.

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Traffic Best Practices Architecture Network 240

Dynatrace

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

DevSecOps best practices provide guidelines to help organizations achieve efficient and secure application design, development, implementation, and management. Some DevSecOps best practices include the following: Security by design. Many organizations also face cultural challenges that hamper DevSecOps practice implementation.

Best Practices 275

Best Practices DevOps Education Serverless 275

Dynatrace

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Dynatrace and the AWS Well-Architected Framework ensure continuous optimization of cloud architecture, aligning with the key pillars of operational excellence, security, reliability, performance efficiency, cost optimization, and sustainability.

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