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Helping VFX studios pave a path to the cloud

The Netflix TechBlog

But it’s not easy: to pull this off, VFX studios need to build and operate serious technical infrastructure (compute, storage, networking, and software licensing), otherwise known as a “ render farm.” This ultimately results in more compelling entertainment for Netflix members.

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Snap: a microkernel approach to host networking

The Morning Paper

Snap: a microkernel approach to host networking Marty et al., This paper describes the networking stack, Snap , that has been running in production at Google for the last three years+. You need a lot of software engineers and the willingness to rewrite a lot of software to entertain that idea. SOSP’19. Enter Google!

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Packaging award-winning shows with award-winning technology

The Netflix TechBlog

In all these cases, prior to being delivered through our content delivery network Open Connect , our award-winning TV shows, movies and documentaries like The Crown need to be packaged to enable crucial features for our members. Decryption modules need to be initialized with the appropriate scheme and initialization vector.

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Growth Engineering at Netflix?—?Automated Imagery Generation

The Netflix TechBlog

entertainment?—?and The homepage needs to load in a reasonable amount of time, even in poor network conditions. However, it would be cost-inefficient to leverage this same hardware for lightweight and more consistent traffic patterns that an asset management service requires. the background image shown above).

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Understanding What Kubernetes Is Used For: The Key to Cloud-Native Efficiency

Percona

Kubernetes manages and orchestrates these containers, handling tasks such as deployment, scaling, load balancing, and networking. Your workloads, encapsulated in containers, can be deployed freely across different clouds or your own hardware. Just consider the sheer number of people who stream Netflix every night!

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Expanding the Cloud - Cluster Compute Instances for Amazon EC2.

All Things Distributed

Customers with complex computational workloads such as tightly coupled, parallel processes, or with applications that are very sensitive to network performance, can now achieve the same high compute and networking performance provided by custom-built infrastructure while benefiting from the elasticity, flexibility and cost advantages of Amazon EC2.

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Why Traditional Monitoring Isn’t Enough for Modern Web Applications

Dotcom-Montior

Users who rely on the websites for their fundamental needs or entertainment will not tolerate even a few seconds delay. Network or connection error. Network latency. Hardware resources. Network Latency. Network latency can be affected due to. Network equipment like cable or router. Hardware Resources.