Scalegrid

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

A distributed storage system is foundational in today’s data-driven landscape, ensuring data spread over multiple servers is reliable, accessible, and manageable. This guide delves into how these systems work, the challenges they solve, and their essential role in businesses and technology.

Storage 130

Storage Systems Big Data Azure 130

VoltDB

MAY 14, 2024

Balancing Low Latency, High Availability and Cloud Choice Cloud hosting is no longer just an option — it’s now, in many cases, the default choice. Low usage or over-engineered legacy systems Until the arrival of cloud hosting, nobody knew how to size anything properly, or they did know but never got a chance to. Why are they refusing?

Latency 52

Latency Availability Cloud Hardware 52

The Netflix TechBlog

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

These include challenges with tail latency and idempotency, managing “wide” partitions with many rows, handling single large “fat” columns, and slow response pagination. It also serves as central configuration of access patterns such as consistency or latency targets. Useful for keeping “n-newest” or prefix path deletion.

Latency 248

Latency Storage Cache Efficiency 248

CSS Wizardry

JANUARY 31, 2019

When it comes to network performance, there are two main limiting factors that will slow you down: bandwidth and latency. Latency is defined as…. how long it takes for a bit of data to travel across the network from one node or endpoint to another. and reduction in latency. and reduction in latency.

Latency 133

Latency Network Speed Servers 133

DZone

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

In this article, we will explore one of the most common and useful resilience patterns in distributed systems: the circuit breaker. The circuit breaker is a design pattern that prevents cascading failures and improves the overall availability and performance of a system. What Is a Circuit Breaker?

Latency 264

Latency Network Database Monitoring 264

VoltDB

APRIL 25, 2024

To move as fast as they can at scale while protecting mission-critical data, more and more organizations are investing in private 5G networks, also known as private cellular networks or just “private 5G” (not to be confused with virtual private networks, which are something totally different). What is a private 5G network?

Network 52

Network IoT Wireless Infrastructure 52

The Netflix TechBlog

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

As the number of Titus users increased over the years, the load and pressure on the system increased substantially. cell): Titus Job Coordinator is a leader elected process managing the active state of the system. For example, a batch workflow orchestration system may create multiple jobs which are part of a single workflow execution.

Cache 229

Cache Latency Traffic Systems 229

Dynatrace

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Mobile applications (apps) are an increasingly important channel for reaching customers, but the distributed nature of mobile app platforms and delivery networks can cause performance problems that leave users frustrated, or worse, turning to competitors. Load time and network latency metrics. Minimize network requests.

Best Practices 211

Best Practices Mobile Metrics Performance 211

VoltDB

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

This proximity reduces latency and enables real-time decision-making. However, these technologies are on a path of rapid convergence as factories scale up their IIoT networks and demand faster, more autonomous decision-making. It will also allow for powerful money-saving things like preventative maintenance.

IoT 52

IoT Energy Latency Automotive 52

DZone

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

This proximity to data generation reduces latency, conserves bandwidth and enables real-time decision-making. Understanding Edge Computing Orchestration Edge computing orchestration is the art and science of managing the deployment, coordination, and scaling of workloads across a network of edge devices.

IoT 204

IoT Artificial Intelligence Latency Internet 204

Percona

JULY 20, 2023

We often forget or take for granted the network hops involved and the additional overhead it creates on the overall performance. TCP/IP connection, triggered me to write about other aspects of network impact on performance. How to detect and measure the impact There is no easy mechanism for measuring the impact of network overhead.

Network 66

Network Performance Latency Servers 66

Dotcom-Montior

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

There was a time when standing up a website or application was simple and straightforward and not the complex networks they are today. Web developers or administrators did not have to worry or even consider the complexity of distributed systems of today. Great, your system was ready to be deployed. What is a Distributed System?

Systems 74

Systems Monitoring Hardware Network 74

The Netflix TechBlog

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Rajiv Shringi Vinay Chella Kaidan Fullerton Oleksii Tkachuk Joey Lynch Introduction As Netflix continues to expand and diversify into various sectors like Video on Demand and Gaming , the ability to ingest and store vast amounts of temporal data — often reaching petabytes — with millisecond access latency has become increasingly vital.

Latency 236

Latency Storage Traffic Tuning 236

Dynatrace

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Microsoft Hyper-V is a virtualization platform that manages virtual machines (VMs) on Windows-based systems. It enables multiple operating systems to run simultaneously on the same physical hardware and integrates closely with Windows-hosted services. This leads to a more efficient and streamlined experience for users.

Efficiency 227

Efficiency Virtualization Hardware Performance 227

The Netflix TechBlog

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Sample system diagram for an Alexa voice command. The other main use case was RENO, the Rapid Event Notification System mentioned above. Rewriting always comes with a risk, and it’s never the first solution we reach for, particularly when working with a system that’s in place and working well.

Latency 228

Latency Cache Tuning Efficiency 228

The Morning Paper

NOVEMBER 10, 2019

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+. The desire for CPU efficiency and lower latencies is easy to understand. SOSP’19. Enter Google! Emphasis mine). It reminds me of ZeroMQ.

Network 92

Network Transportation Latency Entertainment 92

Dynatrace

MAY 31, 2023

Uptime Institute’s 2022 Outage Analysis report found that over 60% of system outages resulted in at least $100,000 in total losses, up from 39% in 2019. The growing amount of data processed at the network edge, where failures are more difficult to prevent, magnifies complexity. Make SLOs realistic.

Best Practices 233

Best Practices DevOps Latency Metrics 233

Scalegrid

AUGUST 27, 2024

Key features of RabbitMQ, such as message acknowledgments, complex routing, and asynchronous processing, contribute to system reliability and performance. By decoupling applications, message queues enable them to operate independently and asynchronously, which is crucial for maintaining efficiency and flexibility in complex systems.

Ecommerce 130

Ecommerce IoT Games Scalability 130

The Netflix TechBlog

JANUARY 10, 2024

This architecture shift greatly reduced the processing latency and increased system resiliency. By integrating with studio content systems, we enabled the pipeline to leverage rich metadata from the creative side and create more engaging member experiences like interactive storytelling.

Processing 234

Processing Media Latency Innovation 234

Scalegrid

JANUARY 25, 2024

Key Takeaways Critical performance indicators such as latency, CPU usage, memory utilization, hit rate, and number of connected clients/slaves/evictions must be monitored to maintain Redis’s high throughput and low latency capabilities. These essential data points heavily influence both stability and efficiency within the system.

Metrics 130

Metrics Monitoring Latency Cache 130

The Netflix TechBlog

JUNE 14, 2023

To determine customer impact, we could compare various metrics such as error rates, latencies, and time to render. The AB experiment results hinted that GraphQL’s correctness was not up to par with the legacy system. Zuul , our primary edge gateway, assigns traffic to either cluster based on the experiment parameters.

Traffic 356

Traffic Latency Cache Metrics 356

Dynatrace

DECEMBER 15, 2022

This transition to public, private, and hybrid cloud is driving organizations to automate and virtualize IT operations to lower costs and optimize cloud processes and systems. Besides the traditional system hardware, storage, routers, and software, ITOps also includes virtual components of the network and cloud infrastructure.

Artificial Intelligence 216

Artificial Intelligence DevOps Hardware Virtualization 216

High Scalability

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

This means a system that is not merely available but is also engineered with extensive redundant measures to continue to work as its users expect. Fault tolerance The ability of a system to continue to be dependable (both available and reliable) in the presence of certain component or subsystem failures.

Engineering 215

Engineering Systems Availability Scalability 215

Scalegrid

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Identifying key Redis® metrics such as latency, CPU usage, and memory metrics is crucial for effective Redis monitoring. With these essential support systems in place, you can effectively monitor your databases with up-to-date data about their health and functioning status at all times.

Strategy 130

Strategy Monitoring Latency DevOps 130

High Scalability

JANUARY 11, 2022

The streaming data store makes the system extensible to support other use-cases (e.g. System Components. The system will comprise of several micro-services each performing a separate task. When a user requests for feed then there will be two parallel threads involved in fetching the user feeds to optimize for latency.

Design 334

Design Media Storage Logistics 334

Dynatrace

MAY 19, 2022

Every organization’s goal is to keep its systems available and resilient to support business demands. Lastly, error budgets, as the difference between a current state and the target, represent the maximum amount of time a system can fail per the contractual agreement without repercussions. Dynatrace news. A world of misunderstandings.

Automotive 280

Automotive Latency Architecture Azure 280

Dynatrace

JUNE 25, 2020

The network latency between cluster nodes should be around 10 ms or less. Minimized cross-data center network traffic. For Premium HA, this has been extended from 10 ms latency (in the same network region) to around 100 ms network latency due to asynchronous data replication between regions.

Availability 256

Availability Hardware Latency Traffic 256

The Morning Paper

OCTOBER 11, 2020

Orbital edge computing: nanosatellite constellations as a new class of computer system , Denby & Lucia, ASPLOS’20. Last time out we looked at the real-world deployment of 5G networks and noted the affinity between 5G and edge computing. Nanosatellite systems have a GSD of around 3.0m/px. Satellites are changing!

Systems 125

Systems Latency Architecture Energy 125

Dynatrace

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Performance monitoring Dynatrace can collect performance metrics from Nutanix clusters, including latency, IOPS (Input/Output Operations Per Second), and network throughput. Network metrics Gain visibility into network performance, helping you ensure smooth data transfer and communication.

Virtualization 206

Virtualization Storage Metrics Monitoring 206

Dynatrace

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

This is a set of best practices and guidelines that help you design and operate reliable, secure, efficient, cost-effective, and sustainable systems in the cloud. Storing frequently accessed data in faster storage, usually in-memory caching, improves data retrieval speed and overall system performance. Beyond

AWS 260

AWS Efficiency Azure Cloud 260

Dynatrace

JUNE 1, 2023

It represents the percentage of time a system or service is expected to be accessible and functioning correctly. Response time Response time refers to the total time it takes for a system to process a request or complete an operation. Note : you might hear the term latency used instead of response time.

Latency 189

Latency Website Traffic Virtualization 189

Percona

APRIL 13, 2023

PostgreSQL is a popular open source relational database management system that is widely used for storing and managing data. In PostgreSQL, replication lag can occur due to various reasons such as network latency, slow disk I/O, long-running transactions, etc. What is replication lag?

Latency 86

Latency Tuning Open Source Network 86

Dynatrace

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Operating Systems are not always set up in the same way. Storage mount points in a system might be larger or smaller, local or remote, with high or low latency, and various speeds. Storage and network transfer of files is a measurable cost. Recent improvements in OneAgent runtime-data handling. See details below.

Storage 153

Storage Latency Operating System Network 153

Dynatrace

MAY 17, 2023

Think about items such as general system metrics (for example, CPU utilization, free memory, number of services), the connectivity status, details of our web server, or even more granular in-application tasks like database queries. DNS query time indicates the average response times of DNS requests across the system.

Metrics 183

Metrics Monitoring Database Network 183

The Netflix TechBlog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Lastly, the packager kicks in, adding a system layer to the asset, making it ready to be consumed by the clients. Uploading and downloading data always come with a penalty, namely latency. It is worth pointing out that cloud processing is always subject to variable network conditions.

Cloud 240

Cloud Media Storage Cache 240

Alex Russell

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

These steps inform a general description of the interaction loop: The system is ready to receive input. The system is ready to receive input. The chief effect of the architectural difference is to shift the distribution of latency within the loop. Improving latency for one scenario can degrade it in another.

Performance 113

Performance Latency Architecture Network 113

Dynatrace

JUNE 1, 2023

It represents the percentage of time a system or service is expected to be accessible and functioning correctly. Response time Response time refers to the total time it takes for a system to process a request or complete an operation. Note : you might hear the term latency used instead of response time.

Traffic 173

Traffic Website Latency Virtualization 173