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Netflix’s Distributed Counter Abstraction

The Netflix TechBlog

By: Rajiv Shringi , Oleksii Tkachuk , Kartik Sathyanarayanan Introduction In our previous blog post, we introduced Netflix’s TimeSeries Abstraction , a distributed service designed to store and query large volumes of temporal event data with low millisecond latencies. Today, we’re excited to present the Distributed Counter Abstraction.

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Comparing Approaches to Durability in Low Latency Messaging Queues

DZone

I have generally held the view that replicating data to a secondary system is faster than sync-ing to disk, assuming the round trip network delay wasn’t high due to quality networks and co-located redundant servers. Little’s Law and Why Latency Matters. However, latency is often a key factor in why the throughput isn’t high enough.

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Optimising for High Latency Environments

CSS Wizardry

This gives fascinating insights into the network topography of our visitors, and how much we might be impacted by high latency regions. Round-trip-time (RTT) is basically a measure of latency—how long did it take to get from one endpoint to another and back again? What is RTT? RTT isn’t a you-thing, it’s a them-thing.

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Timestone: Netflix’s High-Throughput, Low-Latency Priority Queueing System with Built-in Support…

The Netflix TechBlog

Timestone: Netflix’s High-Throughput, Low-Latency Priority Queueing System with Built-in Support for Non-Parallelizable Workloads by Kostas Christidis Introduction Timestone is a high-throughput, low-latency priority queueing system we built in-house to support the needs of Cosmos , our media encoding platform.

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Optimizing Database Performance in Middleware Applications

DZone

In the realm of modern software architecture, middleware plays a pivotal role in connecting various components of distributed systems. Efficient database operations in middleware can dramatically improve overall system performance, reduce latency, and enhance user experience.

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Rapid Event Notification System at Netflix

The Netflix TechBlog

To this end, we developed a Rapid Event Notification System (RENO) to support use cases that require server initiated communication with devices in a scalable and extensible manner. In this blog post, we will give an overview of the Rapid Event Notification System at Netflix and share some of the learnings we gained along the way.

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Single-core memory bandwidth: Latency, Bandwidth, and Concurrency

John McCalpin

Understanding sustained memory bandwidth in these systems starts with assuming 100% utilization and then reviewing the factors that get in the way (e.g., This requires a completely different approach to modeling the memory system — one based on Little’s Law from queueing theory.

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