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Microsoft Ignite 2024 guide: Cloud observability for AI transformation

Dynatrace

The Grail™ data lakehouse provides fast, auto-indexed, schema-on-read storage with massively parallel processing (MPP) to deliver immediate, contextualized answers from all data at scale. However, data overload and skills shortages present challenges that companies need to address to maximize the benefits of cloud and AI technologies.

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Netflix’s Distributed Counter Abstraction

The Netflix TechBlog

Today, we’re excited to present the Distributed Counter Abstraction. In this context, they refer to a count very close to accurate, presented with minimal delays. After selecting a mode, users can interact with APIs without needing to worry about the underlying storage mechanisms and counting methods.

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Optimizing data warehouse storage

The Netflix TechBlog

At this scale, we can gain a significant amount of performance and cost benefits by optimizing the storage layout (records, objects, partitions) as the data lands into our warehouse. We built AutoOptimize to efficiently and transparently optimize the data and metadata storage layout while maximizing their cost and performance benefits.

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Introducing Impressions at Netflix

The Netflix TechBlog

It filters out any invalid entries and enriches the valid ones with additional metadata, such as show or movie title details, and the specific page and row location where each impression was presented to users. This refined output is then structured using an Avro schema, establishing a definitive source of truth for Netflixs impression data.

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Title Launch Observability at Netflix Scale

The Netflix TechBlog

They allow us to verify whether titles are presented as intended and investigate any discrepancies. However, taking this approach also presents several challenges: Catching Issues Ahead of Time: Logging primarily addresses post-launch scenarios, as logs are generated only after titles are shown to members.

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Title Launch Observability at Netflix Scale

The Netflix TechBlog

This data is then aggregated in minute(s) intervals, calculating the number of impressions titles receive in near-real-time, and presented as an additional health status indicator for stakeholders. Specialized collectors access the Kafka queue every two minutes to retrieve impressions data.

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Top PostgreSQL 17 New Features

Scalegrid

Unlike full backups that duplicate everything, incremental backups store only changes since the last save, reducing storage needs and speeding up recovery. Key Benefits: Smaller Storage Footprint: Saves only modified data, cutting down backup size. New Query Functions: JSON_EXISTS checks whether a specific key or value is present.

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