Keeping Netflix Reliable Using Prioritized Load Shedding

Netflix has introduced priority-based progressive load shedding. While the lower priority requests are throttled, the playback experience remains uninterrupted. The animation below shows the behavior of the Netflix viewer experience when the backend is throttling traffic based on priority. The higher priority requests will get

•8m read time• From netflixtechblog.com
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Keeping Netflix Reliable Using Prioritized Load SheddingBuilding a request taxonomyFinding the best place to throttle trafficIntroducing priority-based progressive load sheddingValidating which requests are right for the jobContinually ensuring those requests are still right for the jobReaping the benefits
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