Keeping Netflix Reliable Using Prioritized Load Shedding

Re:Keeping Netflix Reliable Using Prioritized Load Shedding by lacker on Monday November 02, 2020 @11:20AM (#24969732)

I love the phrase "Prioritized Load Shedding" as corporate-speak for "dropping the less-important traffic."

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Re:Keeping Netflix Reliable Using Prioritized Load Shedding by therealdrag0 on Monday November 02, 2020 @12:45PM (#24970808)

How is it corporate-speak? Sounds just like standard thoughtful naming. If I was working on a module that did this I would be happy to name it this even if it never got mentioned in any corporate context.

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Re:Keeping Netflix Reliable Using Prioritized Load Shedding by dboreham on Monday November 02, 2020 @11:21AM (#24969752)

Dropping some traffic to avoid complete melt down.

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Re:Keeping Netflix Reliable Using Prioritized Load Shedding by dkarp on Monday November 02, 2020 @11:37AM (#24969949)

A lot of which is non-essential as well as NON_CRITICAL, like tracking and telemetry

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Re:Keeping Netflix Reliable Using Prioritized Load Shedding by tofuahdude on Monday November 02, 2020 @02:28PM (#24972028)

Would you actually name this feature "drop less important traffic"?

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Re:Keeping Netflix Reliable Using Prioritized Load Shedding by kbar13 on Monday November 02, 2020 @11:34AM (#24969906)

engineer-speak for dropping requests that are less noticeable to users when dropped in order to give services room to recover

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