> With Prequal we saw dramatic improvements across all metrics [for youtube], including reductions of 2x in tail latency, 5-10x in tail RIF, 10-20% in tail memory usage, 2x in tail CPU utilization, and a near-elimination of errors due to load imbalance. In addition to meeting SLOs, this also allowed us to significantly raise the utilization targets that govern how much traffic we are willing to send to each datacenter, thereby saving significant resources.
This feels like one of those "my company realized savings greater than my entire career's expected compensation."
This feels like one of those "my company realized savings greater than my entire career's expected compensation."