USENIX Courses

Enhancing Elasticsearch Performance: Innovative Reindexing Strategies Using Dedicated Nodes and KEDA Autoscalers

Discover innovative strategies for optimizing Elasticsearch performance through dedicated reindexing nodes and KEDA autoscalers in large-scale environments, focusing on cost reduction and improved efficiency.

• YouTube
• 28 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

SRE Stakeholder Management and Communication Guide

Discover essential strategies for identifying and managing different SRE stakeholders, understanding their perspectives, and improving communication to reduce tensions and enhance team effectiveness.

• YouTube
• 31 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

NVMe/TCP vs iSCSI: Modern Storage Protocol Performance and Implementation

Explore NVMe over TCP as the modern successor to iSCSI, understanding its advantages in latency, throughput, and protocol efficiency for high-performance storage deployments over standard networks.

• YouTube
• 33 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Science Reliability Engineering for High Performance Computing

Discover how SRE principles transform High Performance Computing operations, focusing on OpenCHAMI's innovative approach to maintaining reproducibility and performance in complex computational environments.

• YouTube
• 31 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Are We Really Engineers? A Comparison of Software and Traditional Engineering

Explore the fascinating comparison between software and traditional engineering through insights from 17 professionals who've worked in both fields, revealing key similarities and mutual learning opportunities.

• YouTube
• 37 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Transforming Production Readiness - Best Practices for Service Reliability and On-Call Integration

Discover practical strategies for integrating development teams into on-call rotations, implementing SLO monitoring, and enhancing incident management for improved service reliability and ownership.

• YouTube
• 38 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Energy Consumption of Datacenters: Impact of AI and GPU Computing

Explore the critical impact of AI and GPU computing on datacenter resource consumption, examining energy demands, cooling challenges, and future sustainability implications.

• YouTube
• 37 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Improving Performance with High Precision Clock Synchronization in Distributed Systems

Discover how precise clock synchronization in distributed systems helps identify latency issues, prevent network congestion, and maintain optimal performance across diverse deployment environments.

• YouTube
• 16 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Mnemonic Rules for Eponymous Laws in Site Reliability Engineering

Master essential tech and behavioral science laws relevant to SRE work through memorable mnemonics and real-world examples, enhancing your ability to strengthen technical arguments and decision-making.

• YouTube
• 17 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Fixing Your Noisy Pager - A Guide to Alert Management and Automated Remediation

Discover practical strategies for reducing alert fatigue, implementing automated remediation, and creating sustainable on-call rotations for SRE teams. Learn to prioritize and tackle overwhelming operational issues systematically.

• YouTube
• 18 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

AI-Driven Error Detection and Automated Incident Response in High-Frequency Deployments

Discover an AI-driven approach to managing production errors in high-frequency deployments, focusing on automated error detection, analysis, and rapid incident response for improved system reliability.

• YouTube
• 18 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Just Buy the Printer: Resilience in Code Signing and Incident Response

Discover how a near-miss incident involving code signing certificates and security hardware at Octopus Deploy reveals key insights into organizational resilience and incident response strategies.

• YouTube
• 12 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

A Brief History of Release Engineering - From Command Line to Modern CI/CD

Explore the evolution of release engineering, from basic command-line builds to modern CI/CD systems, through humorous anecdotes and historical insights that shape today's DevOps practices.

• YouTube
• 17 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

The Silent Performance Killers: BIOS and Firmware Updates

Discover how BIOS and firmware updates can impact system performance, and learn essential strategies for pre- and post-patch testing to prevent performance degradation in hardware systems.

• YouTube
• 17 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Selective Reliability Engineering: There Is No Single Source of Truth

Explore philosophical and practical challenges of defining "single source of truth" in system design, data modeling, and distributed architectures through real-world engineering examples.

• YouTube
• 14 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video