How production engineers support global events on Facebook - Facebook Engineering
People around the world come to Facebook to celebrate and share experiences during special events, such as the Olympics or New Year’s Eve. These types of global occurrences can cause spikes in the load and traffic patterns on Facebook’s systems, especially with high-bandwidth content like Facebook Live videos. The Production Engineering team at Facebook carefully [...]Read More...
Feb 12, 2018 ... Facebook's infrastructure is set up to accommodate different types of traffic patterns based on typical usage or special events. There are three ...