A Case Study of Enhancing gRPC Micro-Services for Supporting High Throughput, Low Latency Trading

Explore a detailed case study on optimizing a Golang and gRPC-based trading platform for high throughput and low latency. Learn how Coinbase Exchange achieved transactions exceeding 300 billion dollars in Q1 2024, with throughput up to 100K RPS and sub-millisecond latencies. Discover key optimization strategies, including shifting to bi-directional streaming, replacing Protobuf with Flat Buffers, modifying the Golang scheduler and threading model, and implementing profiling and benchmarking techniques. Gain insights into deploying enhancements in a live production environment, maintaining compatibility, and implementing A/B testing strategies. Examine benchmark data on latencies and throughputs for cutting-edge trading systems in cloud environments.

A Case Study of Enhancing gRPC Micro-Services for Supporting High... Holly Casaletto and Yucong Sun