ENA Express delivers significant improvements in tail latency, single flow throughput, and network performance for demanding applications like databases, file systems, and live video encoding by leveraging the Scalable Reliable Datagram (SRD) network protocol on AWS.

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<p>This article discusses how ENA Express, a feature introduced by AWS, can improve workload performance for various applications such as databases, file systems, and media encoding.</p>
<p>Specifically, the article covers:</p>
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<li>Overview of ENA Express and its benefits, including up to 93% reduction in P99.9 traffic flow latency and up to 400% increase in single flow throughput</li>
<li>Use Case 1: Optimizing in-memory databases like Redis and Memcached, showing significant tail latency improvements with ENA Express</li>
<li>Use Case 2: Boosting file system performance, with up to 5x increase in single flow throughput for Windows clients and up to 25% improvement for Linux clients with nconnect enabled</li>
<li>Use Case 3: Enhancing live video encoding, allowing seamless 4K video streaming without buffering when using ENA Express with UDP</li>
<li>Conclusion and getting started guide for enabling and configuring ENA Express</li>
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Using ENA Express to improve workload performance on AWS

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