Suefuji Yu and Miyahara Yuya, Sony Interactive Entertainment
Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) is responsible for the PlayStation brand and family of products and services including the PlayStation Network which boasts over 100 million active users around the world. Despite the unprecedented and unplanned traffic increase during the COVID-19 lockdown, the team has successfully launched PlayStation 5 (PS5) – delivering a transformative, stable experience that delighted our fanbase. SIE’s team based in Tokyo will be sharing the evolution of their SRE along with the unique approaches taken by four SRE teams across regions, Tokyo, San Diego, Los Angeles, and San Francisco, including their pros/cons. The hope is that through this presentation we can encourage teams to continue to select and develop an appropriate SRE model that will lead to this success carrying forward for many future generations to come.
Suefuji Yu, Sony Interactive Entertainment
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Yu Suefuji is a Director of SRE and Platform Engineer at Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE), the company responsible for the PlayStation brand and family of products and services. During his time at SIE, Yu has been responsible for developing the Tokyo-based team's Performance Test platform and led Performance Test activities for the PlayStation 5 launch in Tokyo with global team members in 2020. He loves to play video games, but recently he spends his time with his two daughters (0 years old and 2 years old) and wife.
Miyahara Yuya, Sony Interactive Entertainment
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Yuya Miyahara is a Director of SRE at Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE), the company responsible for the PlayStation brand and family of products and services. He joined SIE’s PlayStation Network Service Operations team in 2007 and has over 15 years of system design, deployment, monitoring and troubleshooting experience. Outside of work, he enjoys playing with his 6-year-old daughter outdoors.
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author = {Suefuji Yu and Miyahara Yuya},
title = {How the Sony {PlayStation} Network Does {SRE}},
year = {2023},
address = {Singapore},
publisher = {USENIX Association},
month = jun
}