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Disregarding the fact that the E stands for Elasticity... Yes, Elasticity is THE advantage for Netflix when it comes to using EC2. Consider the vast difference

Disregarding the fact that the E stands for Elasticity... Yes, Elasticity is THE advantage for Netflix when it comes to using EC2. Consider the vast differences in usage they have in North America during the evening after dinner vs during the middle of the night. I can only imagine their fleet capacity goes up and down drastically every single day. This amounts to huge savings over having the bare metal.

illumen 11y ago
Not just North America... but all around the world. Netflix is global, and EC2 is global.
jules 11y ago
Does it really though? The netflix stats show that at most it's a 2x saving: http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-72J2TkcP4j0/TxcdvDk58VI/AAAAAAAABAc/FW7lkja0YJE/s1600/requests.png http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-72J2TkcP4j0/TxcdvDk58VI/AAAAAAAABA... And EC2 is more than 2x as expensive as dedicated... Don't get me wrong, EC2 has advantages, but it's not cost (unless Netflix is paying much less than the public prices, which is possible).
- merb 11y ago
  That's only for NA