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Does anyone have a source that FreeBSD are used at Google and Netflix today?
by crb 11y ago
Does anyone have a source that FreeBSD are used at Google and Netflix today?
- teamhappy 11y agohttps://openconnect.netflix.com/software/ https://openconnect.netflix.com/software/
- corv 11y agoAlso WhatsApp
- bluedino 11y agoAnd NetApp
- ashishrvce 11y agoYahoo! was using FreeBSD machines in production for many years. They were very stable. Since WhatsApp team came out of Yahoo!, they kept using FreeBSD machines.
- olavgg 11y agoNetflix has the OpenConnect server/service that is used to bring content closer to the users by caching content at the ISP. It's a FreeBSD box with NginX and Bird BGP
- protomyth 11y agovideo from AsiaBSDCon 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sZZN8Szh14 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sZZN8Szh14 interview with Scott Long of Netflix on BSD Now http://www.bsdnow.tv/episodes/2013_12_25-the_gift_of_giving http://www.bsdnow.tv/episodes/2013_12_25-the_gift_of_giving
- drewg123 11y agoI work on the OCA team at Netflix. I can confirm we run FreeBSD on our CDN servers. I was at Google for several years before Netflix, and I believe that any claims of FreeBSD being used by Google are either outdated or misguided. AFAIK, Google was linux from day 1.