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> I suspect that one of the things that Netflix cannot afford using AWS is to have content available that not enough people watch. They end up paying the storag

> I suspect that one of the things that Netflix cannot afford using AWS is to have content available that not enough people watch. They end up paying the storage charges with no revenue. That is incredibly wrong. Conservatively speaking, the average film can be stored with 1gb. The Library of Congress has 1.7 million videos (the largest film collection in the world).[0] 1.7PB could be stored on S3 for $54k a month which is, while not insignificant, is almost certainly insignificant compared to Netflix's streaming costs. [0] https://www.loc.gov/about/fascinating-facts/ https://www.loc.gov/about/fascinating-facts/

ChuckMcM 10y ago
Well wrong certainly. I agree with most folks that licensing is a much bigger cost than storage.
hbosch 10y ago
The average film, at 1080p, is in my personal experience closer to 10GB+. 1GB maybe be enough, say, for a single TV episode.
- morgante 10y ago
  The average film is not in 1080p though. Many of those 1.7 million films are old independent films. Also, I've never gotten close to 10GB for even 1080p films.
teh_klev 10y ago
> That is incredibly wrong. > Conservatively speaking, the average film can be stored with 1gb Well actually[0].....Netflix transcode their material to hundreds to different formats. I think you'll find that a single film will probably take up several gigs, possibly hundreds once it's been transcoded: http://techblog.netflix.com/2012/12/complexity-in-digital-supply-chain.html http://techblog.netflix.com/2012/12/complexity-in-digital-su... https://gigaom.com/2012/12/18/netflix-encoding/ https://gigaom.com/2012/12/18/netflix-encoding/ https://vimeo.com/52637219 https://vimeo.com/52637219 http://techblog.netflix.com/2016/03/imf-prescription-for-versionitis.html http://techblog.netflix.com/2016/03/imf-prescription-for-ver... http://techblog.netflix.com/2016/04/the-netflix-imf-workflow.html http://techblog.netflix.com/2016/04/the-netflix-imf-workflow... [0]: http://tirania.org/blog/archive/2011/Feb-17.html http://tirania.org/blog/archive/2011/Feb-17.html

ChuckMcM 10y ago

Well wrong certainly. I agree with most folks that licensing is a much bigger cost than storage.

hbosch 10y ago

The average film, at 1080p, is in my personal experience closer to 10GB+. 1GB maybe be enough, say, for a single TV episode.

morgante 10y ago
The average film is not in 1080p though. Many of those 1.7 million films are old independent films. Also, I've never gotten close to 10GB for even 1080p films.

teh_klev 10y ago

> That is incredibly wrong. > Conservatively speaking, the average film can be stored with 1gb Well actually[0].....Netflix transcode their material to hundreds to different formats. I think you'll find that a single film will probably take up several gigs, possibly hundreds once it's been transcoded: http://techblog.netflix.com/2012/12/complexity-in-digital-supply-chain.html http://techblog.netflix.com/2012/12/complexity-in-digital-su... https://gigaom.com/2012/12/18/netflix-encoding/ https://gigaom.com/2012/12/18/netflix-encoding/ https://vimeo.com/52637219 https://vimeo.com/52637219 http://techblog.netflix.com/2016/03/imf-prescription-for-versionitis.html http://techblog.netflix.com/2016/03/imf-prescription-for-ver... http://techblog.netflix.com/2016/04/the-netflix-imf-workflow.html http://techblog.netflix.com/2016/04/the-netflix-imf-workflow... [0]: http://tirania.org/blog/archive/2011/Feb-17.html http://tirania.org/blog/archive/2011/Feb-17.html