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Video distribution is such a hard thing to develop. YouTube isn't profitable; it only exists because Google props it up. I'd only imagine someone like Netflix,
by sdinsn 7y ago
Video distribution is such a hard thing to develop. YouTube isn't profitable; it only exists because Google props it up.
I'd only imagine someone like Netflix, who has existing infrastructure, to actually create a profitable video site.
- creato 7y agoNetflix's infrastructure is probably drastically simpler and easier to build. They don't have any of the problems that make caching hard: few/no consistency challenges, and they probably can fit their entirely library in a single server's RAM.
- jaywalk 7y ago> they probably can fit their entirely library in a single server's RAM. You either vastly underestimate the size of their library, or vastly overestimate the maximum amount of RAM a single server can hold.
- cannonedhamster 7y agoNetflix creates caching boxes inside the local ISP which reduces both latency and bandwidth requirements for top content. These only store the most popular content.