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Modern HLS/DASH streaming off a VPS/CDN combination is extremely fast because it's just HTTP as far as the servers are concerned. If you've got a fast HTTP serv

Modern HLS/DASH streaming off a VPS/CDN combination is extremely fast because it's just HTTP as far as the servers are concerned. If you've got a fast HTTP serving system you can serve tons of clients without many problems. Storage however is still an issue. You need enough storage for your content at the distribution edges. My point is the P2P on top is very difficult to actually build and have work well. Like HTTP serving it doesn't obviate storage needs. You need to seed all of the content you distribute via P2P.

bombcar 4y ago
But what's the cost for storage? If nobody is watching your "back catalog" you can serve them off your server (maybe not a VPS, maybe a dedi, but you can get 1 Gb/s and 2 TB of disk for like 130 euro: https://hostslick.com/dedicated.php https://hostslick.com/dedicated.php ) Then you're just down to what the CDN cost is for the "active" video, maybe the last two?