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AIUI, Netflix runs a lot of their business in AWS, but content streaming isn’t something they host in AWS.
by coredog64 4y ago
AIUI, Netflix runs a lot of their business in AWS, but content streaming isn’t something they host in AWS.
- rezonant 4y agoWell they have those "last mile" boxes which they give out to ISPs to install close to the end users to improve performance (and reduce overall bandwidth needs), is this what you mean? Would love to read more about this if you have some links.
- acdha 4y agoIt’s called Open Connect if you want to search for it: https://openconnect.netflix.com/ https://openconnect.netflix.com/ Some people who’ve worked on it post around here and they’ve funded things like FreeBSD development which is interesting for seeing the kind of problems you have at that kind of traffic volume.
- rezonant 4y agoRight, I meant other than OpenConnect. As far as I know the rest is AWS, and the OpenConnect boxes need to get their content from somewhere :-)