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If Netflix is using Amazon Web Services to run its streaming operations, then how did Netflix even get involved in this bandwidth issue? Isn't that included in

If Netflix is using Amazon Web Services to run its streaming operations, then how did Netflix even get involved in this bandwidth issue? Isn't that included in the bill they pay to Amazon?

pktgen 13y ago
They don't use Amazon for streaming videos.
- NautilusWave 13y ago
  I think they do: http://aws.amazon.com/solutions/case-studies/netflix/ http://aws.amazon.com/solutions/case-studies/netflix/
  - drawkbox 13y ago
    The whole system runs on AWS but most videos are watched in the last mile from edge caching hosted closer to the viewer. Bandwidth providers should be happy companies want to edge cache and take strain off the larger network and provide better customer experiences.
  - elq 13y ago
    no. Netflix uses aws for serving html, and other relatively low bandwidth content. But media bits are not served from aws.
  - NautilusWave 13y ago
    From what I can tell, edge caching occurs on AWS as well. http://techblog.netflix.com/2013/06/announcing-zuul-edge-service-in-cloud.html http://techblog.netflix.com/2013/06/announcing-zuul-edge-ser... http://techblog.netflix.com/2012/01/ephemeral-volatile-caching-in-cloud.html http://techblog.netflix.com/2012/01/ephemeral-volatile-cachi...
    - elq 13y ago
      I work at netflix. zuul is used by the netflix API. It's not a cache. It's a request router. EVCache is used internally for ephemeral systems data - things that would frequently go into mysql or cassandra but don't really need crash persistence.