Re:Why Dropbox decided to build its own infrastructure and n...
by scurvy on Saturday September 16, 2017 @12:56AM
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Everything on AWS except their largest, most critical piece of infrastructure that needs to be the highest performing. That says it all right there.
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Re:Why Dropbox decided to build its own infrastructure and n...
by erikbye on Saturday September 16, 2017 @05:00AM
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https://www.networkworld.com/article/3037428/cloud-computing...
And,
> We rely on the cloud for all of our scalable computing and storage needs — our business logic, distributed databases and big data processing/analytics, recommendations, transcoding, and hundreds of other functions that make up the Netflix application. Video is delivered through Netflix Open Connect, our content delivery network that is distributed globally to efficiently deliver our bits to members’ devices.
Source: https://media.netflix.com/en/company-blog/completing-the-net...
Netflix still operates its own data centers and CDN to deliver video. This is not done on AWS.