Re:YouTube says it has ‘no obligation’ to host anyone’s video
by creato on Monday November 11, 2019 @01:05PM
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Netflix'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.
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Re:YouTube says it has ‘no obligation’ to host anyone’s video
by jaywalk on Monday November 11, 2019 @01:19PM
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> 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.
Re:YouTube says it has ‘no obligation’ to host anyone’s video
by cannonedhamster on Monday November 11, 2019 @02:22PM
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Netflix creates caching boxes inside the local ISP which reduces both latency and bandwidth requirements for top content. These only store the most popular content.