Netflix - Streaming Entertainment to 200 Million Members Around the World
Explore the inner workings of Netflix's content delivery network in this keynote address from FAST '21. Dive into the engineering marvels behind Open Connect, Netflix's proprietary CDN, and discover how it efficiently streams entertainment to 200 million members worldwide. Learn about the optimizations implemented in Open Connect Appliances (OCAs) that enable Netflix to deliver massive volumes of data from a modest server fleet. Jonathan Looney, a development team manager at Netflix, shares insights on the hardware and software engineering techniques that have propelled Netflix to achieve industry-leading efficiency in streaming video content delivery. Gain valuable knowledge about the intricacies of high-performance content caching and the innovations driving one of the world's largest streaming platforms.