I DON'T EVEN KNOOOWWW. Live streaming is SUCH a huge, difficult problem to face. Ngl I want to learn as much as I can so I can write a blog post on it.
I don't think they could reach 1/6 of the internet traffic if they were doing that, they would probably be at less than 1% with Multicast.
That said, last time I read up on that was 17 years ago at university.
From what I read up on it, it looks as though that multicast scales at O(1) so I'm going to assume that it's at least implemented based on it's scaling.
Well, as it is they have distribution centers that are with ISPs and that's where you stream content from. Netflix just has to get the content to those DCs. Which, given that they're shoving libraries of movies around a simple stream seems kinda easy, resource wise.
I hear you, but as I understand, that's great(and possibly close to what they're already doing) for recorded content. It won't help with live streaming, right?
It's not that simple actually. Netflix's infra relies on edge computering and a lot of CDNs across the world in multiple of regions. Whereas CDNs work with encoded videos, livestreaming is a whole different beast especially when it comes down to caching which is a core component of reliability.
So not only are they dealing with live content that I am assuming they are encoding on the fly for multiple devices and displays and then trying to achieve 100% uptime with zero lag with on the fly caching is an extremely difficult feat. While they did this for smaller show finales, this is huge.
You also have to take into account that the CDNs are not reliant on one source. The CDNs each have their own sources for their content as well. It makes me wonder if splitting the live feed into multiple sources caused different delays via regions and devices!
What were the goals going into that livestream? I figure that the Love is Blind reunion and some other live streams were testing the waters of the infra, but what was the upper bound for the traffic y'all were expecting?
I was thinking the same thing. Everyone who was watching the fight experienced buffering issues. Netflix did a pretty good job considering the traffic they were supporting.
They have Wednesday Night Football lined up so I doubt there will be pause as much as them determining their upper bound Nd expanding it to support it.
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That said, last time I read up on that was 17 years ago at university.
That'd definitely be a fun room to be in. That's an INCREDIBLE amount of traffic.
Wow.
I hope they learn and that they DO compete in sportscasting.