How Facebook Live Scaled to a Billion Users
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Facebook Live scaled to over a billion users by leveraging a robust architectural design focused on low latency, high availability, and seamless playback. The system employs composable systems, adaptable encoding methods, and resilient caching strategies to manage live video streaming globally. Key components include Points of Presence (POPs), data centers for encoding, and dynamic caching techniques to handle unpredictable viewer surges and viral streams.
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