Best of Netflix — January 2024

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   Vim As Your Editor - Introduction

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   Netflix: What Happens When You Press Play?

   Netflix is a global streaming service with millions of subscribers and a large budget for creating new content. It operates in two clouds, AWS and Open Connect, and is divided into three parts: the client, the backend, and the content delivery network (CDN). Netflix moved to AWS in 2008 to improve reliability and scalability.

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   Open Connect Appliances

   Netflix has developed Open Connect Appliances (OCAs) for video storage. These OCAs are fast servers with large storage capacity. They use commodity PC components and the FreeBSD operating system. Netflix places OCAs in ISP data centers and internet exchange locations to build its CDN.

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