Netflix is a large, ever-changing ecosystem serving millions of customers across the globe through cloud-based systems and a globally distributed CDN. This entertaining journey through the tech stack serves as an introduction to how Netflix thinks about and designs systems, the Netflix approach to operational challenges, and how other organizations can apply the company's thought processes and technologies. Learn how Netflix builds on Amazon Web Services (AWS) using Amazon Elastic Load Balancing, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), and Amazon RDS.
AWS Services Used
Elastic Load Balancing
Elastic Load Balancing (ELB) automatically distributes incoming application traffic across multiple targets and virtual appliances in one or more Availability Zones (AZs).
Amazon EC2
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) offers the broadest and deepest compute platform, with over 600 instances and choice of the latest processor, storage, networking, operating system, and purchase model to help you best match the needs of your workload.
Amazon RDS
Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) is a collection of managed services that makes it simple to set up, operate, and scale databases in the cloud.
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