Wait for 60TB HAMR http://storageeffect.media.seagate.com/files/2012/03/perphamr...

cweaver · on Nov 4, 2013

Part of their CDN uses custom boxes based off Backblaze pods. http://gigaom.com/2012/06/06/why-netflixs-cdn-should-scare-t...

WestCoastJustin · on Nov 4, 2013

Netflix has CDN's they put at peering points, you can read about it here @ https://www.nanog.org/sites/default/files/tue.lightning1.gen...

But you can also check out the Netflix open connect site @ https://signup.netflix.com/openconnect/hardware

wmf · on Nov 4, 2013

IIRC the latest version of the CDN is 100% flash, though.

cperciva · on Nov 4, 2013

Their newest boxes are 100% flash, but they're still rolling out the older spinning-rust designs. The all-flash boxes are for the most frequently requested movies, in the locations where there's enough traffic to justify them.

WestCoastJustin · on Nov 4, 2013

Yeah, they talk about that on slide #9.

jonknee · on Nov 4, 2013

For computing power, it would be ridiculously expensive to try and use AWS to stream all their video.

cowsandmilk · on Nov 4, 2013

probably talking about the openconnect CDN, which I don't believe is AWS based. One of the options for openconnect is for the machines to be hosted at the ISP, so that part definitely is not AWS.

selmnoo · on Nov 4, 2013

Are HAMR drives commercially available yet? Wiki makes it sound like 60TB HAMR drives will be readily available at low cost for consumers by 2016 or so, do you think that's likely the reality of things?

ck2 · on Nov 4, 2013

Seagate is suggesting the first HAMR drive will be a 3.5 inch Barracuda of 7.5TB

I think they are taking it gradually.

The problem with HAMR is evaporation of the surface film.

jodrellblank · on Nov 4, 2013

Amazing technology in due in 3-5 years? Probably not.