Comments on: Netflix open-sources Eureka to fill gap in Amazon’s cloud http://gigaom.com/2012/09/04/netflix-open-sources-eureka-to-fill-gap-in-amazons-cloud/ Fri, 24 May 2013 23:55:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: David Mytton http://gigaom.com/2012/09/04/netflix-open-sources-eureka-to-fill-gap-in-amazons-cloud/#comment-980384 Thu, 06 Sep 2012 15:57:11 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=559200#comment-980384 Perhaps the most interesting project from Netflix is the Chaos Monkey which randomly kills services, simulating failure so you can ensure you’re prepared and have engineered around it correctly. http://techblog.netflix.com/2012/07/chaos-monkey-released-into-wild.html

]]> By: Barb Darrow http://gigaom.com/2012/09/04/netflix-open-sources-eureka-to-fill-gap-in-amazons-cloud/#comment-975303 Wed, 05 Sep 2012 04:03:22 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=559200#comment-975303 @craig story tweaked/updated to clear up my bad wording. thanks.

]]> By: Jonas http://gigaom.com/2012/09/04/netflix-open-sources-eureka-to-fill-gap-in-amazons-cloud/#comment-975271 Wed, 05 Sep 2012 03:20:51 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=559200#comment-975271 Thanks for clarifying as this statement can be perceived incorrectly by readers. Time to fact check Barb.

]]> By: Craig http://gigaom.com/2012/09/04/netflix-open-sources-eureka-to-fill-gap-in-amazons-cloud/#comment-975091 Wed, 05 Sep 2012 00:14:30 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=559200#comment-975091 “Runs its video streaming business on Amazon Web Services” doesn’t tell the story.

Almost all of Netflix’s compute functions are run on AWS. Delivery of streaming bits happens through three CDNs: Akamai, Limelight and Level3. (Netflix is in the process of phasing out these CDNs and transitioning to its own CDN.)

In other words, there’s no special connection between Netflix’s streaming business and AWS. All of Netflix runs on AWS. Furthermore, streaming delivery does not happen on AWS.

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