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Episode 1Distributed SystemsFREE
Netflix Content Delivery
6:36 · Alex & Sam
Netflix#cdn#streaming#adaptive-bitrate#open-connect
Show Notes
Alex and Sam unpack how Netflix streams to 260M subscribers worldwide without buffering — covering Open Connect CDN, adaptive bitrate streaming, and multi-region failover.
Key Takeaways
- Why Netflix built this architecture and the scale challenges they faced.
- Core concepts covered: Cdn, Streaming, Adaptive Bitrate, and 1 more.
- Key trade-offs and design decisions you can apply to your own system design interviews.
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Netflix Content Delivery Architecture — deep dive with diagrams, tradeoffs & interview questions
Architecture Diagram