Netflix themselves has their own caching servers...obviously...
Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 12:33 PM, Ken Hohhof <af...@kwisp.com> wrote: > I was not aware you could cache Netflix streams with a generic caching > server. Not only due to DRM, but also Netflix app switches streams > dynamically to match video quality to connection speed. Plus first the > customer authenticates to Netflix server, chooses what content to watch, > etc. > > > *From:* Chuck McCown <ch...@wbmfg.com> > *Sent:* Monday, March 23, 2015 11:23 AM > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] testing DNS server performance > > Say a new movie is on Netflix. Or latest season of cards. Everyone > is going to want to watch it. So 1000 simultaneous backbone streams to > Netflix vs 1000 simultaneous streams to the caching server in your NOC. I > choose the latter. > > ------------------------------ > *From: *"Ken Hohhof" <af...@kwisp.com> > *To: *af@afmug.com > *Sent: *Monday, March 23, 2015 11:08:27 AM > *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] testing DNS server performance > > I don’t understand how the caching server is going to help with CDNs. > Actually, with so much Internet content now being either dynamic HTML or > streaming, I wouldn’t think caching would be worth it, unless you are > talking about something like a Netflix OpenConnect appliance. Maybe you > can cache software updates, I’m not sure about that. > > > *From:* That One Guy <thatoneguyst...@gmail.com> > *Sent:* Monday, March 23, 2015 10:35 AM > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] testing DNS server performance > > Geographically close CDNs. I want to make sure we are getting content > from Illinoisish rather than california for netflix, since all that matters > is netflix > > On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 10:30 AM, Josh Baird <joshba...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> For performance, look at queryperf which I think is provided by ISC/bind. >> >> I'm not sure what you mean by "we are getting good CDNs and the like," >> though. >> >> Josh >> >> On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 11:27 AM, That One Guy <thatoneguyst...@gmail.com >> > wrote: >> >>> Im bringing live our first caching server today. Is there a good tool >>> for comparing queries between DNS servers. >>> Im not all that concerned about speed since we are so small there wont >>> be a huge amount of benefit I would think. Im primarily wanting to make >>> sure we are getting good CDNs and the like >>> >>> -- >>> If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see your >>> team as part of yourself you have already failed as part of the team. >>> >> >> > > > > -- > If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see your > team as part of yourself you have already failed as part of the team. > >
