Netflix Presentation Details CDN Buildout, Move To SSD Storage (video)

Last month, at my annual Content Delivery Summit in NYC, Netflix’s VP of Content Delivery, Ken Florance, delivered a keynote presentation highlight how major ISPs around the world are using Netflix’s Open Connect Content Delivery Network to help ISPs and service providers deliver video via the last mile. Ken gives a history of content delivery at Netflix, including details on how their video usage has evolved since 2007. His presentation gives details on Netflix’s control plane, their architecture, what an average deployment inside the last mile looks like, show to scale for OTT delivery and Ken touches on how Netflix is moving to SSD storage. You’ll also hear what Netflix sees as the most “common misconceptions about OTT delivery” and hear how Netflix preparing to deliver even better video quality, dubbed Netflix Super HD. You can download Ken’s slides from the presentation here.