Is Amazon Prime Using CloudFront to Deliver Seamless Streaming to Millions?
Introduction
Typically, millions of people tune in to watch new episodes immediately.
I couldn’t help but wonder: How does Amazon Prime handle such massive traffic spikes without buffering or delays?
Amazon Prime leverages Amazon CloudFront to ensure a smooth streaming experience. Amazon CloudFront is a content delivery network (CDN) built for high performance, security, and developer convenience. Here’s how:
- Content Prep: Videos are stored in Amazon S3 in various formats.
- Global Edge Locations: CloudFront caches these videos at edge locations worldwide.
- Fast Delivery: When you hit play, CloudFront delivers the video from the nearest edge location, minimizing wait time.
- Highly viewed videos are made available on Amazon's Embedded Point of Presence which brings content very very close to the end users and drastically reduces the data transfer requirements.
With CloudFront, Amazon Prime ensures viewers get a flawless streaming experience, no matter where they are—even in remote locations! ????
What is Embedded PoP?
Amazon CloudFront embedded Points of Presence (POPs) are a new type of CloudFront infrastructure deployed closest to end viewers, within internet service provider (ISP) and mobile network operator (MNO) networks. Embedded POPs are custom built to deliver large scale live-stream video, video-on-demand (VOD), and game downloads. Today, CloudFront has 600+ embedded POPs deployed across 200+ cities globally.
Want to know more?
Here's a very interesting video discussion where the authors are discussing about how Amazon Prime scales
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10 个月Great insight, Vikas Yadav CloudFront is truly revolutionizing how Amazon delivers content, ensuring speed and reliability for users worldwide. It's fascinating to see how this technology continues to drive Amazon's success.