On Tue, 19 Jun 2018 11:33:50 -0400, William Herrin said: > The innovation I'd like to see is a multi-level streaming cache. > Here's the basic idea: > > Define a network protocol such as "mlcache" > > mlcache://data.netflix.com/starwars/chunk12345 is a chunk of some > video that netflix has. It's encrypted. The client got the decryption > key for that chunk and instructions on how to load the chunks in what > order in an authenticated http connection. > > The client does not connect to data.netflix.com. Instead, it probes an > anycast IP address to find the nearest cache. If there is no cache, > then it falls back on contacting data.netflix.com directly. > > If the cache probe returned a unicast IP address for a nearby cache > then the client asks the cache to retrieve that chunk instead. If lots > of folks using the cache are watching that particular video, the cache > can supply the chunk without asking netflix for it again. > > If the cache doesn't have the chunk, it contacts the next cache > upstream. If there is no next cache upstream, it contacts > data.netflix.com directly.
Congrats, you just re-invented BitTorrent. :)
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