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How Netflix uses AWS to provide a seamless global service


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about how Netflix uses AWS to provide a seamless global service to its users around the world. Like most global businesses today, cloud computing is integral for Netflix to function. Netflix uses a wide range of AWS services to provide a seamless service to its users around the world. This includes Amazon Elastic Cloud Compute, Amazon Simple Storage Service, Amazon CloudFront, Amazon Rekognition, Amazon Kinesis, AWS Lambda, AWS Auto Scaling, and many more.


Did you know that Netflix began as a mail-based DVD rental business on 29 August 1997? Since then, Netflix has evolved greatly and has become a streaming giant.


Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, popularly referred to as Amazon EC2. EC2 offers the broadest and deepest compute platform, with over 600 instances and a choice of the latest processor, storage, networking, operating system, and purchase model to help meet the requirements of the user’s workloads. Amazon EC2 provides virtual machines that Netflix uses to run its streaming applications. Since, EC2 is highly scalable, thus enabling Netflix can easily add or remove servers as required to meet changing demands.


Next, let us look at Amazon Simple Storage Service, popularly referred to as Amazon S3. Amazon S3 is an objective storage service offering industry-leading scalability, data availability, security, and performance. Using S3, users can store and protect any amount of data for just about any use case – from data lakes to cloud-native applications, and even mobile applications. S3 offers cost-effective storage classes, easy-to-use management features, cost optimization, data organization, access-control configurations, etc. based on user requirements. Amazon S3 provides object storage for Netflix to store its content on the cloud. S3 is highly durable and available, enabling Netflix to offer content to its users reliably anytime, anywhere.


These are some of the top ways in which Netflix uses the amazing features offered by AWS to offer a seamless, personalized, desirable experience to its users. I am sure, you now have a slightly better idea of how Netflix is so popular and how AWS supports Netflix in its great functioning.

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