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by daper 1404 days ago
Can I ask if your whole content can be stored on a single server so content is simply replicated everywhere or there is some layer above that that directs requests to the specific group of servers storing the requested content? I assume the described machine is not just part of tiered cache setup since I don't think nginx capable for complex caching scenarios.
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No, the entire catalog cannot fit on a single server.

There is a Netflix Tech Blog from a few years ago that talks about this better than I could: https://netflixtechblog.com/content-popularity-for-open-conn...