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by kraemate 4568 days ago
I'm confused, doesn't Netflix use AWS for all their servers? AFAIK you can't run FreeBSD on EC2 without significant challenges.
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misframer 4568 days ago
There are a few AMIs available: http://www.daemonology.net/freebsd-on-ec2/
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mvip 4568 days ago
Yes, this if for their CDN/edge system. They run their cloud architecture on EC2. There was a very interesting talk about this on EuroBSDCon (http://2013.eurobsdcon.org/eurobsdcon-2013/talks/#AlistairCr...), but I can't seem to find the video.
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philjohn 4568 days ago
I believe these are the boxes you can install if you're an ISP to cache the most popular content - hence the talk of 100TB of hard drives etc.
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