Open source is the driving force for more and more innovation in technology and business, and open source is the new standard for application development, as described in our blog post, The Three Waves of Open Source Development. NGINX is one of the most significant open source projects, powering nearly half of the world’s busiest…
Continue reading ›Why Netflix Chose NGINX as the Heart of Its CDN
In the few years since its introduction, Netflix's online video streaming service has grown to serve over 50 million subscribers in 40 countries. We've already shared some of the best practices that Netflix's software development engineers adopted as they transitioned from a traditional monolithic development process to continuous delivery and microservices, in Adopting Microservices at Netflix: Lessons for Architectural Design and Adopting Microservices at Netflix: Lessons for Team and Process Design.
NGINX developer Gleb Smirnoff at nginx.conf2014
In this post, we'll discuss another core contributor to Netflix's success: its content delivery network (CDN), Open Connect. We're proud that NGINX runs on every Open Connect delivery appliance, playing a key role in Netflix's ability to keep pace with the explosive growth of the video service. NGINX's Gleb Smirnoff has worked alongside the Open Connect team for over two years, and last October at our user conference, nginx.conf2014, he explained why Netflix chose NGINX (along with FreeBSD) to power this crucial part of its business.
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