Netflix? More like Netfix – world’s most popular streaming service is tied at the neck with its biggest rival, and doesn’t even know how much it spends on cloud computing
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Emma Walker
Netflix, a leading global streaming service, is facing a challenge in managing its cloud computing costs, despite its prominence in home entertainment. The company relies on Amazon Web Services (AWS) for its cloud infrastructure, creating a complex relationship as AWS is part of Amazon, a major competitor through Amazon Prime Video.
Although Netflix engineers use self-service tools on AWS to support their streaming service, they struggle to track resource usage and costs accurately. To address this issue, the Platform Data Science Engineering (DSE) team at Netflix is working on tools like Foundational Platform Data (FPD) and Cloud Efficiency Analytics (CEA) to analyze resource usage and costs more effectively.
Netflix’s cloud cost management remains a work in progress due to challenges such as multi-tenant platforms and data delays. The company aims to enhance its tools with predictive analytics and machine learning to optimize resource usage and identify cost inefficiencies in the future.
This situation reveals an interesting dynamic where the world’s top streaming platform is reliant on its competitor’s technology, AWS, while endeavoring to gain better insights into its cloud spending.
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