On Tue, Jun 19, 2018 at 12:09 PM, <valdis.kletni...@vt.edu> wrote: > On Tue, 19 Jun 2018 11:33:50 -0400, William Herrin said: > >> The innovation I'd like to see is a multi-level streaming cache. >> Here's the basic idea: >> >> Define a network protocol such as "mlcache" >> >> mlcache://data.netflix.com/starwars/chunk12345 is a chunk of some >> video that netflix has. It's encrypted. The client got the decryption >> key for that chunk and instructions on how to load the chunks in what >> order in an authenticated http connection. >> >> The client does not connect to data.netflix.com. Instead, it probes an >> anycast IP address to find the nearest cache. If there is no cache, >> then it falls back on contacting data.netflix.com directly. >> >> If the cache probe returned a unicast IP address for a nearby cache >> then the client asks the cache to retrieve that chunk instead. If lots >> of folks using the cache are watching that particular video, the cache >> can supply the chunk without asking netflix for it again. >> >> If the cache doesn't have the chunk, it contacts the next cache >> upstream. If there is no next cache upstream, it contacts >> data.netflix.com directly. > > Congrats, you just re-invented BitTorrent. :)
Except for the peer to peer part and every other aspect of bit torrent save the chunked transfer. Regards, Bill -- William Herrin ................ her...@dirtside.com b...@herrin.us Dirtside Systems ......... Web: <http://www.dirtside.com/>
