Navigating the Netflix Data Deluge: The Imperative of Effective Data Management

by Vinay Kawade Obi-Ike Nwoke Vlad Sydorenko Priyesh Narayanan Shannon Heh Shunfei Chen

Introduction

In today’s digital age, data is being generated at an unprecedented rate. Take Netflix, for instance. Netflix Studios all over the world create 100s of PBs of assets every year. The content ranges from text and image sequences to large IMF¹ files for source encoding, and occasionally, generated proxies and mezzanines. This immense flow of data from studios highlights the critical need for effective data management …

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