How to scale a video learning platform
From transcoding and CDNs to live classes and test-day spikes: an engineer's guide to scaling video learning for thousands of students at once.
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4 articles tagged #architecture
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How to handle 100,000 concurrent users
Load balancing, caching, queues, read replicas, connection pooling, autoscaling and load testing: how to build a platform that survives its busiest minute.
Horizontal vs vertical scaling: which should you use?
Scale up or scale out? The trade-offs in cost, limits and downtime, what stateless apps need, and why databases usually grow vertically first, with a worked cost example.
Caching strategies: cache-aside, write-through, write-back
Cache-aside, read-through, write-through and write-back compared: how each works, how each fails, and which suits course pages, progress and leaderboards.
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