How can I develop a strategy for serving 45 second videos to hundreds of thousands of users?

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I am closing up development on a web site that allows people to watch thousands of videos which are on average 45 seconds in length.

I'll be hosting the web application on Linode, but I'm unsure whether I should use Linode, a cloud file service or a custom server + T1 for serving the videos.

Can anyone offer guidance here?

Thanks,

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 23 '11 at 15:57

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A hosted streaming service, maybe even using a CDN, seems like a good idea here: http://www.streamzillacdn.com/. A Google search for "hosted streaming plan" would bring up more providers, if necessary.

answered Sep 23 '11 at 15:57

the-wabbit

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How can I develop a strategy for serving 45 second videos to hundreds of thousands of users?

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