Serving digital content is one of the most basic and straightforward tasks - that is, until you have serious requirements for low latency, high availability, durability, access control, and millions of views on or under budget. In addition, because of "spiky" usage patterns, operations teams often need to provision static hardware, network, and management resources to support the maximum expected need, which guarantees waste outside of peak hours.
AWS provides a suit suite of services specifically tailored to deliver high-performance media serving. Each service features pay as you go pricing on an elastic infrastructure - meaning that you can scale up and down according to your demand curve while paying for only the resources you use. BEcause this infrastructure is programmable, it can react quickly.
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