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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2016
Netflix, Inc., Los Gatos, CA (US);
Andrew Chen, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Christopher Brand, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Daniel Ellis, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Alex Gutarin, Los Gatos, CA (US);
NETFLIX, INC., Los Gatos, CA (US);
Abstract
One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for replicating a file within a network of servers. The technique includes determining one or more regional master servers included in a regional cluster of servers and causing each regional master server to retrieve a file from a fill source. The technique further includes, for at least one local cluster of servers included in the regional cluster of servers, determining one or more local master servers included in the at least one local cluster of servers, and causing each local master server to retrieve the file from one of the one or more regional master servers.