Byte Down: Making Netflix’s Data Infrastructure Cost-Effective
Netflix Technology Blog
Jul 8 · 8 min read
By Torio Risianto, Bhargavi Reddy, Tanvi Sahni, Andrew Park
“At many other organizations, an effective way to manage data infrastructure costs is to set budgets and other heavy guardrails to limit spending. However, due to the highly distributed nature of our data infrastructure and our emphasis on freedom and responsibility, those processes are counter-cultural and ineffective. Our efficiency approach, therefore, is to provide cost transparency and place the efficiency context as close to the decision-makers as possible.”