Introduction to the Netflix System Design Course
This course provides a structured and practical exploration of how Netflix is designed as a large-scale, highly available, and globally distributed system. It focuses on the architectural principles and engineering decisions required to support millions of concurrent users while delivering high-quality, low-latency video streaming across diverse devices and network conditions.
Learners will examine the core challenges of building such a system, including scalability, fault tolerance, performance optimization, and data consistency. The course introduces key components such as client applications, backend microservices, content delivery networks (CDNs), caching layers, and distributed data stores, and explains how these elements work together to form an end-to-end streaming platform.
By the end of the course, participants will gain a clear understanding of:
- How functional and non-functional requirements drive architectural decisions.
- How large-scale distributed systems handle traffic spikes and failures gracefully.
- How content is delivered efficiently using CDN and adaptive streaming strategies.
- How microservices, caching, and databases are orchestrated to achieve reliability and performance.
This course is designed for students and professionals seeking to strengthen their system design skills using a real-world, industry-scale example. It bridges theory and practice by demonstrating how fundamental distributed systems concepts are applied in one of the world’s most demanding production environments.
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