Music Streaming: Architecture for Global Audiences
Music Streaming: Architecture for Global Audiences Music streaming today reaches listeners from many time zones and devices. To keep quality high, services must move media close to users while respecting licenses and budgets. A solid architecture combines storage, delivery, and processing that scales with demand and geography. Edge delivery and caching help reduce latency. A global content delivery network (CDN) caches audio near listeners, so a song starts quickly even on a slow connection. Origin data lives in regional storage, and edge servers serve popular tracks with warm caches. Adaptive bitrate streaming then adjusts quality in real time, so playback remains smooth if the network fluctuates. ...