Music Streaming: Architecture for Global Listening
Music Streaming: Architecture for Global Listening Music streaming connects listeners from many places with a small, steady delay. To keep listening smooth, the architecture has to deliver data from nearby servers, support many concurrent streams, and adapt to changing networks. A well designed system separates concerns like storage, processing, delivery, and metadata so updates on one part do not break others. Global Delivery Architecture At the core is a content delivery network (CDN) and edge compute. The CDN places audio files and manifests close to users, reducing round trips and buffering. Edge services handle secure login, rights checks, and token validation without reaching the main data center every time. Regions also hold catalog metadata and recommendations to speed up searches locally. ...