They will have all moved to the outsourced, hyper-scaling models offered by the one cited above (AWS, Azure, Google, Akamai), and a group of upcomers such as Oracle. The barriers are low, the capital requirements are huge, and it just makes sense. On-line video services like Zoom do the exact same thing.
What is the hardware physically behind Tidal, Spotify, QoBuz?
Dear Late Night Audiogoners,
I'm calling into the show tonight because I was wondering something you may know about. What the hardware (and software) look like that allow streaming services to operate.
Are we talking massive server rooms?
Is there a physical process involved in getting music into a format to store for streaming? Do the record companies need to transfer a digital file to the service for streaming?
-Curious in Chicago
I'm calling into the show tonight because I was wondering something you may know about. What the hardware (and software) look like that allow streaming services to operate.
Are we talking massive server rooms?
Is there a physical process involved in getting music into a format to store for streaming? Do the record companies need to transfer a digital file to the service for streaming?
-Curious in Chicago