Reddit user PoisonWaffe3 Recently acquired A 2013-era Netflix cache server that was taken out of service and cleared for disposal, marking a rare occasion when the public glimpsed the mystery material, Bug reports.
The shutdown cache server, called the “Open Connect Appliance” (or OCA), was running as part of Netflix. Open Connect Content Delivery Network. Open Connect is a network of servers around the world Integrated with local ISPs containing local copies of Netflix video content, which accelerates the delivery of such content to Netflix viewers by bringing them as close to viewers as possible (geographically and from a network hop perspective).
Netflix provides a lot of top-notch documentation on open contact on their website, but what not very well known What are the specific components that make Open Connect servers work, especially those that are about ten years old. After removing three screws, PoisonWaffle3 peeked inside its unit and found a “very standard” SuperMicro motherboard, Intel Xeon processor (E5 2650L v2), 64GB DDR3 RAM, 36 Western Drives Digital Solid State drives from 7.2TB (7200rpm), six 500GB Micron hard drives, a pair of 750W power supplies, and a four-port 10Gb Ethernet card. In total, the server has “262 TB of raw storage,” according to PoisonWaffle3.
PoisonWaffle3 got the bright red Netflix cache server because it was working with an ISP that was shutting down devices. They wrote: “We are removing / replacing quite a lot of Netflix OCA cache from the 2013 era and I have been offered one.” “Sure, I couldn’t say no.”
original user Ask for advice On what to do with the OCA, suggestions ranged from the harness Chia cryptocurrency (containing ample storage space) to play a file Complex Media streaming server. Originally, OCA activated FreeBSD, but the server was completely wiped as part of the shutdown process. Instead, PoisonWaffle3 is installed Terona, which is an open source operating system designed specifically for network file storage applications. Whatever path PoisonWaffle3 takes with hardware, 262 TB is still plenty of storage for one person, even in 2022.
Interestingly, the now defunct call service miracle It uses the local caching system to distribute data more efficiently using the same basic principle as Open Connect in the 1980s and 1990s. Instead of providing video, this service provided text data and NAPLPS vector graphics file. Times have changed, but we still want fast data.
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