How YouTube Scaled in 2007

Google TechTalks · Talk · 53 min · 2007 · YouTube title: Seattle Conference on Scalability: YouTube Scalability

Why it's here

HN recommends it as a rich, concrete look at real-world system design and as evidence of YouTube's early Python stack.

What it covers

Cuong Do of YouTube describes how a handful of engineers scaled the site, covering hardware, software and database scalability challenges during its rapid growth. The talk was given at the 2007 Seattle Conference on Scalability.