Building Resilient Streaming Platforms: Lessons from the Industry

Abstract

In today’s digital entertainment era, streaming platforms must deliver uninterrupted experiences to millions of concurrent users. This technical article presents a comprehensive framework for building resilient streaming architectures, drawing lessons from industry implementations. It explores multi-region infrastructure for fault tolerance, multi-CDN strategies for QoE optimization, and predictive monitoring systems powered by anomaly detection and LLMs. The article also addresses disaster recovery design, chaos engineering validation, and compliance enforcement under failure conditions. Backed by quantitative metrics, the framework offers practical guidance for architecting streaming systems that maintain reliability, security, and business continuity at global scale.