RE: Real Worth of MVR20 Oct 2018 03:46
“I cannot imagine the amount of computing power that's going to be required when there are potentially hundreds of thousands of users all expecting a smooth flow of the content they're paying for. This for a peak use of maybe only 3 hours, then a dramatic tail-off.“
Not a problem at all in today’s virtualised computing. You’d just burst out into the cloud, buying virtual servers by the hour and mirroring base configurations across. 6 years ago at a VMWare event in Barcelona I was in a session that mentioned that one of the UK bookies did this around the Grand National. If I recall correctly they multiplied their computing by a factor of four. 6 years ago! - The world of IT has moved a long way since then. Get the base configurations correct and burst into the cloud - Amazon Web Services etc. Ramp up, live concert, ramp down. Simples.
P.S. It won’t be U2 or McCartney imho. We’ll find out very soon I’m sure.