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In the Capacity estimation section - 1 min of video was estimated to require 50M...

Prabhakar

Mar 20, 2022

In the Capacity estimation section - 1 min of video was estimated to require 50MB of storage under storage estimates section while the same 1 min of video was estimated to take 10MB of bandwidth.

Can you please explain the difference?

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Design Gurus
Design Gurus4 years ago

Storage require more space, as we need to store a video in multiple formats and also store multiple copies if a video for durability and better availability.

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Prabhakar 4 years ago

OK. So, technically if there was a single format, we'd need both 10MB bandwidth and 10MB storage for the same file?

Design Gurus
Design Gurus4 years ago

Yes. In simple terms, if you are storing a 10MB file on a server, you need 10MB (per some unit) to download it.