Netflix Streams Past Metadata Limitations
Netflix's self-built cataloging tool was instrumental early on, but proved limited in scope as their data ecosystem expanded to include real-time pipelines and online stores. The central Data Platform Team became a major bottleneck, shouldering the entire burden of maintaining connectors and struggling to enforce governance policies at scale.
This success story reveals how Netflix moved beyond the limitations of their homegrown solution by choosing DataHub's extensible, self-serve platform.
You will learn how Netflix:
- Improved the productivity of their central data team by enabling self-serve data cataloging across multiple teams.
- Met the unique needs of their complex ecosystem through DataHub's support for custom entity types, ownership models, and properties.
- Strengthened data governance by implementing a central policy engine, offloading the connector development burden from the core team.
- Achieved the scalability and performance required to manage their massive traffic load and data volume.
See the strategy that helped Netflix transition from a restrictive, centralized catalog to an extensible platform that empowers their entire organization.