Owl - Scale and Flexibility in Distribution of Hot Content

This course teaches learners about Owl, a system that provides high-fanout distribution of large data objects in Meta's private cloud. The course covers topics such as decentralized data plane, centralized control plane, peer-to-peer distribution trees, tracker services, cache state management, and distribution policies. The teaching method includes lectures on content distribution, scalability, flexibility, and comparisons with BitTorrent. The course is intended for individuals interested in data distribution systems, cloud computing, and network optimization.