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Infrastructure at Roblox
How Roblox's Infrastructure Supports Record-Breaking Games
Roblox faces unique challenges in building and maintaining infrastructure for millions of creator-built experiences, including Dress to Impress, Adopt Me, and Dead Rails, requiring innovative engineering methodologies. In line with our value of taking the long view, we now predict capacity needs up to two years in advance, balancing user demand with efficient server utilization. Ahead of weekend updates, Roblox engineers collaborate to monitor upcoming changes and predict remaining capacity, provisioning additional cloud resources as needed to accommodate millions of extra players via virtual edge data centers.
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