Ghost Cast Server -

The result: infinite scalability limited only by the orchestrator’s ability to spawn instances. Because each ghost is short-lived and single-purpose, resource waste is minimized.

| Component | Function | |-----------|----------| | | Accepts client requests, decides whether to spawn a ghost, and manages lifecycle. | | Ghost instance | Lightweight server (e.g., Node.js + WebRTC, Gstreamer, or custom UDP relay) that handles one or a few clients. | | Discovery service | Optional – helps ghosts find other ghosts for multi-hop delivery across regions. | | Telemetry bus | Collects metrics (latency, packet loss, uptime) without persisting to disk. | | Origin shield | Protects the master origin from being overwhelmed by many ghost instances requesting the same segment. | ghost cast server

| Feature | Ghost Cast Server | Traditional CDN Edge | P2P (WebRTC mesh) | |---------|------------------|----------------------|--------------------| | Statefulness | Stateless, ephemeral | Stateful cache | Client-side state | | Scaling unit | Per-client or per-session | Pre-provisioned node | Peer upload bandwidth | | Latency | Very low (single-hop relay) | Low to medium | Variable (depends on peer) | | Origin protection | Spawn-on-demand throttling | Cache-fill storms possible | No origin protection | | Security | Post-facto data erasure | Logs/cache may persist | No control over peers | The result: infinite scalability limited only by the