Systems and methods for switching the processing of a live content stream to another datacenter

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a computer system, configure the computer system to perform operations comprising:

• determining a candidate data center from a plurality of data centers to transfer live streaming video content from a first data center of the plurality of data centers to the candidate data center, the determining of the candidate data center based at least in part on:
• (1) a capacity of the first data center and available capacity of each data center of the plurality of data centers, and (2) information from the first data center;
• generating a separate live streaming session for each live streaming session being broadcast by the first data center by communicating with an ingest service server that receives media content used to generate each separate live streaming session and the live streaming session;
• routing each separate live streaming session to the candidate data center;
• determining that each separate live streaming session of the candidate data center is synchronized with each live streaming session of the first data center by communicating with a first transcode manager associated with the first data center and a second transcode manager associated with the candidate data center;
• and
• updating a mapping of internet protocol (IP) addresses maintained by a delivery service server to redirect requests for content from the first data center to the candidate data center.

A computer system comprising:

• a memory configured to store computer-executable instructions;
• and
• a processor in communication with the memory configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to at least:
• receive a request to transfer live streaming video content from a first data center to another data center of a plurality of data centers;
• in response to the request determine a second data center from the plurality of data centers based at least in part on a capacity of the first data center and available capacity of each data center of the plurality of data centers;
• generate a separate live streaming session for each live streaming session being broadcast by the first data center by communicating with an ingest service server that receives media content used to generate each separate live streaming session and the live streaming session;
• route each separate live streaming session to the second data center;
• update a mapping of internet protocol (IP) addresses maintained by a delivery service server to redirect requests for content from the first data center to the second data center;
• and
• disconnect each live streaming session being broadcast by the first data center by communicating with the ingest service server.