A Content Delivery Network is used to distribute data to end users of an Internet service. It is typically used for large scale distribution, and employs caching and numerous edge locations to speed up and reduce the bandwidth requirements of the process.
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(Single Day - Peak) Dedicated Server Requirements for CDN Set-ups
Update: Comments made regarding how it is not a duplicate - fundamental question.
Pre-Info: I am a game design specialized generalist with semi-practical software engineering skills in essence yet due hard times we're going through I am the one who…
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Simple DNS Modifications, Directing to CDN
I'm reading through this guide which is quite thorough and helpful, but I've come across one paragraph that's stumping me.
For your root domain, you'll change its A record to point to one of the CDN's IP ranges. For each subdomain, modify its CNAME…
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Server/storage choice for very low bandwidth video hosting
I have a unique project where I'm needing host several terabytes of short ~15mb mp4 video files, of which each video will only be viewed once.
Is a CDN recommended here? Or would a basic storage solution like AWS S3, or DigitalOcean's Block Storage…
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Why controls inside update panels took long to update even website integrated with a CDN network?
I have a website which written by using ASP.NET. I hosted this website in USA ( Kansas city ) with Quad Core Processor and 8Gb RAM( Dedicated Server: 1GBPS Speed Line). Also my website is running through cloudflare CDN. I am using update panels in…
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How to setup a content repository in Linux?
I want to setup a server that'll host documents and image files which can be accessed efficiently from other application servers and databases on the same enterprise data center. What are the some of the options available in Linux?
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Google Cloud Storage vs Amazone S3 + Cloudfront?
So I am building a web service which is going to be hosting files up to 500mb in size, and am finished with the coding and now deciding on hosting. I see that Amazon Web Services is very popular, but Google Compute Engine + Cloud Storage seems a…
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Global DNS loadbalancing
Is it that the DNS queries from a particular region goes to DNS servers located nearest? How DNS servers are made aware of the geographical location of requesting IP address?
Is that how the CDN works?
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Setting up self hosted CDN
Am building a site that makes a lot of requests for javascript and css files, and I've being reading about CDNs. I have a spare domain name and hosting space which I would like to use host these static files. My main domain is hosted on shared linux…
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Should a well-optimized ad server be able to run fine on a single dedicated server?
This is a completely hypothetical question that myself and a colleague have been wondering/debating about, and we thought some of the knowledgeable people at SF could shed some light.
Say, for example, you have an ad server that delivers around 10…
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Adding expire headers to content served from CDN?
I'm using MaxCDN to serve content to my blog using W3 Total Cache. The problem I'm running into when evaluating my site using Google Page Speed and YSlow! is that expire headers are not being sent on content delivered from the CDN, nor are they…
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hiding sensitive information from cdn provider
I have an app that I want to connect to cloudflare for cdn. However, Cloudflare handles the https encryption for me so I'm worried that user passwords may be logged.
What are some good practices for shielding sensitive information from cdn…
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Is it Possible to Bypass CDN to Access Source of Truth?
Developing an application to access information in race-like conditions - at a specifc time. Referring to Akamai. My understanding of CDN is that servers will cache data and may refresh this data after "local" client requests. I've used dig…
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can I re-add the original namesaver after adding cloudflare namesaver?
I have a webhosting website which will cause failure for clients who try creating sub-domain when I change my nameserver with cloudflare nameserver.
I am thinking to re-add my original nameserver after cloudflare verify my change of nameserver. Will…
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CDN solution for VOD
We're trying to improve video delivery for a VOD solution. Right now we use over 100Tbytes per month running on several dedicated servers. We have a total of 4 dedicated servers and over the last six months we've needed to add a new server every 2-3…
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I live in Australia, how is it that Stack Exchange is so fast without using any CDN?
I had a look at the Stack Exchange Servers:
https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/10369/which-tools-and-technologies-are-used-to-build-the-stack-exchange-network
Seems they only have two data centres with 11 servers. There's no mention of CDN,…
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