Questions tagged [content-delivery-network]
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Does an amazon cloudfront distribution with multiple origins conflict?
i have 2 different images in 2 websites at:
http://www.siteA.com/avatar.png
http://www.siteB.com/avatar.png
If i create an Amazon Cloudfront distribution with 2 origins: www.siteA.com and www.siteB.com and then i call for…

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Checking someones bandwidth and loading content based on it
I have seen a number of questions that don't answer this, is it possible to check someones bandwidth using java script and load specific content based on it?
The BBC seem to give me low quality images when using my mobile and in the middle of…

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YSlow - What does clicking add CDN do?
I was going over my YSlow results for an internal web application and I clicked the Add CDN button. Now I have an A rating for using a CDN.
What just happened?

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Why randomize your file names for cloud storage/CDN?
When you look at a profile picture on a social networking site like Twitter, they store image files like:
http://a1.twimg.com/profile_images/1082228637/a-smile_twitter_100.jpg
or even with a date somewhere in the path like 20110912. The only…

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Where can I find free content hosting?
Is there any free hosting for Javascript? Recently google has been hosting jQuery,etc... and Yahoo hosts it's YUI, which is great, but it'd be even better if there was a service that could host user scripts and things like that.
Any ideas?

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How does Amazon CloudFront compare with Limelight or Akamai?
Good morning,
I am looking into an inexpensive solution to deliver content to our European customers, I came across Amazon CloudFront. I was wondering if any of you had any experience using this service? If so, what are your thoughts compared to…

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IE9 blocking jQuery CDN
I'm having issues with IE9 in our new website. The jQuery files aren't loading. I've tried the CDN on Google initially but have also tried the Microsoft CDN, both failing. I've seen posts about using the latest version of jQuery. I've grabbed the…

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What is a Content Delivery Network and Distributed File System?
I am trying to widen my knowledge with respect to distributed systems and systems design. I came across the terms such as Content Delivery Network and Distributed File Systems for storing/handling media data such as music, videos, pictures, gifs,…

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How do I set up a content delivery network for my site?
I've read up on th ebenefits of a content delivery network and noticed that all sites with growing users would definitely require one. I need to know how can I set it up for my site, as in do I need to restructure my websites code for this matter,…

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Using CDN with
tags
I have just added a CDN service to make my website load faster.
I have a question regarding photos that are fetched using a
tag.
I have many cases like this:
// userProfile.thumbnailPhotoSrc = some/relative/path.png …

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serving js libraries: better performance from google code or using asset packager?
I am working on a rails application that uses big javascript libraries (e.g. jquery UI), and I also have a handful of my own javascript files. I'm using asset packager to package up my own javascript. I'm considering two ways of serving these…

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Setting up CDN in a linux server
I'm trying to set up a CDN for my website. I've hosted it in my virtual server on Digital Ocean but I can't find an howto for configuring all the necessary. Have anyone some suggestions?

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CDN that provides Redirects?
We need a CDN (like Rackspace Files or AWS) that allows us to set up 301 redirects to old files.
E.g. if we decide to delete http://cdn.example.com/mportant-case-study.pdf, we'll want to redirect that old asset to our case studies page,…

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If network providers deploy their own CDNs, then how does their CDN play with the Content providers' CDNs?
Content Delivery (Distribution) Networks help optimize the delivery speed by caching content. Network providers use CDNs to help reduce core network traffic, reduce subscriber churn and facilitate value added services. However Content providers…

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How do I setup Cloudfront CDN for Laravel application?
We have developed a Laravel application which is working fine. Once we enabled CDN (Amazon Cloudfront), it stopped working all forms. Wherever there is a form submissions like Login, Contact us , etc. It's not at all working.
We have identified that…

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