Comments on: Why CDNs are great for the Internet, and it’s not for the reason you think http://royal.pingdom.com/2009/01/12/why-cdns-are-great-for-the-internet-and-its-not-for-the-reason-you-think/ Ramblings and tech news from the Pingdom team Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:34:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Volker http://royal.pingdom.com/2009/01/12/why-cdns-are-great-for-the-internet-and-its-not-for-the-reason-you-think/comment-page-1/#comment-313245 Volker Mon, 19 Jan 2009 19:03:03 +0000 http://royal.pingdom.com/?p=1487#comment-313245 CDN is a great benefit for serving specific type of contents which need low ping travel times or dont get updated to much. Its completely useless for dynamic content that changes frecuently. Internet has moved from static to live content over the past years and this where CDN doesnt work, it would create exactly the opposite effect, overloading the network. Its great for streaming but not for on the fly content. I would ratter bet that in 10 years the CDN will be package based, not content or file based like it is now.. It will be based on the network layer where the same bit packages are just recreated from a shorter hub instead of being transfered over the whole planet. This kind of CDN which im investigating would replicate the data on the network level and the client would see the exact copy without the need to upload the data to the CDN hubs. The CDN would just replicate the data from a shorter path to each visitor. Currently CDN is just like having duplicated content on several parts. This can also be made by having our own servers on different datacenters and using a live replication technology with virtualization. CDN is a great benefit for serving specific type of contents which need low ping travel times or dont get updated to much. Its completely useless for dynamic content that changes frecuently. Internet has moved from static to live content over the past years and this where CDN doesnt work, it would create exactly the opposite effect, overloading the network. Its great for streaming but not for on the fly content. I would ratter bet that in 10 years the CDN will be package based, not content or file based like it is now.. It will be based on the network layer where the same bit packages are just recreated from a shorter hub instead of being transfered over the whole planet. This kind of CDN which im investigating would replicate the data on the network level and the client would see the exact copy without the need to upload the data to the CDN hubs. The CDN would just replicate the data from a shorter path to each visitor. Currently CDN is just like having duplicated content on several parts. This can also be made by having our own servers on different datacenters and using a live replication technology with virtualization.

]]> By: Blogmarks pour le 15/01/2009 » Glagla Dot Org - Le blog sans prétentions d’Olivier Mansour http://royal.pingdom.com/2009/01/12/why-cdns-are-great-for-the-internet-and-its-not-for-the-reason-you-think/comment-page-1/#comment-312742 Blogmarks pour le 15/01/2009 » Glagla Dot Org - Le blog sans prétentions d’Olivier Mansour Thu, 15 Jan 2009 21:19:06 +0000 http://royal.pingdom.com/?p=1487#comment-312742 [...] Royal Pingdom » Why CDNs are great for the Internet, and it’s not for the reason you think [...] [...] Royal Pingdom » Why CDNs are great for the Internet, and it’s not for the reason you think [...]

]]> By: Randy Cooper http://royal.pingdom.com/2009/01/12/why-cdns-are-great-for-the-internet-and-its-not-for-the-reason-you-think/comment-page-1/#comment-312522 Randy Cooper Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:57:20 +0000 http://royal.pingdom.com/?p=1487#comment-312522 Good post to explain in the most simple terms of what features a CDN has to offer. CDN is getting cheaper for those looking for bargains and let's the "little guys" get in on the benefits of CDN technology as well. Another primary reason to go with a CDN is video streaming - whether that be static or live. Pusing your video through a true media server protects your content, speeds delivery and saves bandwidth. Randy Cooper Founder, CDN Evangelist Find out more on CDN from the blog where the CDN pros go! CDN Evangelist - http://www.cdnevangelist.com Good post to explain in the most simple terms of what features a CDN has to offer. CDN is getting cheaper for those looking for bargains and let’s the “little guys” get in on the benefits of CDN technology as well.

Another primary reason to go with a CDN is video streaming – whether that be static or live. Pusing your video through a true media server protects your content, speeds delivery and saves bandwidth.

Randy Cooper
Founder, CDN Evangelist
Find out more on CDN from the blog where the CDN pros go!
CDN Evangelist – http://www.cdnevangelist.com

]]> By: Pingdom http://royal.pingdom.com/2009/01/12/why-cdns-are-great-for-the-internet-and-its-not-for-the-reason-you-think/comment-page-1/#comment-312519 Pingdom Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:16:30 +0000 http://royal.pingdom.com/?p=1487#comment-312519 @Mac Tips: We usually don't recommend any specific vendors, but Richy C probably answered your question to some extent. (Though the Amazon CDN is called Cloudfront, isn't it? Though it integrates with S3.) @Mac Tips: We usually don’t recommend any specific vendors, but Richy C probably answered your question to some extent. (Though the Amazon CDN is called Cloudfront, isn’t it? Though it integrates with S3.)

]]> By: Pingdom http://royal.pingdom.com/2009/01/12/why-cdns-are-great-for-the-internet-and-its-not-for-the-reason-you-think/comment-page-1/#comment-312517 Pingdom Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:00:28 +0000 http://royal.pingdom.com/?p=1487#comment-312517 @Jonas: Really? That sounds interesting. You don't happen to have any stats you might be willing to share...? (Regarding getting more traffic from Google.) @Jonas: Really? That sounds interesting. You don’t happen to have any stats you might be willing to share…? (Regarding getting more traffic from Google.)

]]> By: Richy C. http://royal.pingdom.com/2009/01/12/why-cdns-are-great-for-the-internet-and-its-not-for-the-reason-you-think/comment-page-1/#comment-312493 Richy C. Tue, 13 Jan 2009 10:53:09 +0000 http://royal.pingdom.com/?p=1487#comment-312493 I'm aware of Akamai (the most well know/largest), Amazon S3, Limelight/Mosso Files, Internap CDN (as resold by Softlayer), BitGravity, LocalMirror, ValueCDN, CacheFly and Nirvanix. I do wish the CDN providers would give more details of where their locations are and example pricing. The cheapest for storing 10Gb of files and transferring 1,000Gb per month is Amazon (at $172), followed by Softlayer (at $180), but once you start getting more requests (or you have lots of little files), Amazon's costs start going high (due to the fact they charge per request along with data transfer and storage). I’m aware of Akamai (the most well know/largest), Amazon S3, Limelight/Mosso Files, Internap CDN (as resold by Softlayer), BitGravity, LocalMirror, ValueCDN, CacheFly and Nirvanix.

I do wish the CDN providers would give more details of where their locations are and example pricing.

The cheapest for storing 10Gb of files and transferring 1,000Gb per month is Amazon (at $172), followed by Softlayer (at $180), but once you start getting more requests (or you have lots of little files), Amazon’s costs start going high (due to the fact they charge per request along with data transfer and storage).

]]> By: Jonas http://royal.pingdom.com/2009/01/12/why-cdns-are-great-for-the-internet-and-its-not-for-the-reason-you-think/comment-page-1/#comment-312471 Jonas Tue, 13 Jan 2009 06:36:00 +0000 http://royal.pingdom.com/?p=1487#comment-312471 I've have been using a CDN for a couple of months and when i started to use a CDN i suddenly got more visitors from Google!? I’ve have been using a CDN for a couple of months and when i started to use a CDN i suddenly got more visitors from Google!?

]]> By: Rob La Gesse http://royal.pingdom.com/2009/01/12/why-cdns-are-great-for-the-internet-and-its-not-for-the-reason-you-think/comment-page-1/#comment-312414 Rob La Gesse Mon, 12 Jan 2009 19:30:16 +0000 http://royal.pingdom.com/?p=1487#comment-312414 The Rackspace Cloud Hosting suite already provides CDN "built-in". Using Cloud Files anyone can use our CDN partnership with Limelight to serve their content via CDN. You can learn more here: http://www.mosso.com/cloudfiles.jsp. An you don't need to be a programmer to use it. The Rackspace Cloud Hosting suite already provides CDN “built-in”. Using Cloud Files anyone can use our CDN partnership with Limelight to serve their content via CDN. You can learn more here: http://www.mosso.com/cloudfiles.jsp.

An you don’t need to be a programmer to use it.

]]> By: Mac Tips http://royal.pingdom.com/2009/01/12/why-cdns-are-great-for-the-internet-and-its-not-for-the-reason-you-think/comment-page-1/#comment-312392 Mac Tips Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:41:12 +0000 http://royal.pingdom.com/?p=1487#comment-312392 A cool little article. What do you guys recommend for a CDN? I know of Amazon S3 but is there some smaller website which is better that not many people have heard of? At the moment it seems to be massive CDN for big companies and Amazon for the rest of us. A cool little article. What do you guys recommend for a CDN? I know of Amazon S3 but is there some smaller website which is better that not many people have heard of? At the moment it seems to be massive CDN for big companies and Amazon for the rest of us.

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