Content Delivery Networks: Speeding Up Global Access
Content Delivery Networks: Speeding Up Global Access Content delivery networks (CDNs) place copies of your content closer to users. They are a practical way to speed up access for websites, images, and videos. By serving data from edge locations around the world, CDNs reduce distance, lower latency, and improve reliability. A CDN works by caching static parts at edge servers and by smart routing of requests. When a user asks for a page or asset, the system serves it from the nearest edge location. If the item is not in cache, the CDN fetches it from your origin, stores a copy at the edge, and serves future requests from that location. Cache rules determine how long a copy stays fresh, and you can purge content to reflect updates quickly. ...