Content Delivery Networks: Speeding Up the Web
Content Delivery Networks: Speeding Up the Web Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) place copies of your files on servers around the world. When a user visits your site, the CDN automatically picks a nearby server to deliver static assets like images, CSS, and JavaScript. This reduces travel distance and lowers the time to first byte. At the core, a CDN uses caching and fast routing. Edge servers store copies of common files and respond quickly. For dynamic pages, CDNs can still help by routing requests to the origin only when needed, or by using edge compute to assemble small parts close to the user. ...