[Tfug] Web server names

[Zack Breckenridge]

Yes, I think that usually means "Content Distribution Network".
Akamai, for example, comes to mind. Usually, I think of a CDN as
serving up larger (though still "static") files from the nearest
available location to the requesting user. So, obviously there will be
multiple DNS records associated with a 'cdn' name. Their web server(s)
will also probably be configured as caching web servers, caching the
most oft-requested files in memory, etc.

- Zack

On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 2:58 PM, Christopher Robbins <robbinsc at gmail.com> wrote:
> CDN - Content Delivery Network?
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> On Jan 21, 2013, at 2:57 PM, Bexley Hall <bexley401 at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> Hi,
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> A trivial? question -- for the right person!  :>
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> I often see web sites served with a group of hosts (ignoring
> the ad services, etc.).  Usually names like "<foo>static" and
> "<foo>cdn", etc.
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> I figure the "static" host probably pushes out invariant
> stuff -- things that can be "blindly"/"mindlessly" served
> (unscripted, etc.).
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> No idea what "cdn" is intended to signify/abbreviate but it
> turns up in lots of names.
>
> Anyone care to shed some light on this?
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> Thx,
> --don
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