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Post by MimJannat99 on Nov 9, 2023 3:43:54 GMT
If you run a highly localized site and the vast majority of your users are in the same region as your hosting, having a CDN will be of little benefit and may even be harmful! Good to know: For tightly localized sites, using a CDN can degrade performance by introducing an irrelevant connection point between the visitor and an already nearby server. How does a CDN work? Before we answer how a CDN works, let's go back to the beginning. We have already mentioned that more than half of Internet traffic is served by content delivery networks. We also mentioned that the goal of a CDN is to reduce latency and improve loading times. But what is the reason for the photo editor shorter loading time? Reducing the physical distance that a user's request must travel. CDN operation We've already covered the basics. Now we will try to explain the entire content delivery process to you in several points. We will do it without unnecessary technical gibberish and use a practical example. Check out the fastest WordPress hosting and Ecommerce hosting on the market. Here is an example CDN operation scenario: In the beginning there is the user. If a US surfer wants to view content from a website located in the UK, they must expect a short delay because their request will have to cross literally the entire Atlantic. That's where access points come into play. To combat latency, content delivery networks download, save and cache a 'copy' of content in data centers around the world, called 'points of presence' POPs.
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