CDN

Question 1

What is a CDN?

Answer 1

A CDN (content delivery network) is essentially a group of servers that are strategically placed across the globe with the purpose of accelerating the delivery of your static web content.

Question 2

Why use a CDN (Content Delivery Network‎)?

Answer 2

CDNs are very useful for a multiple reasons:

• It simply Decrease Server Load- On average, 80% of a website consist of static resources therefore when using a CDN, there is much less load on the origin server.
• Make Faster Content Delivery- For website owners who have visitors in multiple geographic locations, content will be delivered faster to these users as there is less distance to travel.