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07-02-2013 01:43 PM #1 panthary (Member)
CDN Recommendation

Hello, any of you kids using a CDN? I'm running around 2TB a month, but am looking to shop around a bit due to a new project. Currently using MaxCDN

07-02-2013 01:46 PM #2 nusolutionz (Veteran Member)

i used maxcdn before but switched to rackspace "cloud files" they are using the akamai network..and i'm glad i did because maxcdn wasn't that reliable.

07-03-2013 01:44 AM #3 bandit09 ()

Quote Originally Posted by nusolutionz View Post
i used maxcdn before but switched to rackspace "cloud files" they are using the akamai network..and i'm glad i did because maxcdn wasn't that reliable.
+1 rackspace / akamai FTW

07-03-2013 07:47 AM #4 adrian (Member)

If you are looking for a budget one but with good coverage take a look at cdn77

07-03-2013 08:02 AM #5 rob_gryn (Member)

I second (or third) that, RackSpace Cloud Files, it's perfect. 3 months now, no issues.

I used Max CDN but it's not reliable - I had 3 hours downtime on my EU zone within the first 2 weeks of using it.

I also tried CDN77 and a/b tested again RackSpace, RackSpace was by far the better performer.

07-03-2013 08:50 AM #6 zeno (Administrator)

It would be interesting to see some pragmatic test results surface, i.e. split testing of CDNs with something like NewRelic's Real User Monitoring to give some geographically distributed data on actual user page load times across a range of high volume pages. I am hesitant to endorse any particular CDN at the moment without that kind of data, since most A/B tests are confined to a particular geography (or a few) and the test metrics are CTR/ROI rather than real-world load times.

07-03-2013 08:51 AM #7 rob_gryn (Member)

Quote Originally Posted by zeno View Post
It would be interesting to see some pragmatic test results surface, i.e. split testing of CDNs with something like NewRelic's Real User Monitoring to give some geographically distributed data on actual user page load times across a range of high volume pages. I am hesitant to endorse any particular CDN at the moment without that kind of data, since most A/B tests are confined to a particular geography (or a few) and the test metrics are CTR/ROI rather than real-world load times.
You're right, but let's leave that to the pros, *cough* caurmen.

07-03-2013 10:49 AM #8 adfire (Member)

i am using maxcdn now but i am interested in RackSpace Cloud Files
is it more expensive ? whats the benefit of rackspace ?

07-03-2013 11:19 AM #9 caurmen (Administrator)

It would be interesting to see some pragmatic test results surface, i.e. split testing of CDNs with something like NewRelic's Real User Monitoring
Is that the Bat-Signal I see?

Sounds like a great idea for a testing article. I'll look into it.

07-04-2013 02:09 AM #10 polarbacon (Moderator)

http://www.cloudharmony.com/speedtest

you can create a test in any geo...and make sure to set it to small file size


also is nice for testing cloud providers

07-04-2013 03:52 AM #11 clickright ()

We've been using Akamai and have been very happy with them.

07-04-2013 07:52 AM #12 panthary (Member)

Seems like RackSpace is the preferred choice, I'll give it a try.

When was the last time you guys used MaxCDN? I just ran PB's speed test for US/CA and found MaxCDN out performed RackSpace and Akamai for file downloads, but was beaten by Amazon S3.

07-04-2013 08:29 AM #13 zeno (Administrator)

I wouldn't use anything US-based to compare CDNs. The fact is for an affiliate marketer it's load times outside of the US/CA that CDNs can actually make much of a difference on. Inside the US most of your landers are going to load so fast that it becomes a nebulous battle of blazing fast versus lightning quick.

07-04-2013 09:21 AM #14 panthary (Member)

I should have mentioned that I'm running video through the CDN, via a VOD Zone

07-05-2013 05:33 PM #15 BeyondHosting-Tyler (Member)

Caurmen tested our CDN and said we blew everyone out of the water.

Worth asking about. :-)

07-06-2013 11:54 AM #16 caurmen (Administrator)

I was very impressed with BH's CDN, yes - bloody fast in the regions I tested (US and EU). Definitely worth looking into.

07-07-2013 09:56 AM #17 panthary (Member)

Hey Tyler, discounts?

07-07-2013 02:31 PM #18 bbrock32 (Administrator)

There are lots of good options out there , but I have been pretty happy with MaxCDN.

For EU campaigns load times were much faster then my US server.

07-09-2013 03:29 PM #19 BeyondHosting-Tyler (Member)

Quote Originally Posted by panthary View Post
Hey Tyler, discounts?
We sell our CDN at cost right now. Sorry!

09-21-2013 03:28 PM #20 karim0028 (Member)

Hey Does Rackspace offer origin pull? Or do you have to upload all your stuff through ftp, bc thats a pain in the asssss....

10-01-2013 02:11 PM #21 goshev (Administrator)

This is pretty good though:

https://www.cloudflare.com/network-map

And it is free if you want to test it. You know these guys took most of the DDoS traffic directed to spamhaus a few months ago.

I use them for some websites pretty good. You can use them if you switch from one server to another as their service helps reduce any propagation to a few minutes.

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