In today’s Internet-driven world, an audience demands instant access to online content – whether they’re accessing a company websites and online applications, or downloading music files or software. These demands for a faster, richer web experience, along with increasing file sizes and unpredictable traffic, can make it challenging to live up to user expectations without costly investments in web-hosting infrastructure.
CDN service offers you one of the industry’s most cost-effective solutions for quickly and reliably delivering high-quality content to audiences across the globe.
There is a number of CDN services available with VPS.NET: caching (origin pull setup), live streaming and on-demand streaming (for pre-recorded content).
Caching:
If you prefer Caching setup have a look at the following article about how to setup Caching property:
http://wiki.vps.net/cdn/getting-started-with-the-cdn/
When you create caching property, you need to change your CNAME for cdn.yourdomain.com to “cdn.vps.net.c.footprint.net” in your DNS records. If your domain uses dns1/dns2.vps.net as your name servers you can simply go to “Manage My DNS” section in VPS.NET Dashboard:
find your domain zone and add CNAME record:
Here is some more detailed information about managing DNS records via VPS.NET:
http://wiki.vps.net/domain-names/dns-domain-names/how-to-manage-dns-within-the-vps-net-dashboard/
To make CDN work for yourdomain.com you have to change URL for all images and static files to cdn.yourdomain.com/image.jpg.
If you are interested in the Streaming services, you may want to take a look at the articles below:
Live Streaming:
http://wiki.vps.net/cdn/live-streaming/how-live-streaming-works/
On-Demand Streaming:
http://wiki.vps.net/cdn/on-demand-streaming/on-demand-streaming-how-does-it-work/
http://wiki.vps.net/cdn/on-demand-streaming/creating-on-demand-stream-links/
As always, our support team is ready to assist you with any questions that may appear while dealing with the CDN settings.
