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Content distribution networks : an engineering approach / Dinesh C. Verma.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: New York, N.Y. : Wiley, �2002.Description: 1 online resource (xv, 182 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 0471464139
  • 9780471464136
  • 047122457X
  • 9780471224570
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Content distribution networks.DDC classification:
  • 621.3981 21
LOC classification:
  • QA76.9.D5 V47 2002eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Content Distribution Networks; Contents; Preface; 1 Overview of Content Distribution Networks; 2 Site Design and Scalability Issues in Content Distribution Networks; 3 Wide Area Client Redirection Mechanisms; 4 Selecting the Right Site in a CDN; 5 CDN Data Sharing Schemes; 6 Interconnecting the CDN Sites; 7 Applications of Content Distribution Networks; 8 Related Topics; References; Index.
Summary: Content distribution networks (CDNs) are the most promising new techniques for coping with the huge and swiftly growing volume of Internet traffic. In essence, CDNs are groups of proxy-servers located at strategic points around the Internet and arranged so as to ensure that a download request can always be handled from the nearest server. In this, the first reference in the field, a recognized CDN pioneer describes the various technologies involved and explains how they came together to form a working system. With the help of case studies, he covers all the practical basics and provides inva.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-175) and index.

Print version record.

Content Distribution Networks; Contents; Preface; 1 Overview of Content Distribution Networks; 2 Site Design and Scalability Issues in Content Distribution Networks; 3 Wide Area Client Redirection Mechanisms; 4 Selecting the Right Site in a CDN; 5 CDN Data Sharing Schemes; 6 Interconnecting the CDN Sites; 7 Applications of Content Distribution Networks; 8 Related Topics; References; Index.

Content distribution networks (CDNs) are the most promising new techniques for coping with the huge and swiftly growing volume of Internet traffic. In essence, CDNs are groups of proxy-servers located at strategic points around the Internet and arranged so as to ensure that a download request can always be handled from the nearest server. In this, the first reference in the field, a recognized CDN pioneer describes the various technologies involved and explains how they came together to form a working system. With the help of case studies, he covers all the practical basics and provides inva.

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