Content Delivery Networks (PDF)

Optimize the delivery of rich data using content delivery networking services



Optimize the delivery and availability of network-based applications and data with help from this hands-on resource. You'll learn to improve Web site and data center performance by implementing a variety of content-accelerating technologies--including caching, redirection, and load balancing. By using this technology to improve network infrastructure, you'll be able to successfully deliver and support a wide range of rich content services to a geographically diverse subscriber base. Filled with revealing case studies and covering everything from Ethernet and IP routing to DNS network design and Global Server Load Balancing, this is the definitive guide to the emerging field of content networking technology.



Review basic to advanced Ethernet concepts

Understand VLANs and how they are used

Become familiar with the SSL protocol

Trace the history and function of SSL accelerators

Know the function of DNS and identify problems with DNS network design

Explore the structure of the Internet and how NAPs, peering, and BGP can affect CDN design

Use and optimize filters and firewalls to ensure content security

Get details on business drivers--including SLAs--behind the need for bandwidth management

Examine server load balancing scenarios and provide required configuration