Content Distribution Networks: An Engineering Approach

Verma D. C.9780471224570, 0-471-22457-X

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 invaluable implementation schemes.

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Table of contents :
Content Distribution Networks: Engineering Approach……Page 1
Copyright……Page 5
Contents……Page 8
Preface……Page 12
Ch1 Overview of Content Distribution Networks……Page 18
Ch2 Site Design & Scalability Issues in Content Distribution Networks……Page 42
Ch3 Wide Area Client Redirection Mechanisms……Page 78
Ch4 Selecting Right Site in CDN……Page 102
Ch5 CDN Data Sharing Schemes……Page 120
Ch6 Interconnecting CDN Sites……Page 144
Ch7 Applications of Content Distribution Networks……Page 168
Ch8 Related Topics……Page 184
References……Page 188
Index……Page 194