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vaheh
VP-CART New User
USA
115 Posts |
 Posted - June 14 2016 : 13:19:50
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Hi,
I am looking to use CDN for hosting some of my customers website and I was wondering if anyone else has done this and can recommend something or tip on this.
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ryo_best
VP-CART New User
90 Posts |
Posted - June 20 2016 : 08:41:12
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Hi Vaheh,
Never try this before,I think VPASP hosting server only located at US at the moment, but if you want to use CDN for your hosting, there are many hosting provider support for this, like GoDaddy and CloudFlare.
Cheers |
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squirrel
VP-CART New User
USA
73 Posts |
Posted - June 21 2016 : 21:50:15
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Hi Vaheh,
I would suggest either CloudFlare or MaxCDN. I am personally using these two and so are my clients.
If your website visitors reside in multiple locations (different countries) then, there is a good chance using a CDN makes sense. Remember that you don''t need millions of visitors a day for a CDN to pay off. Even with low traffic (~1,000 Unique Visitors a day) you should at least consider it (perhaps the Pay As You Go packages will be of interest).
Things that you should look for before signing up for a CDN :
a) Speed/Performance from various locations
b) Pricing
c) Functions :
1. What should the CDN be able to do?
Some things can be considered basic functionality, like Origin-Pull and Gzip compression. Other things are not so common, like a custom CNAME and SSL Certificate for secure webpages.
2. What should you, as a user of the CDN service, be able to do?
- view (real-time) statistics on CDN usage
- upload files via FTP
- do a Purge-All via an API
- override the browser caching headers your origin server sends
d) Others
- Ability to scale
- Multiple locations
- 24/7 Customer Service
Other Recommended CDNs :
a) Akamai (if you have the budget)
b) XCDN
c) KeyCDN
d) CDNSun
e) Amazon Cloudfront
***Most of them offer a trial run. Check them out first before committing on a plan/company.
Don''t forget to share your results 
Thank you.
Best Regards,
Daniel
Be Happy Always |
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the-crawler
Starting Member
Bahamas
14 Posts |
Posted - June 23 2016 : 04:00:46
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if u have difficulty to choose what''s the best among CDNs, take a look at CDN comparison http://cdncomparison.com/
hope this helps.
to be or not to be is must to be |
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vaheh
VP-CART New User
USA
115 Posts |
Posted - June 23 2016 : 18:43:11
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Hi Everyone,
Thanks for all of your comments and tips. Once I am done with current customer''s website and set it up a CDN I would post the result.
Thanks,
Vaheh |
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squirrel
VP-CART New User
USA
73 Posts |
Posted - June 30 2016 : 14:02:13
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@vaveh
You are welcome. Sure, do let us know the results. Am actually a little eager to know :)
Thank you.
Best Regards,
Daniel
Be Happy Always |
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danielrichardson
VP-CART Super User
Australia
216 Posts |
Posted - July 01 2016 : 06:13:13
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| I ever using cloudflare for testing, just update your ns with cloudflare ns. |
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squirrel
VP-CART New User
USA
73 Posts |
Posted - July 04 2016 : 18:02:40
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quote:
Originally posted by danielrichardson
I ever using cloudflare for testing, just update your ns with cloudflare ns.
Are you using Cloudfare or not using Cloudfare?
Also, if you are using Cloudfare, which package are you on?
Do let us know :)
Thank you.
Best Regards,
Daniel
Be Happy Always |
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danielrichardson
VP-CART Super User
Australia
216 Posts |
Posted - August 08 2016 : 09:21:56
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| I using free Cloudflare package. |
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AleChe91
VP-CART New User
Italy
126 Posts |
Posted - August 08 2016 : 11:01:07
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One question
Whats better beetween CDN and Strong Server HDD?
Most of my traffic is from one country so i don''t know if CDN is good for me
Alessandro
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ryo_best
VP-CART New User
90 Posts |
Posted - August 09 2016 : 08:39:15
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Hi Alessandro,
If your traffic only from one country, it would be useless to use CDN, and for server I would recommend to use strong server with SAS HDD, it''s better than SATA HDD.
Cheers |
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danielrichardson
VP-CART Super User
Australia
216 Posts |
Posted - August 10 2016 : 07:02:31
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| If you using CDN just for one country, seems I agree with ryo. It is useless. For strong server HDD, maybe you can try for SSD technology. SSD technology is the faster and more efficient alternative to traditional hard disk drives (HDD), but more expensive. |
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ryo_best
VP-CART New User
90 Posts |
Posted - August 10 2016 : 09:28:15
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| SSD is good for the speed, but for now SSD still to expensive, so I prefer SAS HDD with raid technology, well at least I can relax for now |
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squirrel
VP-CART New User
USA
73 Posts |
Posted - August 29 2016 : 20:19:28
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Hi Alessandro,
Yes, if your site is catering to just one country only, you probably would not need a CDN.
But, then you will need to ensure that people from all part of your country is having a good load time browsing your site. For an example, if your site is hosted on a server in New York, people visiting your site from California, Texas, Hawaii etc might still have a slower load time compared to all those visiting your site from New York and it''s surrounding areas. If this is the case, you might want to look at CDNs catering to locality.
And like Ryo pointed out, SSD is a little expensive. Perhaps you can check around...
Thank you.
Best Regards,
Daniel
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serjtankian
VP-CART Super User
Armenia
378 Posts |
Posted - September 08 2016 : 06:14:54
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i want to ask more about CDN
do they really copying all our files to their server?
*peace - serj* |
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