Update Full CDN

[Matt]

As of just now, I've moved the CDN.Z22SE.COM domain to an Amazon S3 bucket.

Because I like messing about and trying to make things as fast and scalable as possible, this is a nice feature to use (it's also very cost effective!)

I've just switched the DNS over to point to the S3 bucket, and as we use a very good DNS provider, most people should already be getting the content from there

 

[Matt]

I've also now added a full edgecase set up to the CDN domain name.

This will now spread the content on multiple edge servers across the globe, allowing you to get the files from servers more local to your area.

$ host cdn.z22se.com    
cdn.z22se.com is an alias for d3g2y0o200pe11.cloudfront.net.
d3g2y0o200pe11.cloudfront.net has address 205.251.251.109
d3g2y0o200pe11.cloudfront.net has address 205.251.251.81
d3g2y0o200pe11.cloudfront.net has address 205.251.251.13
d3g2y0o200pe11.cloudfront.net has address 205.251.251.197
d3g2y0o200pe11.cloudfront.net has address 205.251.251.5
d3g2y0o200pe11.cloudfront.net has address 205.251.251.21
d3g2y0o200pe11.cloudfront.net has address 205.251.251.173
d3g2y0o200pe11.cloudfront.net has address 205.251.251.241

 

[evocarlos]

what is all this voodoo magic

 

[Matt]

what is all this voodoo magic

lol, it's just things I like to mess about with!

There is an add-on available where I can serve all the attachments and avatars from the CDN as well, so I'm trying it on the domain I set up for serving theme images etc first to see how it goes.

 

[evocarlos]

oh right just to get the info thru quicker

c:\
cd windows
dir /p

lol

 

[Matt]

oh right just to get the info thru quicker

c:\
cd windows
dir /p

lol

lol, basically yes

 

[Matt]

Also, if any of our International members could let me know how the site feels speed wise, that would be appreciated.

 

[Matt]

Managed to get a list of the edge locations

North America

• Ashburn, VA (2)
• Dallas/Fort Worth, TX (2)
• Hayward, CA
• Jacksonville, FL
• Los Angeles, CA (2)
• Miami, FL
• New York, NY (3)
• Newark, NJ
• Palo Alto, CA
• San Jose, CA
• Seattle, WA
• South Bend, IN
• St. Louis, MO

South America

• São Paulo, Brazil

Europe / Middle East / Africa

• Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2)
• Dublin, Ireland
• Frankfurt, Germany (2)
• London, England (2)
• Madrid, Spain
• Milan, Italy
• Paris, France (2)
• Stockholm, Sweden

Asia Pacific

• Hong Kong, China (2)
• Osaka, Japan
• Seoul, Korea
• Singapore (2)
• Sydney, Australia
• Tokyo, Japan (2)

*Denotes Amazon CloudFront only at this edge location

 

[Matt]

I've also just configured it to now serve the avatars and attachment data from the CDN. If you notice the site running slow, please let me know, as I want to test this for a week or so to see how it affects page loading speed.

 

[Matt]

Still seems to be running nice and fast my end, and everything looks to be working as expected

 

[Matt]

I've switched over to a different CDN provider to see how they compare with Amazon CloudFront. All up and running, and seems just as good so far (with a better management area / reporting)

 

[Matt]

I've made a few more changes, and installed another add-on that changes how attachments are served.

Is everything OK for everyone?

 

[Matt]

CDN Usage is going well

I've paid for 1TB of data, so we should be good for at least 12 months