A Content Delivery Network (CDN) is a network of servers spread around the world to make the website or application accessible worldwide.
How does a CDN work?
Because one server shares the website with multiple servers all over the world, that website can also load quickly on the other side of the world. This makes it possible for your website to load quickly on the other side of the world as well.
When do I apply a CDN?
We would recommend using a CDN if you want to offer the content of your website to multiple countries. For example, if you have a web shop and also want to offer your articles to neighboring countries.
What benefits does CDN offer?
We have listed some of the benefits for using a CDN:
- The server is protected and pages load faster
Although all traffic is handled by your own server, a server in your network displays the website to the visitor. Because static files such as images are cached from a server, the user also gets to see the pages faster. - All servers in the network are individually reduced in load.
This is because there is only one server that can generate all the content. - Any visitor spikes are handled better.
Instead of just one server, there are multiple servers handling all the traffic.