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CDNs in a Nutshell

Ryan Richards

When I first joined Fastly two years ago, I had a vague idea of what Content Delivery Networks – CDNs – were and how they worked. Since then I’ve learned quite a bit more from some very bright folks and now have a pretty good grip on things. It recently occurred to me that there are probably a lot of people who think about CDNs the way I once did, so I decided to share what I’ve learned by writing this article and hopefully in the process showcase some of the ways Fastly is different from traditional CDNs.

June 19, 2013

Move Fastly

Artur Bergman

When I started Fastly in 2011 I wanted to bring the CDN experience into the 21st century – CDNs were too slow, inflexible and opaque. Based on our experience building large websites, we re-thought how to deliver content, built a powerful caching engine and tied it together with advanced distributed systems.

June 05, 2013
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