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06-16-2011, 04:45 PM #1Web Hosting Guru
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Need help choosing the best CDN for my needs
I've never had experience using a CDN before besides CloudFlare. I might go ahead and stick with CloudFlare, but since speed is a top priority, other options might be better.
Requirements:
- Must work with SSL
- Ideally a pull CDN
- Ideally less than $0.15/GB transfer (I'll be doing less than 1TB for a month or two, but could be up to 5TB or more by this fall)
- Must have a good distribution of POPs, including Asia (Australia would be very good as well)
- Optimized to serve small image files
I've heard a lot of good things about MaxCDN, but apparently they don't have any POPs in Asia, so that rules them out. MediaTemple's ProCDN (Edgecast reseller) looked promising, but their FAQ says they don't support SSL. VPS.net looks like it could satisfy these requirements, although I've heard conflicting reviews.
Has anyone had any experience with any of these or know of CDN's that can fit my needs? Finding the right CDN has proved harder than I expected! If this isn't possible at this cost, I can possibly pay more to be able to have APAC.Last edited by schooglepets; 06-16-2011 at 04:50 PM.
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06-16-2011, 10:11 PM #2Web Hosting Master
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06-16-2011, 10:34 PM #3Web Hosting Guru
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06-16-2011, 10:37 PM #4Web Hosting Master
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06-16-2011, 10:39 PM #5Web Hosting Master
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You want $0.15 for ultra-tiny commits in aus and asia?
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06-17-2011, 01:12 AM #6Web Hosting Guru
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At the time of posting I hadn't realized that services like VPS.net were being extremely misleading by not actually including Asia in their listed prices. I'm just curious after doing all of this research how fast CloudFlare is burning through capital considering how expensive the overseas bandwidth is.
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06-17-2011, 10:59 AM #7Web Hosting Master
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Hi,
We're doing fine
The primary issue with a datacenter in Australia largely has to do with costs. Unless I'm mistaken, the bandwidth costs in Australia are typically at least 3-4x more expensive than we generally negotiate.
The good news, however, is that we do consider new DCs based on where traffic is coming from. If we have a lot of people using the service in Australia and New Zealand, it helps prioritize getting new DCs in place somewhere in the region. The coming datacenter in Singapore should most certainly help things in the interim.
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06-17-2011, 11:34 AM #8Web Hosting Guru
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06-17-2011, 06:53 PM #9Junior Guru Wannabe
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Can you keep us posted on what you find in terms of pricing.
I heard Limelight delivered from Sydney.
But it was definitely not at .15cents.
And an actual premium was tacked on to that price they gave me.
I figured they would go through a 3rd party or something.
Have you tried CDNetworks?
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06-17-2011, 09:40 PM #10Web Hosting Master
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Level3's CDN is the only true CDN that will meet your needs. LW resells it, check it out there.
'Ripcord'ing is the only way!
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06-17-2011, 09:50 PM #11Web Hosting Guru
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06-17-2011, 11:06 PM #12Web Hosting Master
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06-17-2011, 11:16 PM #13Web Hosting Guru
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