Without a CDN cache located nearby, a visitor in Europe viewing content hosted in the US will experience slow loading times as the request travels across the Atlantic and back again
3 seconds
1s
End user
Origin server
CDNs are designed to speed up loading times for websites by caching a version of a site's content in multiple geographical locations. If the service suffers a catastrophic failure, it can prevent these companies from operating on the internet at all
Without a CDN cache located nearby, a visitor in Europe viewing content hosted in the US will experience slow loading times as the request travels across the Atlantic and back again
3 seconds
1s
End user
Origin server
CDNs are designed to speed up loading times for websites by caching a version of a site's content in multiple geographical locations. If the service suffers a catastrophic failure, it can prevent these companies from operating on the internet at all