Overview Of Azure CDN
- Azure CDN is one of the services of Azure which helps in dealing with Content Delivery Network.
- It is the global CDN solution for delivering high-bandwidth content in low response time.
- Azure CDN caches the static files (Images, videos, etc) loaded from Azure Blob storage by using the closest point-of-preference(pop) server.
- Azure CDN can also handle dynamic content which cannot be cached. It does it by leveraging various network and routing optimizations.
How To Use Azure CDN For Content Delivery ?
Imagine, you are running a social media platform. Users from different parts of the world register in it and use it. The content feed in the application should be dynamically updated. The content such as images, text, etc is stored on a server in India. Users from other countries such as the US, and Europe found that the platform is leading to slower loading times and a less responsive user experience. The solution for this can be the usage of a Content Delivery Network(CDN)