What is a CDN
What Is a CDN and Why Does It Matter? In today’s fast-moving internet world, speed is everything. If a website loads slowly, users leave. This is where CDNs (Content Delivery Networks) come in. A CDN helps websites load faster, stay available, and handle large amounts of traffic without breaking a sweat. What Is a CDN? A Content Delivery Network (CDN) is a network of servers distributed across different locations around the world. Instead of serving content from a single origin server, a CDN delivers content from the server closest to the user. For example: A user in Asia gets content from an Asian server A user in Europe gets content from a European server This reduces latency and improves performance. How a CDN Works Here’s a simple flow: A user opens a website The CDN checks the user’s location Content (images, CSS, JavaScript, videos) is served from the nearest CDN node The website loads faster 🚀 The origin server is still there, but it’s protected and used less often. Benefits ...