IBM Cloud Content Delivery Network
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use IBM Cloud Content Delivery Network for delivering our web app static content to our customers throughout the world. The CDN delivers those assets faster as they are cached at geographical nodes throughout the world and reduces load on our primary web servers.
Pros
- Delivers static content (HTML, CSS, JS)
- Reduces load on our servers
Cons
- The ability to purge content by directory or based on wildcards would be a huge time saver
Most Important Features
- Metrics, so we can see throughput and geographical distribution
Return on Investment
- It has reduced load on our servers so we can reallocate server resources to our web app
- IBM Cloud Content Delivery Network has sped up response times for our app and made customers happier
