By dennison
Does anyone have any experience with CDN? I have been struggling with traffic spikes lately, which would overload Apache/MySQL and kill the server.
To dip my toes into CDN I have been using CloudFlare’s free service, but this hasn’t prevented traffic spikes from killing my server.
I have been reading about assigning a separate domain for static content i.e. images … would this help ease server load? Where can I find more information how to set this up?
Appreciate your help. For reference, the website I am referring to is ASTIG.PH.
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I have used Cloudflare, but now I use this cdn service, more effective pricing model for me. I pay only for data transfer.
CloudFlare helps. I have used them myself. Have you considered something like Varnish cache?
I am guessing at how to use a separate domain for static content. Since nobody else has answered on the topic, my guess is that you would either have to rewrite your pages to bring in the static content from a separate domain or use a rewrite based on the directories that contain your static content.
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