Using Google App Engine As a Cheap Content Delivery Network

Writing for 24 ways, Matt Riggott explains how you can use Google App Engine as an affordable content delivery network:

A content delivery network, or CDN, is a system of servers spread around the world, serving files from the nearest physical location. Instead of waiting for a file to find its way from a server farm in Silicon Valley 8,000 kilometres away, I can receive it from London, Dublin, or Paris, cutting down the time I wait.

A CDN is a nice compliment for any website or web app, and Google’s App Engine makes it easy.

Visit Link • 27 Dec 2008 • Tags: development, google, web