This year
2011
Inside Pantheon: the Valhalla filesystem | Pantheon
by holyver
At Pantheon, when we look at challenges Drupal projects face, we don't only do what's worked well-enough in existing deployments. We ask ourselves how we can transcend some of the challenges entirely. How Drupal stores files is no exception. So, when we started building the next generation of Pantheon (now launched), we looked at our options -- and then built a solution entirely focused on the needs of Drupal developers.
2010
The Coral Content Distribution Network
by Spone & 4 others (via)
Are you tired of clicking on some link from a web portal, only to find that the website is temporarily off-line because thousands or millions of other users are also trying to access it? Does your network have a really low-bandwidth connection, such that everyone, even accessing the same web pages, suffers from slow downloads? Have you ever run a website, only to find that suddenly you get hit with a spike of thousands of requests, overloading your server and possibly causing high monthly bills? If so, CoralCDN might be your free solution for these problems!
Drupal CDN & Static File Server - The Amazon S3 Way | Slayerment
by holyver
This post isn't meant to be an end all to Drupal and CDNs, but rather just some insight into the way I have tackled this issue for the time being.
There are a number of options to choose from and a lot of different ways to go about it. You could get a new server locally and load balance your stuff, you could get a new server locally and use it as a static file server, you could team up with a big time CDN like Akamai or Limelight and go that route, or you could go the less expensive CDN route with something like Amazon S3.
Should You Use JavaScript Library CDNs? « Lickity Split
by nhoizey
"JavaScript Library CDNs use the network effect. Our survey of the Alexa 2000 shows that right now there are too few people in the network to get any value. Only Google’s AJAX Library API has anywhere near the penetration to provide any benefit"
2009
Updated List Of Carriers and Telcos Entering The CDN Market | The Business Of Online Video
by Xavier Lacot
An extensive Content Delivery Networks (CDN) list
2008
CloudFront : Amazon lance son service de CDN (Content Delivery Network)
by camel (via)
On me pose souvent la question du coût des solutions de CDN Akamai pour gérer la disponibilité d’un site. Et en général le problème majeur avec cet acteur vient des frais de fonctionnement et de mise en service. En effet au delà de l’engagement contractuel sur la durée la mise en place d’une solution Akamai est relativement coûteuse pour des “petits” acteurs.
Cette annonce d’Amazon est donc une très bonne nouvelle pour le segment des sites de taille moyenne, trop petits pour négocier avec Akamai et gérant déjà un trafic suffisamment important pour être obligé de mettre en place des solutions de cache distribués, des CDN.
