CDN

The Content Delivery Network (CDN) is a network of servers spread across different geographical locations worldwide. It simplifies the way your business content is loaded for users globally. When you choose a hosting solution for your website, the server your data is stored on is connected to a network made up of other servers. The static content of the web server is transmitted to mirror servers via a distribution system. When a web user clicks on a page on your website, the request is sent to whichever mirror server will be quickest to display the requested content. The larger and more powerful the network, the quicker the content is delivered.
This process takes place in the background, so the web user is not aware of it.

The CDN is characterised by two key elements: the distribution system and the request-routing system. The distribution system serves two purposes: it transmits the original content to the different mirror servers, and assesses its authenticity and relevance. Content authentication offers a more enjoyable user experience for your visitors. There are two procedures: either the distribution system sends the new modified data directly to every CDN server, or it just sends a message that the data is available on the mirror server when a user makes a request. The request-routing system ensures that the data is available in the right place at the right time. It allows requests to be redirected optimally to the user.

You can configure your CDN service directly from the OVHcloud Control Panel, and follow this guide.

As Europe’s leading cloud hosting provider, we have extensive experience advising and supporting our customers to help them optimise their web projects. Our CDN increases the security of buffer memory data, limiting DDoS attacks. With our CDN network of datacentres spread across the globe, the customers and visitors accessing your website get reduced loading times and lower bandwidth usage. There are a number of advantages to choosing OVHcloud as a CDN provider:

• The CDN option can be activated in just a few clicks – and it is easy to use because it is natively integrated into your hosting plan (pre-defined configuration, SSL certificate management and activation for each of your domain names on a case-by-case basis).
• You also have unlimited bandwidth.
• We strive to offer innovative solutions to ensure that our services are scalable.
• OVHcloud has 3 points of presence: two in France (Gravelines and Strasbourg) and one in Canada (Beauharnois).
• You can choose which static elements of your website are loaded from the server to the CDN. You have control over your content administration.
• Our CDN network is monitored by our specialists, which ensures you optimal service quality.
• You get the protection and security of our web hosting plans. Connections to your website are secure for your visitors.
• You can easily manage traffic spikes on your website, without any slowdowns – especially if you offer downloadable files, or if you have an e-commerce website. This means you get more agility in how you manage your web solution.
• You also get a wide range of web options to boost your hosting plan, so that it can adapt to your business growth.

Get the benefits and features of a professional CDN to easily improve your contents’ display performance.

If your Web Hosting plan experiences a technical failure, our CDN will display a static, offline version of your website. This means your content will remain partially accessible to your visitors.

The Shared CDN is integrated and available with all of our cloud hosting packages. To help you get started quickly, the option is offered with a default configuration when it is activated – but you can customise it at any time.

With the OVHcloud Shared CDN option, you can optimise the performance of your websites and applications without changing anything in your hosting plan or code. The CDN interfaces between your hosting plan and your users around the world. It caches static content as soon as a web user requests it, and distributes it as quickly as possible without having to retrieve the content from your hosting servers. This reduces their load, and speeds up the display of your website content on browsers.

To deliver an optimal user experience, it is crucial to offer fluid and secure browsing with the HTTPS protocol. Improve your conversion rates by offering the ultimate user experience from a computer, smartphone or tablet, and speed up the loading times for your website.

Avoiding downtime on websites is now a major challenge for all companies. Search engines like Google, Bing and Yahoo consider loading times to be an essential factor in determining a website’s organic SEO. The CDN reduces response times for your webpages, and improves their loading speed. This is an additional factor when it comes to improving your website’s ranking in search engines.