[OSM-talk] Using CDN for Tiles

[Kyle Gordon]

Dirk-Lüder Kreie wrote:
> Ian Dees schrieb:
>> Hi list,
>>
>> Just saw this pop up in my RSS reader:
>> http://aws.typepad.com/aws/2008/09/were-never-cont.html
>>
>> Maybe we could throw the Mapnik tiles up on Amazon's content delivery
>> network so that they arrive quickly.
>
> There are other CDNs that we could use, and which might be cheaper, 
> too, for example the Coral CDN, which works by simply appending 
> ".nyud.net" to your URL's host part, and is AFAICS free, as in beer.
>
> Maximum TTL of objects on Coral seems to be 24hrs, soo that's nice for 
> our tiles, too.
>
Coral seems to be the obvious choice for this sort of thing. Can anyone 
come up with some more pros and cons for it?

Pros: Has been seen to cope with major /. events, free, simple
Cons: uurm...

Cheers

Kyle