[OSM-talk] Using CDN for Tiles

[Karl Newman]

On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 10:43 AM, Kyle Gordon <kyle at lodge.glasgownet.com>wrote:

> 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
>

Cons: It's never, ever worked for me, across different computers and
networks... I have no idea why.

Karl
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