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Content distribution networks : an engineering approach /

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Content distribution networks (CDNs) are the most promising new techniques for coping with the huge and swiftly growing volume of Internet traffic. In essence, CDNs are groups of proxy-servers located at strategic points around the Internet and arranged so as to ensure that a download request can al...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Verma, D. C. (Dinesh Chandra)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, N.Y. : Wiley, ©2002.
Subjects:
Electronic data processing > Distributed processing.
Computer networks.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Content Distribution Networks; Contents; Preface; 1 Overview of Content Distribution Networks; 2 Site Design and Scalability Issues in Content Distribution Networks; 3 Wide Area Client Redirection Mechanisms; 4 Selecting the Right Site in a CDN; 5 CDN Data Sharing Schemes; 6 Interconnecting the CDN Sites; 7 Applications of Content Distribution Networks; 8 Related Topics; References; Index.