Maybe Google needs to incorporate some level of CDN support into their SPDY layer...
Better than DNS I would think. -brandon On 11/16/09, Glen Turner <g...@gdt.id.au> wrote: > On 10/11/09 01:58, Jack Bates wrote: >> And different CDN's behave differently, depending on how they deliver >> content, support provider interconnects, etc. I'd hardly call many of >> them DNS lies, as they do resolve you to the appropriate IP, and if that >> IP disappears, try and quickly get you to another appropriate IP. > > It depends what you mean by "appropriate". It may not be "least cost" > or "closest", and that can be a rude shock when the CDN traffic suddenly > costs you A$5/GB (delivered from the US by undersea cable) rather than > $0 (delivered from an in-country peer). > > DNS is the wrong answer, simply because there's no way for the user to > express *their* policy. But since there no CDN support in HTTP..... > > -- > Glen Turner <http://www.gdt.id.au/~gdt/> > > -- Brandon Galbraith Mobile: 630.400.6992 FNAL: 630.840.2141
