Host can I host a file on a CDN?

3 points by blanketman 15y ago ↗ HN

Hi, I'm writing a jquery plugin and wondering what would be the best way to host this plugin on a CDN for my users? Thanks, Thomas

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[dead] cleverjake 15y ago ↗

pay money, pretty much. Unless you're planning on getting a huge amount of traffic, its generally not worth the cost to go to akami or anything. Some people have tried to use github or google app engine, but it doesnt appear that they cache any files at various locations,. They are more setup like S3, in that there is one master bucket, and far off nodes call home to get any files.

vlod 15y ago ↗

Amazon's Cloudfront or Amazon S3 would probably work for you. http://aws.amazon.com/cloudfront

blanketman 15y ago ↗

Have you used it before?

abrudtkuhl 15y ago ↗

Cloudfront works great

david927 15y ago ↗

Rackspace Cloud (CloudFiles) is what I use. I highly recommend it:

http://www.rackspacecloud.com/cloud_hosting_products/files

blanketman 15y ago ↗

Thanks looking into it

jpmc 15y ago ↗

I like/use Amazon Cloudfront. Do you know this size of the plugin and your estimated downloads? Both Rackspace and Amazon will get the job done. You just have to decide on price and which system you want to depend on.