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S3 is meant as a storage system and very reliable in storing bits, but not serving them. CloudFront is meant as a CDN and very reliable in serving bits.
by tybris 17y ago
S3 is meant as a storage system and very reliable in storing bits, but not serving them. CloudFront is meant as a CDN and very reliable in serving bits.
- paraschopra 17y agoDoesn't CloudFront builds over S3? I was reading about CloudFront and what I understand is that it is basically a distribution mechanism for S3.
- MicahWedemeyer 17y agoYes, CF is a CDN that sits on top of S3. It's usually very easy to turn on. Spend the hour to get it all running and you'll be glad you did.
- paraschopra 17y agoYes, was just reading the comparision here http://www.bucketexplorer.com/documentation/cloudfront--amazon-s3-vs-amazon-cloudfront.html http://www.bucketexplorer.com/documentation/cloudfront--amaz... Sadly, it says changes on Cloud Front take 24 hours to refresh plus it doesn't support HTTPS. While the latter is still okay but the first condition defeats the purpose of the whole setup.
- shpxnvz 17y agoCloudFront is meant as a CDN and very reliable in serving bits. Unfortunately, in my experience, its not. We tried CloudFront in production and occasionally ran into horrible latencies - 20 to 30 seconds in the worst cases. We ended up switching back to S3 and see much more consistent performance. Maybe they've fixed those problems since, though.