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I've been using CloudFront for a while but now I'm evaluating Microsoft's Azure CDN. It seems to be a good service so I'm not sure why they're not promoting it
by sern 16y ago
I've been using CloudFront for a while but now I'm evaluating Microsoft's Azure CDN. It seems to be a good service so I'm not sure why they're not promoting it on their website.
You have to use Azure Storage, which isn't that much of a problem because the whole service is very similar to Amazon's offering - I was just able to modify existing S3 code. The pricing is also about the same, but what Azure CDN has over CloudFront is a greater number of edge locations, most notably in Australia and South America. I'm really happy with their Asia/Australia performance.
Interestingly, the Azure CDN servers claim to run "EdgePrism", like LimeLight, although they seem to be hosted by Microsoft themselves.