sounds like google is replicating akamai. For folks that are interested in CDN, you should know about consistent hashing (helps to know about it in general): h

sounds like google is replicating akamai. For folks that are interested in CDN, you should know about consistent hashing (helps to know about it in general): http://bit.ly/2P1wL http://bit.ly/2P1wL [pdf] disclosure: I have worked at akamai in the past.