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A Walk through Content Delivery Networks

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Performance Tools and Applications to Networked Systems (MASCOTS 2003)

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Content Delivery Networks (CDN) aim at overcoming the inherent limitations of the Internet. The main concept at the basis of this technology is the delivery at edge points of the network, in proximity to the request areas, to improve the user’s perceived performance while limiting the costs. This paper focuses on the main research areas in the field of CDN, pointing out the motivations, and analyzing the existing strategies for replica placement and management, server measurement, best fit replica selection and request redirection.

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  1. Università di Roma ”La Sapienza”, Via Salaria 113, 00198, Roma, Italy

    Novella Bartolini

  2. Università di Roma ”Tor Vergata”, Via del Politecnico, 1, 00133, Roma, Italy

    Emiliano Casalicchio & Salvatore Tucci

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Bartolini, N., Casalicchio, E., Tucci, S. (2004). A Walk through Content Delivery Networks. In: Calzarossa, M.C., Gelenbe, E. (eds) Performance Tools and Applications to Networked Systems. MASCOTS 2003. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2965. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-24663-3_1

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