Azure CDN VS Akamai

Azure CDN Reviews

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Azure CDN mentions (5)

• Sustainability in the cloud era

  Embed the following as part of your infrastructure considerations: • Right-sizing - when using VMs, always remember to right-size the VM size to your application demands • Use up-to-date hardware – when using VMs, always use the latest VM family types and the latest block storage type, to suit your application demands • ARM-based processors – consider using ARM processors (such as AWS Graviton Processor,... - Source: dev.to / over 1 year ago

• Separate backend and frontend containers

  In AWS you would use Cloudfront in Azure, use Azure CDN, in GCP use Cloud CDN. If you are hosting on-prem, use HAProxy. Source: almost 2 years ago

• According to Nintendo, it expects servers to be under heavy load for the Christmas weekend. If planning to use the Nintendo Switch family for the first time, they recommend that you create it in advance.

  Also, all of those vendors have CDN offers: - AWS: https://aws.amazon.com/cloudfront/ - GCP: https://cloud.google.com/cdn - Azure: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/cdn/. Source: over 2 years ago

• Free and Built-In TLS/SSL certificates in Azure

  It should be easy and free to enable SSL/TSL certificates in Azure. This was the number one question on UserVoice feedback. Microsoft implemented this Built-In free certificate option for some services, like Azure CDN, Front Door, Application Gateway, etc. When you put one of those services in front of your web site (like what I did with this blog), you can enable an auto-renewable Built-In certificate for free. - Source: dev.to / about 3 years ago

• Hosting a Static Site on Azure using CDN and HTTPS

  But there is also another option, which is cheaper and is very fast. You can also host your static website from a Storage Account, and when you combine this with Azure Content Delivery Network (CDN), your site is lightning fast and available worldwide. - Source: dev.to / about 3 years ago

Akamai mentions (2)

• My IP got banned from accessing unity.com

  Ok. I figured it out. It looks like my IP is changing every 24 hours and today I received an IP that was blacklisted on akamai.com cloud. Source: about 1 year ago

• Looking for a new vendor to run authoritative DNS. I'd like to hear which vendors you all like, and what questions you'd ask potential vendors.

  Constellix is a great product but I do not believe you can send RFC dynamic updates to them or anyone on your list. With some providers, you can send RFC compliant NOTIFY and then they will perform the IXFR / AXFR from you. I know Akamai and DNS Made Easy (the creators of Constellix) as well as many others have options like that. Source: about 3 years ago