Content Delivery Networks: Fundamentals, Design, and Evolution

The book examines the real-world engineering challenges of CDN and provides the tools for the reader to ensure high-quality content delivery for the operator’s and consumers’ commercial objectives. After reviewing some of the history of streaming, the book discusses a wide range of design considerations for different network topologies, starting with the author’s own requirement filtration processes through to initial sketches, through to roles and responsibilities and the complexity of managing change in established teams, agile versus waterfall considerations in the context of large blue chips, security and commercial models, and value chain alignment. The book also includes a number of “what if” scenarios that gives the reader an understanding of the broad spectrum of practical context in building an operating a CDN.