Open AccessReal-Time Analysis of CDN in an Academic Institute: A Simulation Study
Author(s) -
Navin Ramachandran,
P. Sivaprakasam
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of algorithms and computational technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.234
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 1748-3026
pISSN - 1748-3018
DOI - 10.1260/1748-3018.6.3.483
Subject(s) - computer science , proxy (statistics) , content delivery network , software , world wide web , data mining , data science , operating system , server , machine learning
This paper examines the website performance analysis of the Content Delivery Network (CDN) against the normal webhosting method, by using the existing resources available in an academic institute. It also compares the collected real-time data with CDN simulation software. In this experiment, ‘URL rewriting’ is the method adopted for the CDN and reverse proxy. It aims to improve the response time of access to the web site by overcoming the flash crowd and provide the content of the web site in the most efficient manner. The significance of this method is that it allows for using the existing and available local resources and it calls for no additional investment on infrastructure from the part of the organization. A detailed real-time account of both the methods and analyses, towards finding out the best suitable method is illustrated.