On 6/22/07, Dave Watts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Your users will definitely notice a speed increase, if done properly. Not > all sites benefit from this kind of caching; it depends on the ratio of > information content vs application functionality, in my opinion. The > clients > of ours who are using it are CMS clients, with lots of information > content.
To expand on Dave's point, it's important to consider your site's content and traffic patterns. If the content is highly dynamic, and lightweight (few images or other heavier media), you won't get as much bang for the buck. You will still see some benefits, but the cost may not be justified. If you are doing a lot of video, a lot of static content, have very high traffic levels, or tend to have periodic high spikes of traffic (like a news site), Akamai will absolutely be worth it. In fact, at a certain point it becomes cheaper than building and managing the equivalent server and network capacity yourself. I actually worked at Akamai in their early days, up until late 2001. I can absolutely attest that what they do, they do very very well. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Deploy Web Applications Quickly across the enterprise with ColdFusion MX7 & Flex 2 Free Trial http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:281917 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
