Technology
Technology
Caching is the key technology of the CDN service to seamlessly
deliver various content to online users. In general, CDN services
receive files from the origin server by user request through
caching, cache them on the edge cache server, and deliver them to
the end user.
It delivers the cached content from the edge cache server, not the
origin server, to the online user who requested the content. The
cache server at the edge checks the origin server for content
changes at regular intervals to provide valid content.
If there are any changes to the original content, it will provide
the content viewer with the updated cached content. Using purge
function, which is the required key feature of CDN service allows, a
service provider to deliver content at the scheduled timeslot.
The purge function is as important as caching function to handle
tons of static content, such as online games that frequently patch
large quantities, shopping malls that newly change images and
information, and online education that communicates with online
users and generates content in real time.
The purge method can both invalidate (soft purge) or
delete (hard purge) cached content on the edge cache server to serve
with content that is different from the original one.
The Solbox Purge method consists of a high-performance, safe and
easy-to-use system to run a big scale of purge requests and
real-time purges for a large service provider.
In addition, through continuous feature enhancement, Solbox purge
system can handle purge tasks of an average of 2 million purge
requests per day at an average speed of 10ms.
For the service convenience, it supports the RESTful API as well as
the customer-specific web UI and provides a pattern purging that
allows a purge request to a file with the same path or name.
Solbox CDN service allows a service provider to use our purge system
to quickly update the content for various purposes and operate the
service efficiently and reliably.
However, just keep in mind that the purge operation may place an
excessive load on the edge cache server and the origin server.
Provides purge method through customized web UI and RESTful API to improve service operation convenience.
Increases the efficiency of service operations with an average of 10ms(millisecond) fast purge and pattern purge.
Supports flexible purge options (e.g. hard purge and soft purge) to minimize load on edge cache servers, improving operational reliability.
Provides preload functionality to improve service reliability and efficiency by loading purged files into the cache server in advance before a service provider delivers the content at the scheduled time.
Supports real-time purge with a high-performance for quick follow-up action in case of misloaded content.