Managing content delivery network service providers

摘要

A system, method, and computer readable medium for managing CDN service providers are provided. A network storage provider storing one or more resources on behalf of a content provider obtains client computing device requests for content. The network storage provider processes the client computing device requests and determines whether a subsequent request for the resource should be directed to a CDN service provider as a function of the updated or processed by the network storage provider storage component.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method for managing resource requests comprising:
obtaining, from a client computing device, a domain name system (DNS) query for a resource maintained by a network storage provider on behalf of a content provider; and in response to the DNS query:
determining, at a DNS server, a total number of prior requests for the resource; andtransmitting one of a resource identifier corresponding to a content delivery network (CDN) service provider or an IP address of a storage component associated with the network storage provider, wherein selection of the resource identifier or the IP address for transmission is determined based at least in part on the total number of prior requests for the resource.